I made a post recently on setting up Openstack for development using Devstack but failed to mention some other tips on how to build a lab out of anything. I’m a big fan of the Gigabyte Brix PC kit systems, with the caveat being that they only have a single NIC. You could connect a wireless USB adapter but there is a much easier way to have multiple networks….
Old fashioned bridging….the joy Link to heading
Yes….bridging and VLANS still work…and fairly well within a Linux system. First install the dependencies:
sudo apt-get install bridge-utils
Configure a bridge interface in /etc/network/interfaces with some extra parameters:
# Bridge interface
auto br0
iface br0 inet
static address 192.168.1.145 # Reserve this IP from your DHCP server
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.1.1 # Use your local network gateway
dns-nameserver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
bridge_ports eth0
bridge_fd 0
bridge_hello 2
bridge_maxage 12
bridge_stp off
Restart networking: sudo service networking restart
Create a VLAN network interface on eth0 using VLAN ID 0 (10.0.0.1 is used as an IP example):
modprobe 8021q
vconfig add eth0 5
ifconfig eth0.0:5 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
Ensure you have ip forwarding, proxy ARP and a NAT rule enabled:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/proxy_arp
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
Let’s make it permanent in /etc/network/interfaces:
auto eth0.5
iface eth0.5 inet static
address 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
vlan-raw-device eth0
Now modify your Devstack local.conf file to include your new VLAN interface and range:
HOST_IP=192.168.1.145
FLOATING_RANGE=192.168.1.144/28
Q_FLOATING_ALLOCATION_POOL=start=192.168.1.150,end=192.168.1.155 PUBLIC_NETWORK_GATEWAY=192.168.1.254
FIXED_RANGE=10.0.0.0/24
FIXED_NETWORK_SIZE=256 FLAT_INTERFACE=eth0
Follow the rest of the instructions and you’ll be stacking in no time. Until next time….cheers.