On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 2:13 AM, Matt Grant <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi! > > I am just wondering what the story is about joining the neutron team. > Could you tell me if you are looking for new contributors? > > We're always looking for someone new to participate! Thanks for reaching out! > Previously I have programmed OSPFv2 in Zebra/Quagga, and worked as a > router developer for Allied Telesyn. I also have extensive Python > programming experience, having worked on the DNS Management System. > > Sounds like you have extensive experience programming network elements. :) > I have been experimenting with IPv6 since 2008 on my own home network, > and I am currently installing a Juno Openstack cluster to learn ho > things tick. > > Great, this will give you an overview of things. > Have you guys ever figured out how to do a hybrid L3 North/South Neutron > router that propagates tenant routes and networks into OSPF/BGP via a > routing daemon, and uses floating MAC addresses/costed flow rules via > OVS to fail over to a hot standby router? There are practical use cases > for such a thing in smaller deployments. > > BGP integration with L3 is something we'll look at again for Liberty. Carl Baldwin leads the L3 work in Neutron, and would be a good person to sync with on this work item. I suspect he may be looking for people to help integrate the BGP work in Liberty, this may be a good place for you to jump in. I have a single stand alone example working by turning off > neutron-l3-agent network name space support, and importing the connected > interface and static routes into Bird and Birdv6. The AMPQ connection > back to the neutron-server is via the upstream interface and is secured > via transport mode IPSEC (just easier than bothering with https/SSL). > Bird looks easier to run from neutron as they are single process than a > multi process Quagga implementation. Incidentally, I am running this in > an LXC container. > > Nice! > Could some one please point me in the right direction. I would love to > be in Vancouver :-) > > If you're not already on #openstack-neutron on Freenode, jump in there. Plenty of helpful people abound. Since you're in New Zealand, I would suggest reaching out to Akihiro Motoki (amotoki) on IRC, as he's in Japan and closer to your timezone. Thanks! Kyle Best Regards, > > -- > Matt Grant, Debian and Linux Systems Administration and Consulting > Mobile: 021 0267 0578 > Email: [email protected] > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >
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