Hi Andrija,
Yes, I read the docs... several times front to back and back to front.
While getting started It does not help that there is such a broad tech spectrum
covered, although it is very valuable too.
My starting goal is using KVM, Local Storage, VPC (VLAN).
The problem was that I created the zone without enabling the providers:
nsps_enabled:
- virtualrouter
- internallbvm
- vpcvirtualrouter
That is why I could not get anything to work.
The UI kept saying that I needed to "configure" the providers before enabling
them, which I miss-interpreted.
Now my first VR was created for a VPC, so... seems good.
Rafael
On Mon, 2020-08-17 08:00 AM, Andrija Panic <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, documentation needs a bit more reading (and polishing, why not...) -
> i.e. there a few kinds of networks in CloudStack - and also, Network
> Offerings are created based on the type of the network you want to offer to
> your users:
>
> There are:
> - Shared networks (VR only used for DNS/DHCP/userdata/metadata) - only root
> admin can create a Shared Network - and all tenants can use/share a
> single/common Shared Network - i.e. you see a potential security problem
> here, but in private clouds (or in Public CLouds with Security Groups
> enabled in the Advanced Zone) this is OK mode - provides something similar
> to old-fashion VPS (Virtual Private Server) that you certainly are familiar
> with - i.e. each VM can be on a Public IP address (or private, depending on
> the CIDR configured for that Shared network)
> - Isolated networks (VR used to protect the network and it's VMs - like in
> a real world) - the VR provides NAT, Port Forwarding, Remote VPN, Firewall
> etc services to VMs on the network behind the VR (there can be only one
> network behind the VR)
> - Evolution of Isolated networks = VPC with it's Isolated networks (you
> first create VPC< then one or more networks inside VPC) - the difference
> being that you can have more than one network behind the VR, and also a
> few more network services exist (site-2-site VPN, Private Gateways, etc)
> -most recent kind of networks added - L2 networks (no VR at all) - provides
> a way for all VMs to be on a single vlan (like in all existing cases), but
> there is no VR (IPAM provides by external devices usually)
>
> You always will create networks via dedicated Network tab/menu (and then
> from the dropdown menu you can choose Networks (L2, Shared, Isolated) or
> you can choose VPC.
>
> - quick cloud no services = Shared Network offering - you got this one
> offered as you clicked on ''Add Guest Network"
> - if you have chosen instead "Isolated network" you would get offered 2-3
> Default Isolated network offerings
> - For L2, again, there are a few default network offerings
> - If you choose VPC< there are 1-2 default VPC offering, then when created,
> you click on CONFIGURE (the VPC) and then you get to create a VPC Isolated
> Network (you are offered here a few default network offerings for VPC
> networks)
>
> No need to configure providers etc, and (beside the ugly name), you can use
> the network/vpc offerings that are created by default - they provide all
> you would possibly use during "learning" CloudStack - but once you
> understand the offerings and the services that are part of it - you can
> create your own network offerings.
>
> There you go :)
>
> Best,
>
>
> On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 at 06:11, " target="_blank"><[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I am deploying my first ACS cluster, debugging the installation procedure
> > step by step.
> > It is ACS 4.14, Ubuntu 18, KVM, Advanced Networking, Local Primary
> > Storage.
> >
> > I am trying now to get advanced networking going.
> >
> > I am guessing that the documentation has not yet catch up with the latest
> > changes.
> >
> > I am trying to configure Providers to my zone.
> >
> > If I enter infrastructure/zone/myzone/physical guest net/providers
> >
> > I try to enable the Virtual Router, and it tells me it has to be
> > configured first.
> >
> > According to the documentation there used to be a dedicated tab for it, by
> > I am guessing that I have to play with "Network Offerings" to configure
> > them.
> >
> > It looks like it, at least I can select the available VR services, and the
> > offering for the VR, etc.
> >
> > I have created a few of those, but non of them will be offered when I try
> > to add Networks to networks.
> >
> > I try to create the network at:
> >
> > infrastructure/zone/physical guest net/network/add guest net, but I am not
> > sure what the difference is if added from the networking dedicated tab.
> >
> > NO matter what I try, when I add a network I only see "offering for
> > QuickCloud with no services".
> >
> > Can anybody point me in the right direction?
> >
> > Rafael
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
>
> Andrija Panić
>
