networking-midonet-ext

networking-midonet-ext extends the features of the Midonet Neutron plugin. It contains features that did not make into the stable branch of networking-midonet due to late submission.

For the newton release, the following features are included in networking-midonet-ext:

• qos
• lbaasv2
• fip64

Supported MidoNet versions

The current set of supported versions of MidoNet are:

• v5.4

How to Install

For productional deployments, we recommend to use a package for your distribution if available:

http://builds.midonet.org/

You can install the plugin from the source code by running the following command:

$ sudo python setup.py install

The extension package requires python-networking-midonet package.

Core plugin

ML2 mechanism driver

networking-midonet-ext includes a custom ML2 mechanism driver. ML2 mechanism driver for the extension can be configured in /etc/neutron/neutron.conf as:

[ml2]
mechanism_drivers = midonet_ext

MidoNet monolithic plugin

networking-midonet-ext includes a custom MidoNet monolithic plugin. Monolithic plugin can be configured in /etc/neutron/neutron.conf as:

[DEFAULT]
core_plugin = midonet_v2_ext

L3 Service plugin

networking-midonet-ext includes a custom L3 service plugin. L3 service plugin can be configured in /etc/neutron/neutron.conf as:

[DEFAULT]
service_plugins = midonet_l3_ext

QoS

networking-midonet-ext supports Neutron QoS extension.

QoS service plugin

QoS service plugin can be configured in the Neutron server configuration file /etc/neutron/neutron.conf:

[DEFAULT]
service_plugins = qos

[qos]
notification_drivers = midonet

QoS core resource extension for ML2

QoS core resource extension for ML2 plugin can be configured in the Neutron server configuration file /etc/neutron/neutron.conf:

[ml2]
extension_drivers = qos

QoS core resource extension for the monolithic plugin

No configuration is necessary.

LBaaS v2

networking-midonet-ext provides LBaaS v2 service driver.

To configure it, add the following entries in the Neutron configuration file /etc/neutron/neutron.conf [1]:

[DEFAULT]
service_plugins = neutron_lbaas.services.loadbalancer.plugin.LoadBalancerPluginv2

[service_providers]
service_provider=LOADBALANCERV2:Midonet:midonet_ext.neutron.services.loadbalancer.v2_driver.MidonetLoadBalancerDriver:default

FIP 64

networking-midonet-ext provides 'fip64' API extension. To enable this extension, the path to the extension directory of networking-midonet-ext must be specified in /etc/neutron/neutron.conf. For example, if networking-midonet-ext is installed in the directory /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/midonet-ext, add the following:

[DEFAULT]
api_extensions_path = /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/midonet-ext/neutron/extensions

MidoNet API Client

networking-midonet-ext provides a custom MidoNet API client.

To configure it, add teh following entry in the MidoNet plugin configuration file /etc/neutron/plugins/midonet/midonet.ini:

[MIDONET]
client = midonet_ext.neutron.client.api.MidonetApiClient

[1]	https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1630693