Please don't drop the list. Before we go down that path, can you help me understand what you're trying to achieve by building a VXLAN tunnel between two VMs on the same host?
On 01/12/2017 10:15 AM, Shravan S K wrote: > I am not sure how to do the config for what you said. > Can you please explain how to configure the setup that you're suggesting ? > > Shravan > > On 12 January 2017 at 02:17, Scott Lowe <scott.l...@scottlowe.org > <mailto:scott.l...@scottlowe.org>> wrote: > > On 01/11/2017 03:54 AM, Shravan S K wrote: > > Like this? > > vm01-------------------| > > |------------------vm03 > > > > > br1(vxlanport1)------------br-int1=================br-int2----------(vxlanport2)br2 > > vm02-------------------| > > |-------------------vm04 > > > > What is the need for the bridges br-int1 and br-int2? Why is it not > > possible without them(as the topology shown earlier in this thread)? > > > [SL] No, I don't think this is the configuration you'd want to use. The > "br-int" bridges aren't strictly required; you could use br1 and br2. > The trick here---as you're trying to create a VXLAN tunnel within a > host---would be that you'll need 2 IP endpoints (one for each end of the > tunnel), and you'd need each bridge with a VXLAN port to be associated > with one of those IP endpoints. > > As I said, though, I haven't tested a configuration like this. Further, > to be honest, I'm not really sure what you're trying to accomplish with > such a configuration. > > > > Shravan > > > > On 11 January 2017 at 11:59, Scott Lowe <scott.l...@scottlowe.org > <mailto:scott.l...@scottlowe.org> > > <mailto:scott.l...@scottlowe.org <mailto:scott.l...@scottlowe.org>>> > wrote: > > > > Please see my response inline, prefixed with [SL]. > > > > > > On 01/10/2017 09:50 PM, Shravan S K wrote: > >> I am asking if that can be done on a single physical host having > >> OVS. Say, as mininet creates bridges which act as switches. Can > >> vxlan be setup using Mininet? > > > > > > [SL] I don't know if it's possible for Mininet to set up VXLAN; > > that's a question best asked on a Mininet-related forum. > > > > As for whether it can be done on a single host, I suppose if you were > > to use 2 separate bridges for physical connectivity along with 2 > > separate bridges for the tunnels, it might work. I've never tried it, > > though, so this is just conjecture. > > > > > >> Shravan > >> > >> On 10 January 2017 at 23:33, Scott Lowe <scott.l...@scottlowe.org > <mailto:scott.l...@scottlowe.org> > <mailto:scott.l...@scottlowe.org <mailto:scott.l...@scottlowe.org>> > >> <mailto:scott.l...@scottlowe.org > <mailto:scott.l...@scottlowe.org> <mailto:scott.l...@scottlowe.org > <mailto:scott.l...@scottlowe.org>>>> wrote: > >> > >> Please see my response below. > >> > >> > >> On 01/10/2017 02:26 AM, Shravan S K wrote: > >>> Is it possible to create a VXLAN setup using just bridges created > >>> by OVS? (using ovs-vsctl to create these bridges,ports and vxlan > >>> config) > >>> > >>> vm01-------------------| |------------------vm03 > >>> br1-------br2 > >>> vm02-------------------| |-------------------vm04 > >> > >> > >> Yes, this is possible. On each hypervisor where OVS is running and > >> where you have VMs you'd like to connect over VXLAN tunnels, create > >> a bridge ("br-tun", for example). Create and configure a VXLAN port > >> appropriately on br-tun on each hypervisor, and then connect your > >> VMs. You should be good to go. My website has an example of doing > >> this with GRE; VXLAN should be nearly identical. > >> > >> Hope this helps, > > > -- > Scott > > > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list disc...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss
