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Chapter 10. neutron

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The following chapter contains information about the configuration options in the neutron service.

10.1. dhcp_agent.ini

This section contains options for the /etc/neutron/dhcp_agent.ini file.

10.1.1. DEFAULT

The following table outlines the options available under the [DEFAULT] group in the /etc/neutron/dhcp_agent.ini file.

Table 10.1. DEFAULT
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

debug = False

boolean value

If set to true, the logging level will be set to DEBUG instead of the default INFO level.

default_log_levels = [u'amqp=WARN', u'amqplib=WARN', u'boto=WARN', u'qpid=WARN', u'sqlalchemy=WARN', u'suds=INFO', u'oslo.messaging=INFO', u'oslo_messaging=INFO', u'iso8601=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'websocket=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'keystonemiddleware=WARN', u'routes.middleware=WARN', u'stevedore=WARN', u'taskflow=WARN', u'keystoneauth=WARN', u'oslo.cache=INFO', u'dogpile.core.dogpile=INFO']

list value

List of package logging levels in logger=LEVEL pairs. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

dhcp_broadcast_reply = False

boolean value

Use broadcast in DHCP replies.

dhcp_confs = $state_path/dhcp

string value

Location to store DHCP server config files.

dhcp_driver = neutron.agent.linux.dhcp.Dnsmasq

string value

The driver used to manage the DHCP server.

dhcp_rebinding_time = 0

integer value

DHCP rebinding time T2 (in seconds). If set to 0, it will default to 7/8 of the lease time.

dhcp_renewal_time = 0

integer value

DHCP renewal time T1 (in seconds). If set to 0, it will default to half of the lease time.

dnsmasq_base_log_dir = None

string value

Base log dir for dnsmasq logging. The log contains DHCP and DNS log information and is useful for debugging issues with either DHCP or DNS. If this section is null, disable dnsmasq log.

`dnsmasq_config_file = `

string value

Override the default dnsmasq settings with this file.

dnsmasq_dns_servers = []

list value

Comma-separated list of the DNS servers which will be used as forwarders.

dnsmasq_lease_max = 16777216

integer value

Limit number of leases to prevent a denial-of-service.

dnsmasq_local_resolv = False

boolean value

Enables the dnsmasq service to provide name resolution for instances via DNS resolvers on the host running the DHCP agent. Effectively removes the --no-resolv option from the dnsmasq process arguments. Adding custom DNS resolvers to the dnsmasq_dns_servers option disables this feature.

enable_isolated_metadata = False

boolean value

The DHCP server can assist with providing metadata support on isolated networks. Setting this value to True will cause the DHCP server to append specific host routes to the DHCP request. The metadata service will only be activated when the subnet does not contain any router port. The guest instance must be configured to request host routes via DHCP (Option 121). This option doesn’t have any effect when force_metadata is set to True.

enable_metadata_network = False

boolean value

Allows for serving metadata requests coming from a dedicated metadata access network whose CIDR is 169.254.169.254/16 (or larger prefix), and is connected to a Neutron router from which the VMs send metadata:1 request. In this case DHCP Option 121 will not be injected in VMs, as they will be able to reach 169.254.169.254 through a router. This option requires enable_isolated_metadata = True.

fatal_deprecations = False

boolean value

Enables or disables fatal status of deprecations.

force_metadata = False

boolean value

In some cases the Neutron router is not present to provide the metadata IP but the DHCP server can be used to provide this info. Setting this value will force the DHCP server to append specific host routes to the DHCP request. If this option is set, then the metadata service will be activated for all the networks.

`instance_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance that is passed with the log message.

`instance_uuid_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance UUID that is passed with the log message.

interface_driver = None

string value

The driver used to manage the virtual interface.

log-config-append = None

string value

The name of a logging configuration file. This file is appended to any existing logging configuration files. For details about logging configuration files, see the Python logging module documentation. Note that when logging configuration files are used then all logging configuration is set in the configuration file and other logging configuration options are ignored (for example, logging_context_format_string).

log-date-format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

string value

Defines the format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. Default: %(default)s . This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-dir = None

string value

(Optional) The base directory used for relative log_file paths. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-file = None

string value

(Optional) Name of log file to send logging output to. If no default is set, logging will go to stderr as defined by use_stderr. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

logging_context_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages with context.

logging_debug_format_suffix = %(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d

string value

Additional data to append to log message when logging level for the message is DEBUG.

logging_default_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages when context is undefined.

logging_exception_prefix = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d ERROR %(name)s %(instance)s

string value

Prefix each line of exception output with this format.

logging_user_identity_format = %(user)s %(tenant)s %(domain)s %(user_domain)s %(project_domain)s

string value

Defines the format string for %(user_identity)s that is used in logging_context_format_string.

num_sync_threads = 4

integer value

Number of threads to use during sync process. Should not exceed connection pool size configured on server.

ovs_integration_bridge = br-int

string value

Name of Open vSwitch bridge to use

ovs_use_veth = False

boolean value

Uses veth for an OVS interface or not. Support kernels with limited namespace support (e.g. RHEL 6.5) and rate limiting on router’s gateway port so long as ovs_use_veth is set to True.

publish_errors = False

boolean value

Enables or disables publication of error events.

rate_limit_burst = 0

integer value

Maximum number of logged messages per rate_limit_interval.

rate_limit_except_level = CRITICAL

string value

Log level name used by rate limiting: CRITICAL, ERROR, INFO, WARNING, DEBUG or empty string. Logs with level greater or equal to rate_limit_except_level are not filtered. An empty string means that all levels are filtered.

rate_limit_interval = 0

integer value

Interval, number of seconds, of log rate limiting.

resync_interval = 5

integer value

The DHCP agent will resync its state with Neutron to recover from any transient notification or RPC errors. The interval is number of seconds between attempts.

syslog-log-facility = LOG_USER

string value

Syslog facility to receive log lines. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-journal = False

boolean value

Enable journald for logging. If running in a systemd environment you may wish to enable journal support. Doing so will use the journal native protocol which includes structured metadata in addition to log messages.This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-json = False

boolean value

Use JSON formatting for logging. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-syslog = False

boolean value

Use syslog for logging. Existing syslog format is DEPRECATED and will be changed later to honor RFC5424. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use_stderr = False

boolean value

Log output to standard error. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

watch-log-file = False

boolean value

Uses logging handler designed to watch file system. When log file is moved or removed this handler will open a new log file with specified path instantaneously. It makes sense only if log_file option is specified and Linux platform is used. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

10.1.2. agent

The following table outlines the options available under the [agent] group in the /etc/neutron/dhcp_agent.ini file.

Table 10.2. agent
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

availability_zone = nova

string value

Availability zone of this node

log_agent_heartbeats = False

boolean value

Log agent heartbeats

report_interval = 30

floating point value

Seconds between nodes reporting state to server; should be less than agent_down_time, best if it is half or less than agent_down_time.

10.1.3. ovs

The following table outlines the options available under the [ovs] group in the /etc/neutron/dhcp_agent.ini file.

Table 10.3. ovs
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

bridge_mac_table_size = 50000

integer value

The maximum number of MAC addresses to learn on a bridge managed by the Neutron OVS agent. Values outside a reasonable range (10 to 1,000,000) might be overridden by Open vSwitch according to the documentation.

ovsdb_connection = tcp:127.0.0.1:6640

string value

The connection string for the OVSDB backend. Will be used by ovsdb-client when monitoring and used for the all ovsdb commands when native ovsdb_interface is enabled

ovsdb_interface = native

string value

The interface for interacting with the OVSDB

ovsdb_timeout = 10

integer value

Timeout in seconds for ovsdb commands. If the timeout expires, ovsdb commands will fail with ALARMCLOCK error.

ssl_ca_cert_file = None

string value

The Certificate Authority (CA) certificate to use when interacting with OVSDB. Required when using an "ssl:" prefixed ovsdb_connection

ssl_cert_file = None

string value

The SSL certificate file to use when interacting with OVSDB. Required when using an "ssl:" prefixed ovsdb_connection

ssl_key_file = None

string value

The SSL private key file to use when interacting with OVSDB. Required when using an "ssl:" prefixed ovsdb_connection

10.2. l3_agent.ini

This section contains options for the /etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini file.

10.2.1. DEFAULT

The following table outlines the options available under the [DEFAULT] group in the /etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini file.

Table 10.4. DEFAULT
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

agent_mode = legacy

string value

The working mode for the agent. Allowed modes are: legacy - this preserves the existing behavior where the L3 agent is deployed on a centralized networking node to provide L3 services like DNAT, and SNAT. Use this mode if you do not want to adopt DVR. dvr - this mode enables DVR functionality and must be used for an L3 agent that runs on a compute host. dvr_snat - this enables centralized SNAT support in conjunction with DVR. This mode must be used for an L3 agent running on a centralized node (or in single-host deployments, e.g. devstack). dvr_no_external - this mode enables only East/West DVR routing functionality for a L3 agent that runs on a compute host, the North/South functionality such as DNAT and SNAT will be provided by the centralized network node that is running in dvr_snat mode. This mode should be used when there is no external network connectivity on the compute host.

api_workers = None

integer value

Number of separate API worker processes for service. If not specified, the default is equal to the number of CPUs available for best performance.

debug = False

boolean value

If set to true, the logging level will be set to DEBUG instead of the default INFO level.

default_log_levels = [u'amqp=WARN', u'amqplib=WARN', u'boto=WARN', u'qpid=WARN', u'sqlalchemy=WARN', u'suds=INFO', u'oslo.messaging=INFO', u'oslo_messaging=INFO', u'iso8601=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'websocket=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'keystonemiddleware=WARN', u'routes.middleware=WARN', u'stevedore=WARN', u'taskflow=WARN', u'keystoneauth=WARN', u'oslo.cache=INFO', u'dogpile.core.dogpile=INFO']

list value

List of package logging levels in logger=LEVEL pairs. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

enable_metadata_proxy = True

boolean value

Allow running metadata proxy.

external_ingress_mark = 0x2

string value

Iptables mangle mark used to mark ingress from external network. This mark will be masked with 0xffff so that only the lower 16 bits will be used.

`external_network_bridge = `

string value

Name of bridge used for external network traffic. When this parameter is set, the L3 agent will plug an interface directly into an external bridge which will not allow any wiring by the L2 agent. Using this will result in incorrect port statuses. This option is deprecated and will be removed in Ocata.

fatal_deprecations = False

boolean value

Enables or disables fatal status of deprecations.

`gateway_external_network_id = `

string value

When external_network_bridge is set, each L3 agent can be associated with no more than one external network. This value should be set to the UUID of that external network. To allow L3 agent support multiple external networks, both the external_network_bridge and gateway_external_network_id must be left empty.

ha_confs_path = $state_path/ha_confs

string value

Location to store keepalived/conntrackd config files

ha_keepalived_state_change_server_threads = 4

integer value

Number of concurrent threads for keepalived server connection requests. More threads create a higher CPU load on the agent node.

ha_vrrp_advert_int = 2

integer value

The advertisement interval in seconds

ha_vrrp_auth_password = None

string value

VRRP authentication password

ha_vrrp_auth_type = PASS

string value

VRRP authentication type

ha_vrrp_health_check_interval = 0

integer value

The VRRP health check interval in seconds. Values > 0 enable VRRP health checks. Setting it to 0 disables VRRP health checks. Recommended value is 5. This will cause pings to be sent to the gateway IP address(es) - requires ICMP_ECHO_REQUEST to be enabled on the gateway. If gateway fails, all routers will be reported as master, and master election will be repeated in round-robin fashion, until one of the router restore the gateway connection.

handle_internal_only_routers = True

boolean value

Indicates that this L3 agent should also handle routers that do not have an external network gateway configured. This option should be True only for a single agent in a Neutron deployment, and may be False for all agents if all routers must have an external network gateway.

`instance_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance that is passed with the log message.

`instance_uuid_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance UUID that is passed with the log message.

interface_driver = None

string value

The driver used to manage the virtual interface.

`ipv6_gateway = `

string value

With IPv6, the network used for the external gateway does not need to have an associated subnet, since the automatically assigned link-local address (LLA) can be used. However, an IPv6 gateway address is needed for use as the next-hop for the default route. If no IPv6 gateway address is configured here, (and only then) the neutron router will be configured to get its default route from router advertisements (RAs) from the upstream router; in which case the upstream router must also be configured to send these RAs. The ipv6_gateway, when configured, should be the LLA of the interface on the upstream router. If a next-hop using a global unique address (GUA) is desired, it needs to be done via a subnet allocated to the network and not through this parameter.

log-config-append = None

string value

The name of a logging configuration file. This file is appended to any existing logging configuration files. For details about logging configuration files, see the Python logging module documentation. Note that when logging configuration files are used then all logging configuration is set in the configuration file and other logging configuration options are ignored (for example, logging_context_format_string).

log-date-format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

string value

Defines the format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. Default: %(default)s . This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-dir = None

string value

(Optional) The base directory used for relative log_file paths. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-file = None

string value

(Optional) Name of log file to send logging output to. If no default is set, logging will go to stderr as defined by use_stderr. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

logging_context_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages with context.

logging_debug_format_suffix = %(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d

string value

Additional data to append to log message when logging level for the message is DEBUG.

logging_default_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages when context is undefined.

logging_exception_prefix = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d ERROR %(name)s %(instance)s

string value

Prefix each line of exception output with this format.

logging_user_identity_format = %(user)s %(tenant)s %(domain)s %(user_domain)s %(project_domain)s

string value

Defines the format string for %(user_identity)s that is used in logging_context_format_string.

max_rtr_adv_interval = 100

integer value

MaxRtrAdvInterval setting for radvd.conf

metadata_access_mark = 0x1

string value

Iptables mangle mark used to mark metadata valid requests. This mark will be masked with 0xffff so that only the lower 16 bits will be used.

metadata_port = 9697

port value

TCP Port used by Neutron metadata namespace proxy.

min_rtr_adv_interval = 30

integer value

MinRtrAdvInterval setting for radvd.conf

ovs_integration_bridge = br-int

string value

Name of Open vSwitch bridge to use

ovs_use_veth = False

boolean value

Uses veth for an OVS interface or not. Support kernels with limited namespace support (e.g. RHEL 6.5) and rate limiting on router’s gateway port so long as ovs_use_veth is set to True.

pd_confs = $state_path/pd

string value

Location to store IPv6 PD files.

periodic_fuzzy_delay = 5

integer value

Range of seconds to randomly delay when starting the periodic task scheduler to reduce stampeding. (Disable by setting to 0)

periodic_interval = 40

integer value

Seconds between running periodic tasks.

prefix_delegation_driver = dibbler

string value

Driver used for ipv6 prefix delegation. This needs to be an entry point defined in the neutron.agent.linux.pd_drivers namespace. See setup.cfg for entry points included with the neutron source.

publish_errors = False

boolean value

Enables or disables publication of error events.

ra_confs = $state_path/ra

string value

Location to store IPv6 RA config files

rate_limit_burst = 0

integer value

Maximum number of logged messages per rate_limit_interval.

rate_limit_except_level = CRITICAL

string value

Log level name used by rate limiting: CRITICAL, ERROR, INFO, WARNING, DEBUG or empty string. Logs with level greater or equal to rate_limit_except_level are not filtered. An empty string means that all levels are filtered.

rate_limit_interval = 0

integer value

Interval, number of seconds, of log rate limiting.

rpc_state_report_workers = 1

integer value

Number of RPC worker processes dedicated to state reports queue.

rpc_workers = 1

integer value

Number of RPC worker processes for service.

syslog-log-facility = LOG_USER

string value

Syslog facility to receive log lines. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-journal = False

boolean value

Enable journald for logging. If running in a systemd environment you may wish to enable journal support. Doing so will use the journal native protocol which includes structured metadata in addition to log messages.This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-json = False

boolean value

Use JSON formatting for logging. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-syslog = False

boolean value

Use syslog for logging. Existing syslog format is DEPRECATED and will be changed later to honor RFC5424. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use_stderr = False

boolean value

Log output to standard error. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

vendor_pen = 8888

string value

A decimal value as Vendor’s Registered Private Enterprise Number as required by RFC3315 DUID-EN.

watch-log-file = False

boolean value

Uses logging handler designed to watch file system. When log file is moved or removed this handler will open a new log file with specified path instantaneously. It makes sense only if log_file option is specified and Linux platform is used. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

10.2.2. agent

The following table outlines the options available under the [agent] group in the /etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini file.

Table 10.5. agent
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

availability_zone = nova

string value

Availability zone of this node

extensions = []

list value

Extensions list to use

log_agent_heartbeats = False

boolean value

Log agent heartbeats

report_interval = 30

floating point value

Seconds between nodes reporting state to server; should be less than agent_down_time, best if it is half or less than agent_down_time.

10.2.3. ovs

The following table outlines the options available under the [ovs] group in the /etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini file.

Table 10.6. ovs
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

bridge_mac_table_size = 50000

integer value

The maximum number of MAC addresses to learn on a bridge managed by the Neutron OVS agent. Values outside a reasonable range (10 to 1,000,000) might be overridden by Open vSwitch according to the documentation.

ovsdb_connection = tcp:127.0.0.1:6640

string value

The connection string for the OVSDB backend. Will be used by ovsdb-client when monitoring and used for the all ovsdb commands when native ovsdb_interface is enabled

ovsdb_interface = native

string value

The interface for interacting with the OVSDB

ovsdb_timeout = 10

integer value

Timeout in seconds for ovsdb commands. If the timeout expires, ovsdb commands will fail with ALARMCLOCK error.

ssl_ca_cert_file = None

string value

The Certificate Authority (CA) certificate to use when interacting with OVSDB. Required when using an "ssl:" prefixed ovsdb_connection

ssl_cert_file = None

string value

The SSL certificate file to use when interacting with OVSDB. Required when using an "ssl:" prefixed ovsdb_connection

ssl_key_file = None

string value

The SSL private key file to use when interacting with OVSDB. Required when using an "ssl:" prefixed ovsdb_connection

10.3. linuxbridge_agent.ini

This section contains options for the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/linuxbridge_agent.ini file.

10.3.1. DEFAULT

The following table outlines the options available under the [DEFAULT] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/linuxbridge_agent.ini file.

Table 10.7. DEFAULT
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

debug = False

boolean value

If set to true, the logging level will be set to DEBUG instead of the default INFO level.

default_log_levels = [u'amqp=WARN', u'amqplib=WARN', u'boto=WARN', u'qpid=WARN', u'sqlalchemy=WARN', u'suds=INFO', u'oslo.messaging=INFO', u'oslo_messaging=INFO', u'iso8601=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'websocket=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'keystonemiddleware=WARN', u'routes.middleware=WARN', u'stevedore=WARN', u'taskflow=WARN', u'keystoneauth=WARN', u'oslo.cache=INFO', u'dogpile.core.dogpile=INFO']

list value

List of package logging levels in logger=LEVEL pairs. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

fatal_deprecations = False

boolean value

Enables or disables fatal status of deprecations.

`instance_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance that is passed with the log message.

`instance_uuid_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance UUID that is passed with the log message.

log-config-append = None

string value

The name of a logging configuration file. This file is appended to any existing logging configuration files. For details about logging configuration files, see the Python logging module documentation. Note that when logging configuration files are used then all logging configuration is set in the configuration file and other logging configuration options are ignored (for example, logging_context_format_string).

log-date-format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

string value

Defines the format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. Default: %(default)s . This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-dir = None

string value

(Optional) The base directory used for relative log_file paths. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-file = None

string value

(Optional) Name of log file to send logging output to. If no default is set, logging will go to stderr as defined by use_stderr. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

logging_context_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages with context.

logging_debug_format_suffix = %(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d

string value

Additional data to append to log message when logging level for the message is DEBUG.

logging_default_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages when context is undefined.

logging_exception_prefix = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d ERROR %(name)s %(instance)s

string value

Prefix each line of exception output with this format.

logging_user_identity_format = %(user)s %(tenant)s %(domain)s %(user_domain)s %(project_domain)s

string value

Defines the format string for %(user_identity)s that is used in logging_context_format_string.

publish_errors = False

boolean value

Enables or disables publication of error events.

rate_limit_burst = 0

integer value

Maximum number of logged messages per rate_limit_interval.

rate_limit_except_level = CRITICAL

string value

Log level name used by rate limiting: CRITICAL, ERROR, INFO, WARNING, DEBUG or empty string. Logs with level greater or equal to rate_limit_except_level are not filtered. An empty string means that all levels are filtered.

rate_limit_interval = 0

integer value

Interval, number of seconds, of log rate limiting.

syslog-log-facility = LOG_USER

string value

Syslog facility to receive log lines. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-journal = False

boolean value

Enable journald for logging. If running in a systemd environment you may wish to enable journal support. Doing so will use the journal native protocol which includes structured metadata in addition to log messages.This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-json = False

boolean value

Use JSON formatting for logging. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-syslog = False

boolean value

Use syslog for logging. Existing syslog format is DEPRECATED and will be changed later to honor RFC5424. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use_stderr = False

boolean value

Log output to standard error. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

watch-log-file = False

boolean value

Uses logging handler designed to watch file system. When log file is moved or removed this handler will open a new log file with specified path instantaneously. It makes sense only if log_file option is specified and Linux platform is used. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

10.3.2. agent

The following table outlines the options available under the [agent] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/linuxbridge_agent.ini file.

Table 10.8. agent
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

dscp = None

integer value

The DSCP value to use for outer headers during tunnel encapsulation.

dscp_inherit = False

boolean value

If set to True, the DSCP value of tunnel interfaces is overwritten and set to inherit. The DSCP value of the inner header is then copied to the outer header.

extensions = []

list value

Extensions list to use

polling_interval = 2

integer value

The number of seconds the agent will wait between polling for local device changes.

quitting_rpc_timeout = 10

integer value

Set new timeout in seconds for new rpc calls after agent receives SIGTERM. If value is set to 0, rpc timeout won’t be changed

10.3.3. linux_bridge

The following table outlines the options available under the [linux_bridge] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/linuxbridge_agent.ini file.

Table 10.9. linux_bridge
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

bridge_mappings = []

list value

List of <physical_network>:<physical_bridge>

physical_interface_mappings = []

list value

Comma-separated list of <physical_network>:<physical_interface> tuples mapping physical network names to the agent’s node-specific physical network interfaces to be used for flat and VLAN networks. All physical networks listed in network_vlan_ranges on the server should have mappings to appropriate interfaces on each agent.

10.3.4. network_log

The following table outlines the options available under the [network_log] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/linuxbridge_agent.ini file.

Table 10.10. network_log
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

burst_limit = 25

integer value

Maximum number of packets per rate_limit.

local_output_log_base = None

string value

Output logfile path on agent side, default syslog file.

rate_limit = 100

integer value

Maximum packets logging per second.

10.3.5. securitygroup

The following table outlines the options available under the [securitygroup] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/linuxbridge_agent.ini file.

Table 10.11. securitygroup
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

enable_ipset = True

boolean value

Use ipset to speed-up the iptables based security groups. Enabling ipset support requires that ipset is installed on L2 agent node.

enable_security_group = True

boolean value

Controls whether the neutron security group API is enabled in the server. It should be false when using no security groups or using the nova security group API.

firewall_driver = None

string value

Driver for security groups firewall in the L2 agent

10.3.6. vxlan

The following table outlines the options available under the [vxlan] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/linuxbridge_agent.ini file.

Table 10.12. vxlan
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

arp_responder = False

boolean value

Enable local ARP responder which provides local responses instead of performing ARP broadcast into the overlay. Enabling local ARP responder is not fully compatible with the allowed-address-pairs extension.

enable_vxlan = True

boolean value

Enable VXLAN on the agent. Can be enabled when agent is managed by ml2 plugin using linuxbridge mechanism driver

l2_population = False

boolean value

Extension to use alongside ml2 plugin’s l2population mechanism driver. It enables the plugin to populate VXLAN forwarding table.

local_ip = None

IP address value

IP address of local overlay (tunnel) network endpoint. Use either an IPv4 or IPv6 address that resides on one of the host network interfaces. The IP version of this value must match the value of the overlay_ip_version option in the ML2 plug-in configuration file on the neutron server node(s).

multicast_ranges = []

list value

Optional comma-separated list of <multicast address>:<vni_min>:<vni_max> triples describing how to assign a multicast address to VXLAN according to its VNI ID.

tos = None

integer value

TOS for vxlan interface protocol packets. This option is deprecated in favor of the dscp option in the AGENT section and will be removed in a future release. To convert the TOS value to DSCP, divide by 4.

ttl = None

integer value

TTL for vxlan interface protocol packets.

udp_dstport = None

port value

The UDP port used for VXLAN communication. By default, the Linux kernel doesn’t use the IANA assigned standard value, so if you want to use it, this option must be set to 4789. It is not set by default because of backward compatibiltiy.

udp_srcport_max = 0

port value

The maximum of the UDP source port range used for VXLAN communication.

udp_srcport_min = 0

port value

The minimum of the UDP source port range used for VXLAN communication.

vxlan_group = 224.0.0.1

string value

Multicast group(s) for vxlan interface. A range of group addresses may be specified by using CIDR notation. Specifying a range allows different VNIs to use different group addresses, reducing or eliminating spurious broadcast traffic to the tunnel endpoints. To reserve a unique group for each possible (24-bit) VNI, use a /8 such as 239.0.0.0/8. This setting must be the same on all the agents.

10.4. metadata_agent.ini

This section contains options for the /etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini file.

10.4.1. DEFAULT

The following table outlines the options available under the [DEFAULT] group in the /etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini file.

Table 10.13. DEFAULT
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

auth_ca_cert = None

string value

Certificate Authority public key (CA cert) file for ssl

debug = False

boolean value

If set to true, the logging level will be set to DEBUG instead of the default INFO level.

default_log_levels = [u'amqp=WARN', u'amqplib=WARN', u'boto=WARN', u'qpid=WARN', u'sqlalchemy=WARN', u'suds=INFO', u'oslo.messaging=INFO', u'oslo_messaging=INFO', u'iso8601=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'websocket=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'keystonemiddleware=WARN', u'routes.middleware=WARN', u'stevedore=WARN', u'taskflow=WARN', u'keystoneauth=WARN', u'oslo.cache=INFO', u'dogpile.core.dogpile=INFO']

list value

List of package logging levels in logger=LEVEL pairs. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

fatal_deprecations = False

boolean value

Enables or disables fatal status of deprecations.

`instance_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance that is passed with the log message.

`instance_uuid_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance UUID that is passed with the log message.

log-config-append = None

string value

The name of a logging configuration file. This file is appended to any existing logging configuration files. For details about logging configuration files, see the Python logging module documentation. Note that when logging configuration files are used then all logging configuration is set in the configuration file and other logging configuration options are ignored (for example, logging_context_format_string).

log-date-format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

string value

Defines the format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. Default: %(default)s . This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-dir = None

string value

(Optional) The base directory used for relative log_file paths. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-file = None

string value

(Optional) Name of log file to send logging output to. If no default is set, logging will go to stderr as defined by use_stderr. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

logging_context_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages with context.

logging_debug_format_suffix = %(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d

string value

Additional data to append to log message when logging level for the message is DEBUG.

logging_default_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages when context is undefined.

logging_exception_prefix = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d ERROR %(name)s %(instance)s

string value

Prefix each line of exception output with this format.

logging_user_identity_format = %(user)s %(tenant)s %(domain)s %(user_domain)s %(project_domain)s

string value

Defines the format string for %(user_identity)s that is used in logging_context_format_string.

metadata_backlog = 4096

integer value

Number of backlog requests to configure the metadata server socket with

`metadata_proxy_group = `

string value

Group (gid or name) running metadata proxy after its initialization (if empty: agent effective group).

`metadata_proxy_shared_secret = `

string value

When proxying metadata requests, Neutron signs the Instance-ID header with a shared secret to prevent spoofing. You may select any string for a secret, but it must match here and in the configuration used by the Nova Metadata Server. NOTE: Nova uses the same config key, but in [neutron] section.

metadata_proxy_socket = $state_path/metadata_proxy

string value

Location for Metadata Proxy UNIX domain socket.

metadata_proxy_socket_mode = deduce

string value

Metadata Proxy UNIX domain socket mode, 4 values allowed: deduce: deduce mode from metadata_proxy_user/group values, user: set metadata proxy socket mode to 0o644, to use when metadata_proxy_user is agent effective user or root, group: set metadata proxy socket mode to 0o664, to use when metadata_proxy_group is agent effective group or root, all: set metadata proxy socket mode to 0o666, to use otherwise.

`metadata_proxy_user = `

string value

User (uid or name) running metadata proxy after its initialization (if empty: agent effective user).

metadata_workers = 4

integer value

Number of separate worker processes for metadata server (defaults to half of the number of CPUs)

`nova_client_cert = `

string value

Client certificate for nova metadata api server.

`nova_client_priv_key = `

string value

Private key of client certificate.

nova_metadata_host = 127.0.0.1

unknown value

IP address or DNS name of Nova metadata server.

nova_metadata_insecure = False

boolean value

Allow to perform insecure SSL (https) requests to nova metadata

nova_metadata_port = 8775

port value

TCP Port used by Nova metadata server.

nova_metadata_protocol = http

string value

Protocol to access nova metadata, http or https

publish_errors = False

boolean value

Enables or disables publication of error events.

rate_limit_burst = 0

integer value

Maximum number of logged messages per rate_limit_interval.

rate_limit_except_level = CRITICAL

string value

Log level name used by rate limiting: CRITICAL, ERROR, INFO, WARNING, DEBUG or empty string. Logs with level greater or equal to rate_limit_except_level are not filtered. An empty string means that all levels are filtered.

rate_limit_interval = 0

integer value

Interval, number of seconds, of log rate limiting.

syslog-log-facility = LOG_USER

string value

Syslog facility to receive log lines. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-journal = False

boolean value

Enable journald for logging. If running in a systemd environment you may wish to enable journal support. Doing so will use the journal native protocol which includes structured metadata in addition to log messages.This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-json = False

boolean value

Use JSON formatting for logging. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-syslog = False

boolean value

Use syslog for logging. Existing syslog format is DEPRECATED and will be changed later to honor RFC5424. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use_stderr = False

boolean value

Log output to standard error. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

watch-log-file = False

boolean value

Uses logging handler designed to watch file system. When log file is moved or removed this handler will open a new log file with specified path instantaneously. It makes sense only if log_file option is specified and Linux platform is used. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

10.4.2. agent

The following table outlines the options available under the [agent] group in the /etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini file.

Table 10.14. agent
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

log_agent_heartbeats = False

boolean value

Log agent heartbeats

report_interval = 30

floating point value

Seconds between nodes reporting state to server; should be less than agent_down_time, best if it is half or less than agent_down_time.

10.4.3. cache

The following table outlines the options available under the [cache] group in the /etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini file.

Table 10.15. cache
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

backend = dogpile.cache.null

string value

Cache backend module. For eventlet-based or environments with hundreds of threaded servers, Memcache with pooling (oslo_cache.memcache_pool) is recommended. For environments with less than 100 threaded servers, Memcached (dogpile.cache.memcached) or Redis (dogpile.cache.redis) is recommended. Test environments with a single instance of the server can use the dogpile.cache.memory backend.

backend_argument = []

multi valued

Arguments supplied to the backend module. Specify this option once per argument to be passed to the dogpile.cache backend. Example format: "<argname>:<value>".

config_prefix = cache.oslo

string value

Prefix for building the configuration dictionary for the cache region. This should not need to be changed unless there is another dogpile.cache region with the same configuration name.

debug_cache_backend = False

boolean value

Extra debugging from the cache backend (cache keys, get/set/delete/etc calls). This is only really useful if you need to see the specific cache-backend get/set/delete calls with the keys/values. Typically this should be left set to false.

enabled = False

boolean value

Global toggle for caching.

expiration_time = 600

integer value

Default TTL, in seconds, for any cached item in the dogpile.cache region. This applies to any cached method that doesn’t have an explicit cache expiration time defined for it.

memcache_dead_retry = 300

integer value

Number of seconds memcached server is considered dead before it is tried again. (dogpile.cache.memcache and oslo_cache.memcache_pool backends only).

memcache_pool_connection_get_timeout = 10

integer value

Number of seconds that an operation will wait to get a memcache client connection.

memcache_pool_maxsize = 10

integer value

Max total number of open connections to every memcached server. (oslo_cache.memcache_pool backend only).

memcache_pool_unused_timeout = 60

integer value

Number of seconds a connection to memcached is held unused in the pool before it is closed. (oslo_cache.memcache_pool backend only).

memcache_servers = [u'localhost:11211']

list value

Memcache servers in the format of "host:port". (dogpile.cache.memcache and oslo_cache.memcache_pool backends only).

memcache_socket_timeout = 3

integer value

Timeout in seconds for every call to a server. (dogpile.cache.memcache and oslo_cache.memcache_pool backends only).

proxies = []

list value

Proxy classes to import that will affect the way the dogpile.cache backend functions. See the dogpile.cache documentation on changing-backend-behavior.

10.5. metering_agent.ini

This section contains options for the /etc/neutron/metering_agent.ini file.

10.5.1. DEFAULT

The following table outlines the options available under the [DEFAULT] group in the /etc/neutron/metering_agent.ini file.

Table 10.16. DEFAULT
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

debug = False

boolean value

If set to true, the logging level will be set to DEBUG instead of the default INFO level.

default_log_levels = [u'amqp=WARN', u'amqplib=WARN', u'boto=WARN', u'qpid=WARN', u'sqlalchemy=WARN', u'suds=INFO', u'oslo.messaging=INFO', u'oslo_messaging=INFO', u'iso8601=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'websocket=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'keystonemiddleware=WARN', u'routes.middleware=WARN', u'stevedore=WARN', u'taskflow=WARN', u'keystoneauth=WARN', u'oslo.cache=INFO', u'dogpile.core.dogpile=INFO']

list value

List of package logging levels in logger=LEVEL pairs. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

driver = neutron.services.metering.drivers.noop.noop_driver.NoopMeteringDriver

string value

Metering driver

fatal_deprecations = False

boolean value

Enables or disables fatal status of deprecations.

`instance_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance that is passed with the log message.

`instance_uuid_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance UUID that is passed with the log message.

interface_driver = None

string value

The driver used to manage the virtual interface.

log-config-append = None

string value

The name of a logging configuration file. This file is appended to any existing logging configuration files. For details about logging configuration files, see the Python logging module documentation. Note that when logging configuration files are used then all logging configuration is set in the configuration file and other logging configuration options are ignored (for example, logging_context_format_string).

log-date-format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

string value

Defines the format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. Default: %(default)s . This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-dir = None

string value

(Optional) The base directory used for relative log_file paths. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-file = None

string value

(Optional) Name of log file to send logging output to. If no default is set, logging will go to stderr as defined by use_stderr. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

logging_context_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages with context.

logging_debug_format_suffix = %(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d

string value

Additional data to append to log message when logging level for the message is DEBUG.

logging_default_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages when context is undefined.

logging_exception_prefix = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d ERROR %(name)s %(instance)s

string value

Prefix each line of exception output with this format.

logging_user_identity_format = %(user)s %(tenant)s %(domain)s %(user_domain)s %(project_domain)s

string value

Defines the format string for %(user_identity)s that is used in logging_context_format_string.

measure_interval = 30

integer value

Interval between two metering measures

ovs_integration_bridge = br-int

string value

Name of Open vSwitch bridge to use

ovs_use_veth = False

boolean value

Uses veth for an OVS interface or not. Support kernels with limited namespace support (e.g. RHEL 6.5) and rate limiting on router’s gateway port so long as ovs_use_veth is set to True.

publish_errors = False

boolean value

Enables or disables publication of error events.

rate_limit_burst = 0

integer value

Maximum number of logged messages per rate_limit_interval.

rate_limit_except_level = CRITICAL

string value

Log level name used by rate limiting: CRITICAL, ERROR, INFO, WARNING, DEBUG or empty string. Logs with level greater or equal to rate_limit_except_level are not filtered. An empty string means that all levels are filtered.

rate_limit_interval = 0

integer value

Interval, number of seconds, of log rate limiting.

report_interval = 300

integer value

Interval between two metering reports

syslog-log-facility = LOG_USER

string value

Syslog facility to receive log lines. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-journal = False

boolean value

Enable journald for logging. If running in a systemd environment you may wish to enable journal support. Doing so will use the journal native protocol which includes structured metadata in addition to log messages.This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-json = False

boolean value

Use JSON formatting for logging. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-syslog = False

boolean value

Use syslog for logging. Existing syslog format is DEPRECATED and will be changed later to honor RFC5424. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use_stderr = False

boolean value

Log output to standard error. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

watch-log-file = False

boolean value

Uses logging handler designed to watch file system. When log file is moved or removed this handler will open a new log file with specified path instantaneously. It makes sense only if log_file option is specified and Linux platform is used. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

10.5.2. agent

The following table outlines the options available under the [agent] group in the /etc/neutron/metering_agent.ini file.

Table 10.17. agent
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

log_agent_heartbeats = False

boolean value

Log agent heartbeats

report_interval = 30

floating point value

Seconds between nodes reporting state to server; should be less than agent_down_time, best if it is half or less than agent_down_time.

10.5.3. ovs

The following table outlines the options available under the [ovs] group in the /etc/neutron/metering_agent.ini file.

Table 10.18. ovs
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

bridge_mac_table_size = 50000

integer value

The maximum number of MAC addresses to learn on a bridge managed by the Neutron OVS agent. Values outside a reasonable range (10 to 1,000,000) might be overridden by Open vSwitch according to the documentation.

ovsdb_connection = tcp:127.0.0.1:6640

string value

The connection string for the OVSDB backend. Will be used by ovsdb-client when monitoring and used for the all ovsdb commands when native ovsdb_interface is enabled

ovsdb_interface = native

string value

The interface for interacting with the OVSDB

ovsdb_timeout = 10

integer value

Timeout in seconds for ovsdb commands. If the timeout expires, ovsdb commands will fail with ALARMCLOCK error.

ssl_ca_cert_file = None

string value

The Certificate Authority (CA) certificate to use when interacting with OVSDB. Required when using an "ssl:" prefixed ovsdb_connection

ssl_cert_file = None

string value

The SSL certificate file to use when interacting with OVSDB. Required when using an "ssl:" prefixed ovsdb_connection

ssl_key_file = None

string value

The SSL private key file to use when interacting with OVSDB. Required when using an "ssl:" prefixed ovsdb_connection

10.6. ml2_conf.ini

This section contains options for the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini file.

10.6.1. DEFAULT

The following table outlines the options available under the [DEFAULT] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini file.

Table 10.19. DEFAULT
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

debug = False

boolean value

If set to true, the logging level will be set to DEBUG instead of the default INFO level.

default_log_levels = [u'amqp=WARN', u'amqplib=WARN', u'boto=WARN', u'qpid=WARN', u'sqlalchemy=WARN', u'suds=INFO', u'oslo.messaging=INFO', u'oslo_messaging=INFO', u'iso8601=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'websocket=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'keystonemiddleware=WARN', u'routes.middleware=WARN', u'stevedore=WARN', u'taskflow=WARN', u'keystoneauth=WARN', u'oslo.cache=INFO', u'dogpile.core.dogpile=INFO']

list value

List of package logging levels in logger=LEVEL pairs. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

fatal_deprecations = False

boolean value

Enables or disables fatal status of deprecations.

`instance_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance that is passed with the log message.

`instance_uuid_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance UUID that is passed with the log message.

log-config-append = None

string value

The name of a logging configuration file. This file is appended to any existing logging configuration files. For details about logging configuration files, see the Python logging module documentation. Note that when logging configuration files are used then all logging configuration is set in the configuration file and other logging configuration options are ignored (for example, logging_context_format_string).

log-date-format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

string value

Defines the format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. Default: %(default)s . This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-dir = None

string value

(Optional) The base directory used for relative log_file paths. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-file = None

string value

(Optional) Name of log file to send logging output to. If no default is set, logging will go to stderr as defined by use_stderr. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

logging_context_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages with context.

logging_debug_format_suffix = %(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d

string value

Additional data to append to log message when logging level for the message is DEBUG.

logging_default_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages when context is undefined.

logging_exception_prefix = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d ERROR %(name)s %(instance)s

string value

Prefix each line of exception output with this format.

logging_user_identity_format = %(user)s %(tenant)s %(domain)s %(user_domain)s %(project_domain)s

string value

Defines the format string for %(user_identity)s that is used in logging_context_format_string.

publish_errors = False

boolean value

Enables or disables publication of error events.

rate_limit_burst = 0

integer value

Maximum number of logged messages per rate_limit_interval.

rate_limit_except_level = CRITICAL

string value

Log level name used by rate limiting: CRITICAL, ERROR, INFO, WARNING, DEBUG or empty string. Logs with level greater or equal to rate_limit_except_level are not filtered. An empty string means that all levels are filtered.

rate_limit_interval = 0

integer value

Interval, number of seconds, of log rate limiting.

syslog-log-facility = LOG_USER

string value

Syslog facility to receive log lines. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-journal = False

boolean value

Enable journald for logging. If running in a systemd environment you may wish to enable journal support. Doing so will use the journal native protocol which includes structured metadata in addition to log messages.This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-json = False

boolean value

Use JSON formatting for logging. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-syslog = False

boolean value

Use syslog for logging. Existing syslog format is DEPRECATED and will be changed later to honor RFC5424. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use_stderr = False

boolean value

Log output to standard error. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

watch-log-file = False

boolean value

Uses logging handler designed to watch file system. When log file is moved or removed this handler will open a new log file with specified path instantaneously. It makes sense only if log_file option is specified and Linux platform is used. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

10.6.2. l2pop

The following table outlines the options available under the [l2pop] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini file.

Table 10.20. l2pop
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

agent_boot_time = 180

integer value

Delay within which agent is expected to update existing ports when it restarts

10.6.3. ml2

The following table outlines the options available under the [ml2] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini file.

Table 10.21. ml2
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

extension_drivers = []

list value

An ordered list of extension driver entrypoints to be loaded from the neutron.ml2.extension_drivers namespace. For example: extension_drivers = port_security,qos

external_network_type = None

string value

Default network type for external networks when no provider attributes are specified. By default it is None, which means that if provider attributes are not specified while creating external networks then they will have the same type as tenant networks. Allowed values for external_network_type config option depend on the network type values configured in type_drivers config option.

mechanism_drivers = []

list value

An ordered list of networking mechanism driver entrypoints to be loaded from the neutron.ml2.mechanism_drivers namespace.

overlay_ip_version = 4

integer value

IP version of all overlay (tunnel) network endpoints. Use a value of 4 for IPv4 or 6 for IPv6.

path_mtu = 0

integer value

Maximum size of an IP packet (MTU) that can traverse the underlying physical network infrastructure without fragmentation when using an overlay/tunnel protocol. This option allows specifying a physical network MTU value that differs from the default global_physnet_mtu value.

physical_network_mtus = []

list value

A list of mappings of physical networks to MTU values. The format of the mapping is <physnet>:<mtu val>. This mapping allows specifying a physical network MTU value that differs from the default global_physnet_mtu value.

tenant_network_types = [u'local']

list value

Ordered list of network_types to allocate as tenant networks. The default value local is useful for single-box testing but provides no connectivity between hosts.

type_drivers = [u'local', u'flat', u'vlan', u'gre', u'vxlan', u'geneve']

list value

List of network type driver entrypoints to be loaded from the neutron.ml2.type_drivers namespace.

10.6.4. ml2_type_flat

The following table outlines the options available under the [ml2_type_flat] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini file.

Table 10.22. ml2_type_flat
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

flat_networks = *

list value

List of physical_network names with which flat networks can be created. Use default * to allow flat networks with arbitrary physical_network names. Use an empty list to disable flat networks.

10.6.5. ml2_type_geneve

The following table outlines the options available under the [ml2_type_geneve] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini file.

Table 10.23. ml2_type_geneve
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

max_header_size = 30

integer value

Geneve encapsulation header size is dynamic, this value is used to calculate the maximum MTU for the driver. This is the sum of the sizes of the outer ETH + IP + UDP + GENEVE header sizes. The default size for this field is 50, which is the size of the Geneve header without any additional option headers.

vni_ranges = []

list value

Comma-separated list of <vni_min>:<vni_max> tuples enumerating ranges of Geneve VNI IDs that are available for tenant network allocation

10.6.6. ml2_type_gre

The following table outlines the options available under the [ml2_type_gre] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini file.

Table 10.24. ml2_type_gre
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

tunnel_id_ranges = []

list value

Comma-separated list of <tun_min>:<tun_max> tuples enumerating ranges of GRE tunnel IDs that are available for tenant network allocation

10.6.7. ml2_type_vlan

The following table outlines the options available under the [ml2_type_vlan] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini file.

Table 10.25. ml2_type_vlan
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

network_vlan_ranges = []

list value

List of <physical_network>:<vlan_min>:<vlan_max> or <physical_network> specifying physical_network names usable for VLAN provider and tenant networks, as well as ranges of VLAN tags on each available for allocation to tenant networks.

10.6.8. ml2_type_vxlan

The following table outlines the options available under the [ml2_type_vxlan] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini file.

Table 10.26. ml2_type_vxlan
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

vni_ranges = []

list value

Comma-separated list of <vni_min>:<vni_max> tuples enumerating ranges of VXLAN VNI IDs that are available for tenant network allocation

vxlan_group = None

string value

Multicast group for VXLAN. When configured, will enable sending all broadcast traffic to this multicast group. When left unconfigured, will disable multicast VXLAN mode.

10.6.9. securitygroup

The following table outlines the options available under the [securitygroup] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini file.

Table 10.27. securitygroup
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

enable_ipset = True

boolean value

Use ipset to speed-up the iptables based security groups. Enabling ipset support requires that ipset is installed on L2 agent node.

enable_security_group = True

boolean value

Controls whether the neutron security group API is enabled in the server. It should be false when using no security groups or using the nova security group API.

firewall_driver = None

string value

Driver for security groups firewall in the L2 agent

10.7. neutron.conf

This section contains options for the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

10.7.1. DEFAULT

The following table outlines the options available under the [DEFAULT] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.28. DEFAULT
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

agent_down_time = 75

integer value

Seconds to regard the agent is down; should be at least twice report_interval, to be sure the agent is down for good.

allow_automatic_dhcp_failover = True

boolean value

Automatically remove networks from offline DHCP agents.

allow_automatic_l3agent_failover = False

boolean value

Automatically reschedule routers from offline L3 agents to online L3 agents.

allow_bulk = True

boolean value

Allow the usage of the bulk API

allow_overlapping_ips = False

boolean value

Allow overlapping IP support in Neutron. Attention: the following parameter MUST be set to False if Neutron is being used in conjunction with Nova security groups.

`api_extensions_path = `

string value

The path for API extensions. Note that this can be a colon-separated list of paths. For example: api_extensions_path = extensions:/path/to/more/exts:/even/more/exts. The path of neutron.extensions is appended to this, so if your extensions are in there you don’t need to specify them here.

api_paste_config = api-paste.ini

string value

File name for the paste.deploy config for api service

api_workers = None

integer value

Number of separate API worker processes for service. If not specified, the default is equal to the number of CPUs available for best performance.

auth_strategy = keystone

string value

The type of authentication to use

backlog = 4096

integer value

Number of backlog requests to configure the socket with

base_mac = fa:16:3e:00:00:00

string value

The base MAC address Neutron will use for VIFs. The first 3 octets will remain unchanged. If the 4th octet is not 00, it will also be used. The others will be randomly generated.

bind_host = 0.0.0.0

unknown value

The host IP to bind to.

bind_port = 9696

port value

The port to bind to

client_socket_timeout = 900

integer value

Timeout for client connections' socket operations. If an incoming connection is idle for this number of seconds it will be closed. A value of 0 means wait forever.

conn_pool_min_size = 2

integer value

The pool size limit for connections expiration policy

conn_pool_ttl = 1200

integer value

The time-to-live in sec of idle connections in the pool

control_exchange = neutron

string value

The default exchange under which topics are scoped. May be overridden by an exchange name specified in the transport_url option.

core_plugin = None

string value

The core plugin Neutron will use

debug = False

boolean value

If set to true, the logging level will be set to DEBUG instead of the default INFO level.

default_availability_zones = []

list value

Default value of availability zone hints. The availability zone aware schedulers use this when the resources availability_zone_hints is empty. Multiple availability zones can be specified by a comma separated string. This value can be empty. In this case, even if availability_zone_hints for a resource is empty, availability zone is considered for high availability while scheduling the resource.

default_log_levels = [u'amqp=WARN', u'amqplib=WARN', u'boto=WARN', u'qpid=WARN', u'sqlalchemy=WARN', u'suds=INFO', u'oslo.messaging=INFO', u'oslo_messaging=INFO', u'iso8601=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'websocket=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'keystonemiddleware=WARN', u'routes.middleware=WARN', u'stevedore=WARN', u'taskflow=WARN', u'keystoneauth=WARN', u'oslo.cache=INFO', u'dogpile.core.dogpile=INFO']

list value

List of package logging levels in logger=LEVEL pairs. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

dhcp_agent_notification = True

boolean value

Allow sending resource operation notification to DHCP agent

dhcp_agents_per_network = 1

integer value

Number of DHCP agents scheduled to host a tenant network. If this number is greater than 1, the scheduler automatically assigns multiple DHCP agents for a given tenant network, providing high availability for DHCP service.

dhcp_lease_duration = 86400

integer value

DHCP lease duration (in seconds). Use -1 to tell dnsmasq to use infinite lease times.

dhcp_load_type = networks

string value

Representing the resource type whose load is being reported by the agent. This can be "networks", "subnets" or "ports". When specified (Default is networks), the server will extract particular load sent as part of its agent configuration object from the agent report state, which is the number of resources being consumed, at every report_interval.dhcp_load_type can be used in combination with network_scheduler_driver = neutron.scheduler.dhcp_agent_scheduler.WeightScheduler When the network_scheduler_driver is WeightScheduler, dhcp_load_type can be configured to represent the choice for the resource being balanced. Example: dhcp_load_type=networks

dns_domain = openstacklocal

string value

Domain to use for building the hostnames

dvr_base_mac = fa:16:3f:00:00:00

string value

The base mac address used for unique DVR instances by Neutron. The first 3 octets will remain unchanged. If the 4th octet is not 00, it will also be used. The others will be randomly generated. The dvr_base_mac must be different from base_mac to avoid mixing them up with MAC’s allocated for tenant ports. A 4 octet example would be dvr_base_mac = fa:16:3f:4f:00:00. The default is 3 octet

enable_dvr = True

boolean value

Determine if setup is configured for DVR. If False, DVR API extension will be disabled.

enable_new_agents = True

boolean value

Agent starts with admin_state_up=False when enable_new_agents=False. In the case, user’s resources will not be scheduled automatically to the agent until admin changes admin_state_up to True.

enable_services_on_agents_with_admin_state_down = False

boolean value

Enable services on an agent with admin_state_up False. If this option is False, when admin_state_up of an agent is turned False, services on it will be disabled. Agents with admin_state_up False are not selected for automatic scheduling regardless of this option. But manual scheduling to such agents is available if this option is True.

enable_snat_by_default = True

boolean value

Define the default value of enable_snat if not provided in external_gateway_info.

executor_thread_pool_size = 64

integer value

Size of executor thread pool when executor is threading or eventlet.

external_dns_driver = None

string value

Driver for external DNS integration.

fatal_deprecations = False

boolean value

Enables or disables fatal status of deprecations.

global_physnet_mtu = 1500

integer value

MTU of the underlying physical network. Neutron uses this value to calculate MTU for all virtual network components. For flat and VLAN networks, neutron uses this value without modification. For overlay networks such as VXLAN, neutron automatically subtracts the overlay protocol overhead from this value. Defaults to 1500, the standard value for Ethernet.

host = ccsosp-undercloud.usersys.redhat.com

unknown value

Hostname to be used by the Neutron server, agents and services running on this machine. All the agents and services running on this machine must use the same host value.

`instance_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance that is passed with the log message.

`instance_uuid_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance UUID that is passed with the log message.

interface_driver = None

string value

The driver used to manage the virtual interface.

ipam_driver = internal

string value

Neutron IPAM (IP address management) driver to use. By default, the reference implementation of the Neutron IPAM driver is used.

ipv6_pd_enabled = False

boolean value

Enables IPv6 Prefix Delegation for automatic subnet CIDR allocation. Set to True to enable IPv6 Prefix Delegation for subnet allocation in a PD-capable environment. Users making subnet creation requests for IPv6 subnets without providing a CIDR or subnetpool ID will be given a CIDR via the Prefix Delegation mechanism. Note that enabling PD will override the behavior of the default IPv6 subnetpool.

l3_ha = False

boolean value

Enable HA mode for virtual routers.

l3_ha_net_cidr = 169.254.192.0/18

string value

Subnet used for the l3 HA admin network.

`l3_ha_network_physical_name = `

string value

The physical network name with which the HA network can be created.

`l3_ha_network_type = `

string value

The network type to use when creating the HA network for an HA router. By default or if empty, the first tenant_network_types is used. This is helpful when the VRRP traffic should use a specific network which is not the default one.

log-config-append = None

string value

The name of a logging configuration file. This file is appended to any existing logging configuration files. For details about logging configuration files, see the Python logging module documentation. Note that when logging configuration files are used then all logging configuration is set in the configuration file and other logging configuration options are ignored (for example, logging_context_format_string).

log-date-format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

string value

Defines the format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. Default: %(default)s . This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-dir = None

string value

(Optional) The base directory used for relative log_file paths. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-file = None

string value

(Optional) Name of log file to send logging output to. If no default is set, logging will go to stderr as defined by use_stderr. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

logging_context_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages with context.

logging_debug_format_suffix = %(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d

string value

Additional data to append to log message when logging level for the message is DEBUG.

logging_default_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages when context is undefined.

logging_exception_prefix = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d ERROR %(name)s %(instance)s

string value

Prefix each line of exception output with this format.

logging_user_identity_format = %(user)s %(tenant)s %(domain)s %(user_domain)s %(project_domain)s

string value

Defines the format string for %(user_identity)s that is used in logging_context_format_string.

max_allowed_address_pair = 10

integer value

Maximum number of allowed address pairs

max_dns_nameservers = 5

integer value

Maximum number of DNS nameservers per subnet

max_header_line = 16384

integer value

Maximum line size of message headers to be accepted. max_header_line may need to be increased when using large tokens (typically those generated when keystone is configured to use PKI tokens with big service catalogs).

max_l3_agents_per_router = 3

integer value

Maximum number of L3 agents which a HA router will be scheduled on. If it is set to 0 then the router will be scheduled on every agent.

max_routes = 30

integer value

Maximum number of routes per router

max_subnet_host_routes = 20

integer value

Maximum number of host routes per subnet

`metadata_proxy_group = `

string value

Group (gid or name) running metadata proxy after its initialization (if empty: agent effective group).

metadata_proxy_socket = $state_path/metadata_proxy

string value

Location for Metadata Proxy UNIX domain socket.

`metadata_proxy_user = `

string value

User (uid or name) running metadata proxy after its initialization (if empty: agent effective user).

network_auto_schedule = True

boolean value

Allow auto scheduling networks to DHCP agent.

network_link_prefix = None

string value

This string is prepended to the normal URL that is returned in links to the OpenStack Network API. If it is empty (the default), the URLs are returned unchanged.

network_scheduler_driver = neutron.scheduler.dhcp_agent_scheduler.WeightScheduler

string value

Driver to use for scheduling network to DHCP agent

notify_nova_on_port_data_changes = True

boolean value

Send notification to nova when port data (fixed_ips/floatingip) changes so nova can update its cache.

notify_nova_on_port_status_changes = True

boolean value

Send notification to nova when port status changes

pagination_max_limit = -1

string value

The maximum number of items returned in a single response, value was infinite or negative integer means no limit

periodic_fuzzy_delay = 5

integer value

Range of seconds to randomly delay when starting the periodic task scheduler to reduce stampeding. (Disable by setting to 0)

periodic_interval = 40

integer value

Seconds between running periodic tasks.

publish_errors = False

boolean value

Enables or disables publication of error events.

rate_limit_burst = 0

integer value

Maximum number of logged messages per rate_limit_interval.

rate_limit_except_level = CRITICAL

string value

Log level name used by rate limiting: CRITICAL, ERROR, INFO, WARNING, DEBUG or empty string. Logs with level greater or equal to rate_limit_except_level are not filtered. An empty string means that all levels are filtered.

rate_limit_interval = 0

integer value

Interval, number of seconds, of log rate limiting.

retry_until_window = 30

integer value

Number of seconds to keep retrying to listen

router_auto_schedule = True

boolean value

Allow auto scheduling of routers to L3 agent.

router_distributed = False

boolean value

System-wide flag to determine the type of router that tenants can create. Only admin can override.

router_scheduler_driver = neutron.scheduler.l3_agent_scheduler.LeastRoutersScheduler

string value

Driver to use for scheduling router to a default L3 agent

rpc_ack_timeout_base = 15

integer value

Number of seconds to wait for an ack from a cast/call. After each retry attempt this timeout is multiplied by some specified multiplier.

rpc_ack_timeout_multiplier = 2

integer value

Number to multiply base ack timeout by after each retry attempt.

rpc_backend = rabbit

string value

The messaging driver to use, defaults to rabbit. Other drivers include amqp and zmq.

rpc_conn_pool_size = 30

integer value

Size of RPC connection pool.

rpc_message_ttl = 300

integer value

Expiration timeout in seconds of a sent/received message after which it is not tracked anymore by a client/server.

rpc_poll_timeout = 1

integer value

The default number of seconds that poll should wait. Poll raises timeout exception when timeout expired.

rpc_response_timeout = 60

integer value

Seconds to wait for a response from a call.

rpc_retry_attempts = 3

integer value

Default number of message sending attempts in case of any problems occurred: positive value N means at most N retries, 0 means no retries, None or -1 (or any other negative values) mean to retry forever. This option is used only if acknowledgments are enabled.

rpc_state_report_workers = 1

integer value

Number of RPC worker processes dedicated to state reports queue.

rpc_thread_pool_size = 100

integer value

Maximum number of (green) threads to work concurrently.

rpc_use_acks = False

boolean value

Wait for message acknowledgements from receivers. This mechanism works only via proxy without PUB/SUB.

rpc_workers = 1

integer value

Number of RPC worker processes for service.

rpc_zmq_bind_address = *

string value

ZeroMQ bind address. Should be a wildcard (*), an ethernet interface, or IP. The "host" option should point or resolve to this address.

rpc_zmq_bind_port_retries = 100

integer value

Number of retries to find free port number before fail with ZMQBindError.

rpc_zmq_contexts = 1

integer value

Number of ZeroMQ contexts, defaults to 1.

rpc_zmq_host = ccsosp-undercloud.usersys.redhat.com

string value

Name of this node. Must be a valid hostname, FQDN, or IP address. Must match "host" option, if running Nova.

rpc_zmq_ipc_dir = /var/run/openstack

string value

Directory for holding IPC sockets.

rpc_zmq_matchmaker = redis

string value

MatchMaker driver.

rpc_zmq_max_port = 65536

integer value

Maximal port number for random ports range.

rpc_zmq_min_port = 49153

port value

Minimal port number for random ports range.

rpc_zmq_serialization = json

string value

Default serialization mechanism for serializing/deserializing outgoing/incoming messages

rpc_zmq_topic_backlog = None

integer value

Maximum number of ingress messages to locally buffer per topic. Default is unlimited.

send_events_interval = 2

integer value

Number of seconds between sending events to nova if there are any events to send.

service_plugins = []

list value

The service plugins Neutron will use

state_path = /var/lib/neutron

string value

Where to store Neutron state files. This directory must be writable by the agent.

subscribe_on = []

list value

List of publisher hosts SubConsumer can subscribe on. This option has higher priority then the default publishers list taken from the matchmaker.

syslog-log-facility = LOG_USER

string value

Syslog facility to receive log lines. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

tcp_keepidle = 600

integer value

Sets the value of TCP_KEEPIDLE in seconds for each server socket. Not supported on OS X.

transport_url = None

string value

The network address and optional user credentials for connecting to the messaging backend, in URL format. The expected format is:

driver://[user:pass@]host:port[,[userN:passN@]hostN:portN]/virtual_host?query

Example: rabbit://rabbitmq:password@127.0.0.1:5672//

For full details on the fields in the URL see the documentation of oslo_messaging.TransportURL at https://docs.openstack.org/oslo.messaging/latest/reference/transport.html

use-journal = False

boolean value

Enable journald for logging. If running in a systemd environment you may wish to enable journal support. Doing so will use the journal native protocol which includes structured metadata in addition to log messages.This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-json = False

boolean value

Use JSON formatting for logging. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-syslog = False

boolean value

Use syslog for logging. Existing syslog format is DEPRECATED and will be changed later to honor RFC5424. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use_dynamic_connections = False

boolean value

This option makes direct connections dynamic or static. It makes sense only with use_router_proxy=False which means to use direct connections for direct message types (ignored otherwise).

use_pub_sub = False

boolean value

Use PUB/SUB pattern for fanout methods. PUB/SUB always uses proxy.

use_router_proxy = False

boolean value

Use ROUTER remote proxy.

use_ssl = False

boolean value

Enable SSL on the API server

use_stderr = False

boolean value

Log output to standard error. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

vlan_transparent = False

boolean value

If True, then allow plugins that support it to create VLAN transparent networks.

watch-log-file = False

boolean value

Uses logging handler designed to watch file system. When log file is moved or removed this handler will open a new log file with specified path instantaneously. It makes sense only if log_file option is specified and Linux platform is used. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

wsgi_default_pool_size = 100

integer value

Size of the pool of greenthreads used by wsgi

wsgi_keep_alive = True

boolean value

If False, closes the client socket connection explicitly.

wsgi_log_format = %(client_ip)s "%(request_line)s" status: %(status_code)s len: %(body_length)s time: %(wall_seconds).7f

string value

A python format string that is used as the template to generate log lines. The following values can beformatted into it: client_ip, date_time, request_line, status_code, body_length, wall_seconds.

zmq_failover_connections = 2

integer value

How many additional connections to a host will be made for failover reasons. This option is actual only in dynamic connections mode.

zmq_immediate = True

boolean value

This option configures round-robin mode in zmq socket. True means not keeping a queue when server side disconnects. False means to keep queue and messages even if server is disconnected, when the server appears we send all accumulated messages to it.

zmq_linger = -1

integer value

Number of seconds to wait before all pending messages will be sent after closing a socket. The default value of -1 specifies an infinite linger period. The value of 0 specifies no linger period. Pending messages shall be discarded immediately when the socket is closed. Positive values specify an upper bound for the linger period.

zmq_target_expire = 300

integer value

Expiration timeout in seconds of a name service record about existing target ( < 0 means no timeout).

zmq_target_update = 180

integer value

Update period in seconds of a name service record about existing target.

zmq_tcp_keepalive = -1

integer value

Enable/disable TCP keepalive (KA) mechanism. The default value of -1 (or any other negative value) means to skip any overrides and leave it to OS default; 0 and 1 (or any other positive value) mean to disable and enable the option respectively.

zmq_tcp_keepalive_cnt = -1

integer value

The number of retransmissions to be carried out before declaring that remote end is not available. The default value of -1 (or any other negative value and 0) means to skip any overrides and leave it to OS default.

zmq_tcp_keepalive_idle = -1

integer value

The duration between two keepalive transmissions in idle condition. The unit is platform dependent, for example, seconds in Linux, milliseconds in Windows etc. The default value of -1 (or any other negative value and 0) means to skip any overrides and leave it to OS default.

zmq_tcp_keepalive_intvl = -1

integer value

The duration between two successive keepalive retransmissions, if acknowledgement to the previous keepalive transmission is not received. The unit is platform dependent, for example, seconds in Linux, milliseconds in Windows etc. The default value of -1 (or any other negative value and 0) means to skip any overrides and leave it to OS default.

10.7.2. agent

The following table outlines the options available under the [agent] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.29. agent
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

availability_zone = nova

string value

Availability zone of this node

check_child_processes_action = respawn

string value

Action to be executed when a child process dies

check_child_processes_interval = 60

integer value

Interval between checks of child process liveness (seconds), use 0 to disable

comment_iptables_rules = True

boolean value

Add comments to iptables rules. Set to false to disallow the addition of comments to generated iptables rules that describe each rule’s purpose. System must support the iptables comments module for addition of comments.

debug_iptables_rules = False

boolean value

Duplicate every iptables difference calculation to ensure the format being generated matches the format of iptables-save. This option should not be turned on for production systems because it imposes a performance penalty.

log_agent_heartbeats = False

boolean value

Log agent heartbeats

report_interval = 30

floating point value

Seconds between nodes reporting state to server; should be less than agent_down_time, best if it is half or less than agent_down_time.

root_helper = sudo

string value

Root helper application. Use sudo neutron-rootwrap /etc/neutron/rootwrap.conf to use the real root filter facility. Change to sudo to skip the filtering and just run the command directly.

root_helper_daemon = None

string value

Root helper daemon application to use when possible. For the agent which needs to execute commands in Dom0 in the hypervisor of XenServer, this item should be set to xenapi_root_helper, so that it will keep a XenAPI session to pass commands to Dom0.

use_helper_for_ns_read = True

boolean value

Use the root helper when listing the namespaces on a system. This may not be required depending on the security configuration. If the root helper is not required, set this to False for a performance improvement.

10.7.3. cors

The following table outlines the options available under the [cors] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.30. cors
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

allow_credentials = True

boolean value

Indicate that the actual request can include user credentials

allow_headers = [u'X-Auth-Token', u'X-Identity-Status', u'X-Roles', u'X-Service-Catalog', u'X-User-Id', u'X-Tenant-Id', u'X-OpenStack-Request-ID']

list value

Indicate which header field names may be used during the actual request.

allow_methods = [u'GET', u'PUT', u'POST', u'DELETE', u'PATCH']

list value

Indicate which methods can be used during the actual request.

allowed_origin = None

list value

Indicate whether this resource may be shared with the domain received in the requests "origin" header. Format: "<protocol>://<host>[:<port>]", no trailing slash. Example: https://horizon.example.com

expose_headers = [u'X-Auth-Token', u'X-Subject-Token', u'X-Service-Token', u'X-OpenStack-Request-ID', u'OpenStack-Volume-microversion']

list value

Indicate which headers are safe to expose to the API. Defaults to HTTP Simple Headers.

max_age = 3600

integer value

Maximum cache age of CORS preflight requests.

10.7.4. database

The following table outlines the options available under the [database] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.31. database
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

backend = sqlalchemy

string value

The back end to use for the database.

connection = None

string value

The SQLAlchemy connection string to use to connect to the database.

connection_debug = 0

integer value

Verbosity of SQL debugging information: 0=None, 100=Everything.

connection_recycle_time = 3600

integer value

Connections which have been present in the connection pool longer than this number of seconds will be replaced with a new one the next time they are checked out from the pool.

connection_trace = False

boolean value

Add Python stack traces to SQL as comment strings.

db_inc_retry_interval = True

boolean value

If True, increases the interval between retries of a database operation up to db_max_retry_interval.

db_max_retries = 20

integer value

Maximum retries in case of connection error or deadlock error before error is raised. Set to -1 to specify an infinite retry count.

db_max_retry_interval = 10

integer value

If db_inc_retry_interval is set, the maximum seconds between retries of a database operation.

db_retry_interval = 1

integer value

Seconds between retries of a database transaction.

`engine = `

string value

Database engine for which script will be generated when using offline migration.

max_overflow = 50

integer value

If set, use this value for max_overflow with SQLAlchemy.

max_pool_size = 5

integer value

Maximum number of SQL connections to keep open in a pool. Setting a value of 0 indicates no limit.

max_retries = 10

integer value

Maximum number of database connection retries during startup. Set to -1 to specify an infinite retry count.

min_pool_size = 1

integer value

Minimum number of SQL connections to keep open in a pool.

mysql_enable_ndb = False

boolean value

If True, transparently enables support for handling MySQL Cluster (NDB).

mysql_sql_mode = TRADITIONAL

string value

The SQL mode to be used for MySQL sessions. This option, including the default, overrides any server-set SQL mode. To use whatever SQL mode is set by the server configuration, set this to no value. Example: mysql_sql_mode=

pool_timeout = None

integer value

If set, use this value for pool_timeout with SQLAlchemy.

retry_interval = 10

integer value

Interval between retries of opening a SQL connection.

slave_connection = None

string value

The SQLAlchemy connection string to use to connect to the slave database.

sqlite_synchronous = True

boolean value

If True, SQLite uses synchronous mode.

use_db_reconnect = False

boolean value

Enable the experimental use of database reconnect on connection lost.

10.7.5. keystone_authtoken

The following table outlines the options available under the [keystone_authtoken] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.32. keystone_authtoken
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

auth_section = None

string value

Config Section from which to load plugin specific options

auth_type = None

string value

Authentication type to load

auth_uri = None

string value

Complete "public" Identity API endpoint. This endpoint should not be an "admin" endpoint, as it should be accessible by all end users. Unauthenticated clients are redirected to this endpoint to authenticate. Although this endpoint should ideally be unversioned, client support in the wild varies. If you’re using a versioned v2 endpoint here, then this should not be the same endpoint the service user utilizes for validating tokens, because normal end users may not be able to reach that endpoint. This option is deprecated in favor of www_authenticate_uri and will be removed in the S release.

auth_version = None

string value

API version of the admin Identity API endpoint.

cache = None

string value

Request environment key where the Swift cache object is stored. When auth_token middleware is deployed with a Swift cache, use this option to have the middleware share a caching backend with swift. Otherwise, use the memcached_servers option instead.

cafile = None

string value

A PEM encoded Certificate Authority to use when verifying HTTPs connections. Defaults to system CAs.

certfile = None

string value

Required if identity server requires client certificate

check_revocations_for_cached = False

boolean value

If true, the revocation list will be checked for cached tokens. This requires that PKI tokens are configured on the identity server.

delay_auth_decision = False

boolean value

Do not handle authorization requests within the middleware, but delegate the authorization decision to downstream WSGI components.

enforce_token_bind = permissive

string value

Used to control the use and type of token binding. Can be set to: "disabled" to not check token binding. "permissive" (default) to validate binding information if the bind type is of a form known to the server and ignore it if not. "strict" like "permissive" but if the bind type is unknown the token will be rejected. "required" any form of token binding is needed to be allowed. Finally the name of a binding method that must be present in tokens.

hash_algorithms = [u'md5']

list value

Hash algorithms to use for hashing PKI tokens. This may be a single algorithm or multiple. The algorithms are those supported by Python standard hashlib.new(). The hashes will be tried in the order given, so put the preferred one first for performance. The result of the first hash will be stored in the cache. This will typically be set to multiple values only while migrating from a less secure algorithm to a more secure one. Once all the old tokens are expired this option should be set to a single value for better performance.

http_connect_timeout = None

integer value

Request timeout value for communicating with Identity API server.

http_request_max_retries = 3

integer value

How many times are we trying to reconnect when communicating with Identity API Server.

include_service_catalog = True

boolean value

(Optional) Indicate whether to set the X-Service-Catalog header. If False, middleware will not ask for service catalog on token validation and will not set the X-Service-Catalog header.

insecure = False

boolean value

Verify HTTPS connections.

keyfile = None

string value

Required if identity server requires client certificate

memcache_pool_conn_get_timeout = 10

integer value

(Optional) Number of seconds that an operation will wait to get a memcached client connection from the pool.

memcache_pool_dead_retry = 300

integer value

(Optional) Number of seconds memcached server is considered dead before it is tried again.

memcache_pool_maxsize = 10

integer value

(Optional) Maximum total number of open connections to every memcached server.

memcache_pool_socket_timeout = 3

integer value

(Optional) Socket timeout in seconds for communicating with a memcached server.

memcache_pool_unused_timeout = 60

integer value

(Optional) Number of seconds a connection to memcached is held unused in the pool before it is closed.

memcache_secret_key = None

string value

(Optional, mandatory if memcache_security_strategy is defined) This string is used for key derivation.

memcache_security_strategy = None

string value

(Optional) If defined, indicate whether token data should be authenticated or authenticated and encrypted. If MAC, token data is authenticated (with HMAC) in the cache. If ENCRYPT, token data is encrypted and authenticated in the cache. If the value is not one of these options or empty, auth_token will raise an exception on initialization.

memcache_use_advanced_pool = False

boolean value

(Optional) Use the advanced (eventlet safe) memcached client pool. The advanced pool will only work under python 2.x.

memcached_servers = None

list value

Optionally specify a list of memcached server(s) to use for caching. If left undefined, tokens will instead be cached in-process.

region_name = None

string value

The region in which the identity server can be found.

revocation_cache_time = 10

integer value

Determines the frequency at which the list of revoked tokens is retrieved from the Identity service (in seconds). A high number of revocation events combined with a low cache duration may significantly reduce performance. Only valid for PKI tokens. This option has been deprecated in the Ocata release and will be removed in the P release.

service_token_roles = [u'service']

list value

A choice of roles that must be present in a service token. Service tokens are allowed to request that an expired token can be used and so this check should tightly control that only actual services should be sending this token. Roles here are applied as an ANY check so any role in this list must be present. For backwards compatibility reasons this currently only affects the allow_expired check.

service_token_roles_required = False

boolean value

For backwards compatibility reasons we must let valid service tokens pass that don’t pass the service_token_roles check as valid. Setting this true will become the default in a future release and should be enabled if possible.

signing_dir = None

string value

Directory used to cache files related to PKI tokens. This option has been deprecated in the Ocata release and will be removed in the P release.

token_cache_time = 300

integer value

In order to prevent excessive effort spent validating tokens, the middleware caches previously-seen tokens for a configurable duration (in seconds). Set to -1 to disable caching completely.

www_authenticate_uri = None

string value

Complete "public" Identity API endpoint. This endpoint should not be an "admin" endpoint, as it should be accessible by all end users. Unauthenticated clients are redirected to this endpoint to authenticate. Although this endpoint should ideally be unversioned, client support in the wild varies. If you’re using a versioned v2 endpoint here, then this should not be the same endpoint the service user utilizes for validating tokens, because normal end users may not be able to reach that endpoint.

10.7.6. matchmaker_redis

The following table outlines the options available under the [matchmaker_redis] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.33. matchmaker_redis
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

check_timeout = 20000

integer value

Time in ms to wait before the transaction is killed.

host = 127.0.0.1

string value

Host to locate redis.

`password = `

string value

Password for Redis server (optional).

port = 6379

port value

Use this port to connect to redis host.

sentinel_group_name = oslo-messaging-zeromq

string value

Redis replica set name.

sentinel_hosts = []

list value

List of Redis Sentinel hosts (fault tolerance mode), e.g., [host:port, host1:port …​ ]

socket_timeout = 10000

integer value

Timeout in ms on blocking socket operations.

wait_timeout = 2000

integer value

Time in ms to wait between connection attempts.

10.7.7. nova

The following table outlines the options available under the [nova] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.34. nova
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

auth-url = None

string value

Authentication URL

auth_type = None

string value

Authentication type to load

cafile = None

string value

PEM encoded Certificate Authority to use when verifying HTTPs connections.

certfile = None

string value

PEM encoded client certificate cert file

default-domain-id = None

string value

Optional domain ID to use with v3 and v2 parameters. It will be used for both the user and project domain in v3 and ignored in v2 authentication.

default-domain-name = None

string value

Optional domain name to use with v3 API and v2 parameters. It will be used for both the user and project domain in v3 and ignored in v2 authentication.

domain-id = None

string value

Domain ID to scope to

domain-name = None

string value

Domain name to scope to

endpoint_type = public

string value

Type of the nova endpoint to use. This endpoint will be looked up in the keystone catalog and should be one of public, internal or admin.

insecure = False

boolean value

Verify HTTPS connections.

keyfile = None

string value

PEM encoded client certificate key file

password = None

string value

User’s password

project-domain-id = None

string value

Domain ID containing project

project-domain-name = None

string value

Domain name containing project

project-id = None

string value

Project ID to scope to

project-name = None

string value

Project name to scope to

region_name = None

string value

Name of nova region to use. Useful if keystone manages more than one region.

system-scope = None

string value

Scope for system operations

tenant-id = None

string value

Tenant ID

tenant-name = None

string value

Tenant Name

timeout = None

integer value

Timeout value for http requests

trust-id = None

string value

Trust ID

user-domain-id = None

string value

User’s domain id

user-domain-name = None

string value

User’s domain name

user-id = None

string value

User id

username = None

string value

Username

10.7.8. oslo_concurrency

The following table outlines the options available under the [oslo_concurrency] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.35. oslo_concurrency
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

disable_process_locking = False

boolean value

Enables or disables inter-process locks.

lock_path = None

string value

Directory to use for lock files. For security, the specified directory should only be writable by the user running the processes that need locking. Defaults to environment variable OSLO_LOCK_PATH. If external locks are used, a lock path must be set.

10.7.9. oslo_messaging_amqp

The following table outlines the options available under the [oslo_messaging_amqp] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.36. oslo_messaging_amqp
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

addressing_mode = dynamic

string value

Indicates the addressing mode used by the driver. Permitted values: legacy - use legacy non-routable addressing routable - use routable addresses dynamic - use legacy addresses if the message bus does not support routing otherwise use routable addressing

allow_insecure_clients = False

boolean value

Accept clients using either SSL or plain TCP

anycast_address = anycast

string value

Appended to the address prefix when sending to a group of consumers. Used by the message bus to identify messages that should be delivered in a round-robin fashion across consumers.

broadcast_prefix = broadcast

string value

address prefix used when broadcasting to all servers

connection_retry_backoff = 2

integer value

Increase the connection_retry_interval by this many seconds after each unsuccessful failover attempt.

connection_retry_interval = 1

integer value

Seconds to pause before attempting to re-connect.

connection_retry_interval_max = 30

integer value

Maximum limit for connection_retry_interval + connection_retry_backoff

container_name = None

string value

Name for the AMQP container. must be globally unique. Defaults to a generated UUID

default_notification_exchange = None

string value

Exchange name used in notification addresses. Exchange name resolution precedence: Target.exchange if set else default_notification_exchange if set else control_exchange if set else notify

default_notify_timeout = 30

integer value

The deadline for a sent notification message delivery. Only used when caller does not provide a timeout expiry.

default_reply_retry = 0

integer value

The maximum number of attempts to re-send a reply message which failed due to a recoverable error.

default_reply_timeout = 30

integer value

The deadline for an rpc reply message delivery.

default_rpc_exchange = None

string value

Exchange name used in RPC addresses. Exchange name resolution precedence: Target.exchange if set else default_rpc_exchange if set else control_exchange if set else rpc

default_send_timeout = 30

integer value

The deadline for an rpc cast or call message delivery. Only used when caller does not provide a timeout expiry.

default_sender_link_timeout = 600

integer value

The duration to schedule a purge of idle sender links. Detach link after expiry.

group_request_prefix = unicast

string value

address prefix when sending to any server in group

idle_timeout = 0

integer value

Timeout for inactive connections (in seconds)

link_retry_delay = 10

integer value

Time to pause between re-connecting an AMQP 1.0 link that failed due to a recoverable error.

multicast_address = multicast

string value

Appended to the address prefix when sending a fanout message. Used by the message bus to identify fanout messages.

notify_address_prefix = openstack.org/om/notify

string value

Address prefix for all generated Notification addresses

notify_server_credit = 100

integer value

Window size for incoming Notification messages

`password = `

string value

Password for message broker authentication

pre_settled = [u'rpc-cast', u'rpc-reply']

multi valued

Send messages of this type pre-settled. Pre-settled messages will not receive acknowledgement from the peer. Note well: pre-settled messages may be silently discarded if the delivery fails. Permitted values: rpc-call - send RPC Calls pre-settled rpc-reply- send RPC Replies pre-settled rpc-cast - Send RPC Casts pre-settled notify - Send Notifications pre-settled

pseudo_vhost = True

boolean value

Enable virtual host support for those message buses that do not natively support virtual hosting (such as qpidd). When set to true the virtual host name will be added to all message bus addresses, effectively creating a private subnet per virtual host. Set to False if the message bus supports virtual hosting using the hostname field in the AMQP 1.0 Open performative as the name of the virtual host.

reply_link_credit = 200

integer value

Window size for incoming RPC Reply messages.

rpc_address_prefix = openstack.org/om/rpc

string value

Address prefix for all generated RPC addresses

rpc_server_credit = 100

integer value

Window size for incoming RPC Request messages

`sasl_config_dir = `

string value

Path to directory that contains the SASL configuration

`sasl_config_name = `

string value

Name of configuration file (without .conf suffix)

`sasl_default_realm = `

string value

SASL realm to use if no realm present in username

`sasl_mechanisms = `

string value

Space separated list of acceptable SASL mechanisms

server_request_prefix = exclusive

string value

address prefix used when sending to a specific server

ssl = False

boolean value

Attempt to connect via SSL. If no other ssl-related parameters are given, it will use the system’s CA-bundle to verify the server’s certificate.

`ssl_ca_file = `

string value

CA certificate PEM file used to verify the server’s certificate

`ssl_cert_file = `

string value

Self-identifying certificate PEM file for client authentication

`ssl_key_file = `

string value

Private key PEM file used to sign ssl_cert_file certificate (optional)

ssl_key_password = None

string value

Password for decrypting ssl_key_file (if encrypted)

ssl_verify_vhost = False

boolean value

By default SSL checks that the name in the server’s certificate matches the hostname in the transport_url. In some configurations it may be preferable to use the virtual hostname instead, for example if the server uses the Server Name Indication TLS extension (rfc6066) to provide a certificate per virtual host. Set ssl_verify_vhost to True if the server’s SSL certificate uses the virtual host name instead of the DNS name.

trace = False

boolean value

Debug: dump AMQP frames to stdout

unicast_address = unicast

string value

Appended to the address prefix when sending to a particular RPC/Notification server. Used by the message bus to identify messages sent to a single destination.

`username = `

string value

User name for message broker authentication

10.7.10. oslo_messaging_kafka

The following table outlines the options available under the [oslo_messaging_kafka] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.37. oslo_messaging_kafka
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

conn_pool_min_size = 2

integer value

The pool size limit for connections expiration policy

conn_pool_ttl = 1200

integer value

The time-to-live in sec of idle connections in the pool

consumer_group = oslo_messaging_consumer

string value

Group id for Kafka consumer. Consumers in one group will coordinate message consumption

kafka_consumer_timeout = 1.0

floating point value

Default timeout(s) for Kafka consumers

kafka_default_host = localhost

string value

Default Kafka broker Host

kafka_default_port = 9092

port value

Default Kafka broker Port

kafka_max_fetch_bytes = 1048576

integer value

Max fetch bytes of Kafka consumer

pool_size = 10

integer value

Pool Size for Kafka Consumers

producer_batch_size = 16384

integer value

Size of batch for the producer async send

producer_batch_timeout = 0.0

floating point value

Upper bound on the delay for KafkaProducer batching in seconds

10.7.11. oslo_messaging_notifications

The following table outlines the options available under the [oslo_messaging_notifications] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.38. oslo_messaging_notifications
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

driver = []

multi valued

The Drivers(s) to handle sending notifications. Possible values are messaging, messagingv2, routing, log, test, noop

retry = -1

integer value

The maximum number of attempts to re-send a notification message which failed to be delivered due to a recoverable error. 0 - No retry, -1 - indefinite

topics = [u'notifications']

list value

AMQP topic used for OpenStack notifications.

transport_url = None

string value

A URL representing the messaging driver to use for notifications. If not set, we fall back to the same configuration used for RPC.

10.7.12. oslo_messaging_rabbit

The following table outlines the options available under the [oslo_messaging_rabbit] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.39. oslo_messaging_rabbit
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

amqp_auto_delete = False

boolean value

Auto-delete queues in AMQP.

amqp_durable_queues = False

boolean value

Use durable queues in AMQP.

channel_max = None

integer value

Maximum number of channels to allow

connection_factory = single

string value

Connection factory implementation

default_notification_exchange = ${control_exchange}_notification

string value

Exchange name for sending notifications

default_notification_retry_attempts = -1

integer value

Reconnecting retry count in case of connectivity problem during sending notification, -1 means infinite retry.

default_rpc_exchange = ${control_exchange}_rpc

string value

Exchange name for sending RPC messages

default_rpc_retry_attempts = -1

integer value

Reconnecting retry count in case of connectivity problem during sending RPC message, -1 means infinite retry. If actual retry attempts in not 0 the rpc request could be processed more than one time

default_serializer_type = json

string value

Default serialization mechanism for serializing/deserializing outgoing/incoming messages

fake_rabbit = False

boolean value

Deprecated, use rpc_backend=kombu+memory or rpc_backend=fake

frame_max = None

integer value

The maximum byte size for an AMQP frame

heartbeat_interval = 3

integer value

How often to send heartbeats for consumer’s connections

heartbeat_rate = 2

integer value

How often times during the heartbeat_timeout_threshold we check the heartbeat.

heartbeat_timeout_threshold = 60

integer value

Number of seconds after which the Rabbit broker is considered down if heartbeat’s keep-alive fails (0 disable the heartbeat). EXPERIMENTAL

host_connection_reconnect_delay = 0.25

floating point value

Set delay for reconnection to some host which has connection error

kombu_compression = None

string value

EXPERIMENTAL: Possible values are: gzip, bz2. If not set compression will not be used. This option may not be available in future versions.

kombu_failover_strategy = round-robin

string value

Determines how the next RabbitMQ node is chosen in case the one we are currently connected to becomes unavailable. Takes effect only if more than one RabbitMQ node is provided in config.

kombu_missing_consumer_retry_timeout = 60

integer value

How long to wait a missing client before abandoning to send it its replies. This value should not be longer than rpc_response_timeout.

kombu_reconnect_delay = 1.0

floating point value

How long to wait before reconnecting in response to an AMQP consumer cancel notification.

notification_listener_prefetch_count = 100

integer value

Max number of not acknowledged message which RabbitMQ can send to notification listener.

notification_persistence = False

boolean value

Persist notification messages.

notification_retry_delay = 0.25

floating point value

Reconnecting retry delay in case of connectivity problem during sending notification message

pool_max_overflow = 0

integer value

Maximum number of connections to create above pool_max_size.

pool_max_size = 30

integer value

Maximum number of connections to keep queued.

pool_recycle = 600

integer value

Lifetime of a connection (since creation) in seconds or None for no recycling. Expired connections are closed on acquire.

pool_stale = 60

integer value

Threshold at which inactive (since release) connections are considered stale in seconds or None for no staleness. Stale connections are closed on acquire.

pool_timeout = 30

integer value

Default number of seconds to wait for a connections to available

rabbit_ha_queues = False

boolean value

Try to use HA queues in RabbitMQ (x-ha-policy: all). If you change this option, you must wipe the RabbitMQ database. In RabbitMQ 3.0, queue mirroring is no longer controlled by the x-ha-policy argument when declaring a queue. If you just want to make sure that all queues (except those with auto-generated names) are mirrored across all nodes, run: "rabbitmqctl set_policy HA ^(?!amq\.).* {"ha-mode": "all"} "

rabbit_host = localhost

string value

The RabbitMQ broker address where a single node is used.

rabbit_hosts = [u'$rabbit_host:$rabbit_port']

list value

RabbitMQ HA cluster host:port pairs.

rabbit_interval_max = 30

integer value

Maximum interval of RabbitMQ connection retries. Default is 30 seconds.

rabbit_login_method = AMQPLAIN

string value

The RabbitMQ login method.

rabbit_max_retries = 0

integer value

Maximum number of RabbitMQ connection retries. Default is 0 (infinite retry count).

rabbit_password = guest

string value

The RabbitMQ password.

rabbit_port = 5672

port value

The RabbitMQ broker port where a single node is used.

rabbit_qos_prefetch_count = 0

integer value

Specifies the number of messages to prefetch. Setting to zero allows unlimited messages.

rabbit_retry_backoff = 2

integer value

How long to backoff for between retries when connecting to RabbitMQ.

rabbit_retry_interval = 1

integer value

How frequently to retry connecting with RabbitMQ.

rabbit_transient_queues_ttl = 1800

integer value

Positive integer representing duration in seconds for queue TTL (x-expires). Queues which are unused for the duration of the TTL are automatically deleted. The parameter affects only reply and fanout queues.

rabbit_userid = guest

string value

The RabbitMQ userid.

rabbit_virtual_host = /

string value

The RabbitMQ virtual host.

rpc_listener_prefetch_count = 100

integer value

Max number of not acknowledged message which RabbitMQ can send to rpc listener.

rpc_queue_expiration = 60

integer value

Time to live for rpc queues without consumers in seconds.

rpc_reply_exchange = ${control_exchange}_rpc_reply

string value

Exchange name for receiving RPC replies

rpc_reply_listener_prefetch_count = 100

integer value

Max number of not acknowledged message which RabbitMQ can send to rpc reply listener.

rpc_reply_retry_attempts = -1

integer value

Reconnecting retry count in case of connectivity problem during sending reply. -1 means infinite retry during rpc_timeout

rpc_reply_retry_delay = 0.25

floating point value

Reconnecting retry delay in case of connectivity problem during sending reply.

rpc_retry_delay = 0.25

floating point value

Reconnecting retry delay in case of connectivity problem during sending RPC message

socket_timeout = 0.25

floating point value

Set socket timeout in seconds for connection’s socket

ssl = None

boolean value

Enable SSL

`ssl_ca_file = `

string value

SSL certification authority file (valid only if SSL enabled).

`ssl_cert_file = `

string value

SSL cert file (valid only if SSL enabled).

`ssl_key_file = `

string value

SSL key file (valid only if SSL enabled).

ssl_options = None

dict value

Arguments passed to ssl.wrap_socket

`ssl_version = `

string value

SSL version to use (valid only if SSL enabled). Valid values are TLSv1 and SSLv23. SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1_1, and TLSv1_2 may be available on some distributions.

tcp_user_timeout = 0.25

floating point value

Set TCP_USER_TIMEOUT in seconds for connection’s socket

10.7.13. oslo_messaging_zmq

The following table outlines the options available under the [oslo_messaging_zmq] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.40. oslo_messaging_zmq
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

rpc_ack_timeout_base = 15

integer value

Number of seconds to wait for an ack from a cast/call. After each retry attempt this timeout is multiplied by some specified multiplier.

rpc_ack_timeout_multiplier = 2

integer value

Number to multiply base ack timeout by after each retry attempt.

rpc_message_ttl = 300

integer value

Expiration timeout in seconds of a sent/received message after which it is not tracked anymore by a client/server.

rpc_poll_timeout = 1

integer value

The default number of seconds that poll should wait. Poll raises timeout exception when timeout expired.

rpc_retry_attempts = 3

integer value

Default number of message sending attempts in case of any problems occurred: positive value N means at most N retries, 0 means no retries, None or -1 (or any other negative values) mean to retry forever. This option is used only if acknowledgments are enabled.

rpc_thread_pool_size = 100

integer value

Maximum number of (green) threads to work concurrently.

rpc_use_acks = False

boolean value

Wait for message acknowledgements from receivers. This mechanism works only via proxy without PUB/SUB.

rpc_zmq_bind_address = *

string value

ZeroMQ bind address. Should be a wildcard (*), an ethernet interface, or IP. The "host" option should point or resolve to this address.

rpc_zmq_bind_port_retries = 100

integer value

Number of retries to find free port number before fail with ZMQBindError.

rpc_zmq_contexts = 1

integer value

Number of ZeroMQ contexts, defaults to 1.

rpc_zmq_host = ccsosp-undercloud.usersys.redhat.com

string value

Name of this node. Must be a valid hostname, FQDN, or IP address. Must match "host" option, if running Nova.

rpc_zmq_ipc_dir = /var/run/openstack

string value

Directory for holding IPC sockets.

rpc_zmq_matchmaker = redis

string value

MatchMaker driver.

rpc_zmq_max_port = 65536

integer value

Maximal port number for random ports range.

rpc_zmq_min_port = 49153

port value

Minimal port number for random ports range.

rpc_zmq_serialization = json

string value

Default serialization mechanism for serializing/deserializing outgoing/incoming messages

rpc_zmq_topic_backlog = None

integer value

Maximum number of ingress messages to locally buffer per topic. Default is unlimited.

subscribe_on = []

list value

List of publisher hosts SubConsumer can subscribe on. This option has higher priority then the default publishers list taken from the matchmaker.

use_dynamic_connections = False

boolean value

This option makes direct connections dynamic or static. It makes sense only with use_router_proxy=False which means to use direct connections for direct message types (ignored otherwise).

use_pub_sub = False

boolean value

Use PUB/SUB pattern for fanout methods. PUB/SUB always uses proxy.

use_router_proxy = False

boolean value

Use ROUTER remote proxy.

zmq_failover_connections = 2

integer value

How many additional connections to a host will be made for failover reasons. This option is actual only in dynamic connections mode.

zmq_immediate = True

boolean value

This option configures round-robin mode in zmq socket. True means not keeping a queue when server side disconnects. False means to keep queue and messages even if server is disconnected, when the server appears we send all accumulated messages to it.

zmq_linger = -1

integer value

Number of seconds to wait before all pending messages will be sent after closing a socket. The default value of -1 specifies an infinite linger period. The value of 0 specifies no linger period. Pending messages shall be discarded immediately when the socket is closed. Positive values specify an upper bound for the linger period.

zmq_target_expire = 300

integer value

Expiration timeout in seconds of a name service record about existing target ( < 0 means no timeout).

zmq_target_update = 180

integer value

Update period in seconds of a name service record about existing target.

zmq_tcp_keepalive = -1

integer value

Enable/disable TCP keepalive (KA) mechanism. The default value of -1 (or any other negative value) means to skip any overrides and leave it to OS default; 0 and 1 (or any other positive value) mean to disable and enable the option respectively.

zmq_tcp_keepalive_cnt = -1

integer value

The number of retransmissions to be carried out before declaring that remote end is not available. The default value of -1 (or any other negative value and 0) means to skip any overrides and leave it to OS default.

zmq_tcp_keepalive_idle = -1

integer value

The duration between two keepalive transmissions in idle condition. The unit is platform dependent, for example, seconds in Linux, milliseconds in Windows etc. The default value of -1 (or any other negative value and 0) means to skip any overrides and leave it to OS default.

zmq_tcp_keepalive_intvl = -1

integer value

The duration between two successive keepalive retransmissions, if acknowledgement to the previous keepalive transmission is not received. The unit is platform dependent, for example, seconds in Linux, milliseconds in Windows etc. The default value of -1 (or any other negative value and 0) means to skip any overrides and leave it to OS default.

10.7.14. oslo_middleware

The following table outlines the options available under the [oslo_middleware] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.41. oslo_middleware
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

enable_proxy_headers_parsing = False

boolean value

Whether the application is behind a proxy or not. This determines if the middleware should parse the headers or not.

10.7.15. oslo_policy

The following table outlines the options available under the [oslo_policy] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.42. oslo_policy
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

enforce_scope = False

boolean value

This option controls whether or not to enforce scope when evaluating policies. If True, the scope of the token used in the request is compared to the scope_types of the policy being enforced. If the scopes do not match, an InvalidScope exception will be raised. If False, a message will be logged informing operators that policies are being invoked with mismatching scope.

policy_default_rule = default

string value

Default rule. Enforced when a requested rule is not found.

policy_dirs = [u'policy.d']

multi valued

Directories where policy configuration files are stored. They can be relative to any directory in the search path defined by the config_dir option, or absolute paths. The file defined by policy_file must exist for these directories to be searched. Missing or empty directories are ignored.

policy_file = policy.json

string value

The file that defines policies.

remote_content_type = application/x-www-form-urlencoded

string value

Content Type to send and receive data for REST based policy check

remote_ssl_ca_crt_file = None

string value

Absolute path to ca cert file for REST based policy check

remote_ssl_client_crt_file = None

string value

Absolute path to client cert for REST based policy check

remote_ssl_client_key_file = None

string value

Absolute path client key file REST based policy check

remote_ssl_verify_server_crt = False

boolean value

server identity verification for REST based policy check

10.7.16. quotas

The following table outlines the options available under the [quotas] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.43. quotas
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

default_quota = -1

integer value

Default number of resource allowed per tenant. A negative value means unlimited.

quota_driver = neutron.db.quota.driver.DbQuotaDriver

string value

Default driver to use for quota checks.

quota_floatingip = 50

integer value

Number of floating IPs allowed per tenant. A negative value means unlimited.

quota_network = 100

integer value

Number of networks allowed per tenant. A negative value means unlimited.

quota_port = 500

integer value

Number of ports allowed per tenant. A negative value means unlimited.

quota_router = 10

integer value

Number of routers allowed per tenant. A negative value means unlimited.

quota_security_group = 10

integer value

Number of security groups allowed per tenant. A negative value means unlimited.

quota_security_group_rule = 100

integer value

Number of security rules allowed per tenant. A negative value means unlimited.

quota_subnet = 100

integer value

Number of subnets allowed per tenant, A negative value means unlimited.

track_quota_usage = True

boolean value

Keep in track in the database of current resource quota usage. Plugins which do not leverage the neutron database should set this flag to False.

10.7.17. ssl

The following table outlines the options available under the [ssl] group in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file.

Table 10.44. ssl
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

ca_file = None

string value

CA certificate file to use to verify connecting clients.

cert_file = None

string value

Certificate file to use when starting the server securely.

ciphers = None

string value

Sets the list of available ciphers. value should be a string in the OpenSSL cipher list format.

key_file = None

string value

Private key file to use when starting the server securely.

version = None

string value

SSL version to use (valid only if SSL enabled). Valid values are TLSv1 and SSLv23. SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1_1, and TLSv1_2 may be available on some distributions.

10.8. openvswitch_agent.ini

This section contains options for the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/openvswitch_agent.ini file.

10.8.1. DEFAULT

The following table outlines the options available under the [DEFAULT] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/openvswitch_agent.ini file.

Table 10.45. DEFAULT
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

debug = False

boolean value

If set to true, the logging level will be set to DEBUG instead of the default INFO level.

default_log_levels = [u'amqp=WARN', u'amqplib=WARN', u'boto=WARN', u'qpid=WARN', u'sqlalchemy=WARN', u'suds=INFO', u'oslo.messaging=INFO', u'oslo_messaging=INFO', u'iso8601=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'websocket=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'keystonemiddleware=WARN', u'routes.middleware=WARN', u'stevedore=WARN', u'taskflow=WARN', u'keystoneauth=WARN', u'oslo.cache=INFO', u'dogpile.core.dogpile=INFO']

list value

List of package logging levels in logger=LEVEL pairs. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

fatal_deprecations = False

boolean value

Enables or disables fatal status of deprecations.

`instance_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance that is passed with the log message.

`instance_uuid_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance UUID that is passed with the log message.

log-config-append = None

string value

The name of a logging configuration file. This file is appended to any existing logging configuration files. For details about logging configuration files, see the Python logging module documentation. Note that when logging configuration files are used then all logging configuration is set in the configuration file and other logging configuration options are ignored (for example, logging_context_format_string).

log-date-format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

string value

Defines the format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. Default: %(default)s . This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-dir = None

string value

(Optional) The base directory used for relative log_file paths. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-file = None

string value

(Optional) Name of log file to send logging output to. If no default is set, logging will go to stderr as defined by use_stderr. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

logging_context_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages with context.

logging_debug_format_suffix = %(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d

string value

Additional data to append to log message when logging level for the message is DEBUG.

logging_default_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages when context is undefined.

logging_exception_prefix = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d ERROR %(name)s %(instance)s

string value

Prefix each line of exception output with this format.

logging_user_identity_format = %(user)s %(tenant)s %(domain)s %(user_domain)s %(project_domain)s

string value

Defines the format string for %(user_identity)s that is used in logging_context_format_string.

publish_errors = False

boolean value

Enables or disables publication of error events.

rate_limit_burst = 0

integer value

Maximum number of logged messages per rate_limit_interval.

rate_limit_except_level = CRITICAL

string value

Log level name used by rate limiting: CRITICAL, ERROR, INFO, WARNING, DEBUG or empty string. Logs with level greater or equal to rate_limit_except_level are not filtered. An empty string means that all levels are filtered.

rate_limit_interval = 0

integer value

Interval, number of seconds, of log rate limiting.

syslog-log-facility = LOG_USER

string value

Syslog facility to receive log lines. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-journal = False

boolean value

Enable journald for logging. If running in a systemd environment you may wish to enable journal support. Doing so will use the journal native protocol which includes structured metadata in addition to log messages.This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-json = False

boolean value

Use JSON formatting for logging. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-syslog = False

boolean value

Use syslog for logging. Existing syslog format is DEPRECATED and will be changed later to honor RFC5424. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use_stderr = False

boolean value

Log output to standard error. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

watch-log-file = False

boolean value

Uses logging handler designed to watch file system. When log file is moved or removed this handler will open a new log file with specified path instantaneously. It makes sense only if log_file option is specified and Linux platform is used. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

10.8.2. agent

The following table outlines the options available under the [agent] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/openvswitch_agent.ini file.

Table 10.46. agent
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

agent_type = Open vSwitch agent

string value

Selects the Agent Type reported

arp_responder = False

boolean value

Enable local ARP responder if it is supported. Requires OVS 2.1 and ML2 l2population driver. Allows the switch (when supporting an overlay) to respond to an ARP request locally without performing a costly ARP broadcast into the overlay.

dont_fragment = True

boolean value

Set or un-set the don’t fragment (DF) bit on outgoing IP packet carrying GRE/VXLAN tunnel.

drop_flows_on_start = False

boolean value

Reset flow table on start. Setting this to True will cause brief traffic interruption.

enable_distributed_routing = False

boolean value

Make the l2 agent run in DVR mode.

extensions = []

list value

Extensions list to use

l2_population = False

boolean value

Use ML2 l2population mechanism driver to learn remote MAC and IPs and improve tunnel scalability.

minimize_polling = True

boolean value

Minimize polling by monitoring ovsdb for interface changes.

ovsdb_monitor_respawn_interval = 30

integer value

The number of seconds to wait before respawning the ovsdb monitor after losing communication with it.

tunnel_csum = False

boolean value

Set or un-set the tunnel header checksum on outgoing IP packet carrying GRE/VXLAN tunnel.

tunnel_types = []

list value

Network types supported by the agent (gre and/or vxlan).

veth_mtu = 9000

integer value

MTU size of veth interfaces

vxlan_udp_port = 4789

port value

The UDP port to use for VXLAN tunnels.

10.8.3. network_log

The following table outlines the options available under the [network_log] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/openvswitch_agent.ini file.

Table 10.47. network_log
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

burst_limit = 25

integer value

Maximum number of packets per rate_limit.

local_output_log_base = None

string value

Output logfile path on agent side, default syslog file.

rate_limit = 100

integer value

Maximum packets logging per second.

10.8.4. ovs

The following table outlines the options available under the [ovs] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/openvswitch_agent.ini file.

Table 10.48. ovs
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

bridge_mappings = []

list value

Comma-separated list of <physical_network>:<bridge> tuples mapping physical network names to the agent’s node-specific Open vSwitch bridge names to be used for flat and VLAN networks. The length of bridge names should be no more than 11. Each bridge must exist, and should have a physical network interface configured as a port. All physical networks configured on the server should have mappings to appropriate bridges on each agent. Note: If you remove a bridge from this mapping, make sure to disconnect it from the integration bridge as it won’t be managed by the agent anymore.

datapath_type = system

string value

OVS datapath to use. system is the default value and corresponds to the kernel datapath. To enable the userspace datapath set this value to netdev.

int_peer_patch_port = patch-tun

string value

Peer patch port in integration bridge for tunnel bridge.

integration_bridge = br-int

string value

Integration bridge to use. Do not change this parameter unless you have a good reason to. This is the name of the OVS integration bridge. There is one per hypervisor. The integration bridge acts as a virtual patch bay. All VM VIFs are attached to this bridge and then patched according to their network connectivity.

local_ip = None

IP address value

IP address of local overlay (tunnel) network endpoint. Use either an IPv4 or IPv6 address that resides on one of the host network interfaces. The IP version of this value must match the value of the overlay_ip_version option in the ML2 plug-in configuration file on the neutron server node(s).

of_connect_timeout = 300

integer value

Timeout in seconds to wait for the local switch connecting the controller. Used only for native driver.

of_interface = native

string value

OpenFlow interface to use.

of_listen_address = 127.0.0.1

IP address value

Address to listen on for OpenFlow connections. Used only for native driver.

of_listen_port = 6633

port value

Port to listen on for OpenFlow connections. Used only for native driver.

of_request_timeout = 300

integer value

Timeout in seconds to wait for a single OpenFlow request. Used only for native driver.

ovsdb_connection = tcp:127.0.0.1:6640

string value

The connection string for the OVSDB backend. Will be used by ovsdb-client when monitoring and used for the all ovsdb commands when native ovsdb_interface is enabled

ovsdb_interface = native

string value

The interface for interacting with the OVSDB

ssl_ca_cert_file = None

string value

The Certificate Authority (CA) certificate to use when interacting with OVSDB. Required when using an "ssl:" prefixed ovsdb_connection

ssl_cert_file = None

string value

The SSL certificate file to use when interacting with OVSDB. Required when using an "ssl:" prefixed ovsdb_connection

ssl_key_file = None

string value

The SSL private key file to use when interacting with OVSDB. Required when using an "ssl:" prefixed ovsdb_connection

tun_peer_patch_port = patch-int

string value

Peer patch port in tunnel bridge for integration bridge.

tunnel_bridge = br-tun

string value

Tunnel bridge to use.

use_veth_interconnection = False

boolean value

Use veths instead of patch ports to interconnect the integration bridge to physical networks. Support kernel without Open vSwitch patch port support so long as it is set to True.

vhostuser_socket_dir = /var/run/openvswitch

string value

OVS vhost-user socket directory.

10.8.5. securitygroup

The following table outlines the options available under the [securitygroup] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/openvswitch_agent.ini file.

Table 10.49. securitygroup
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

enable_ipset = True

boolean value

Use ipset to speed-up the iptables based security groups. Enabling ipset support requires that ipset is installed on L2 agent node.

enable_security_group = True

boolean value

Controls whether the neutron security group API is enabled in the server. It should be false when using no security groups or using the nova security group API.

firewall_driver = None

string value

Driver for security groups firewall in the L2 agent

10.8.6. xenapi

The following table outlines the options available under the [xenapi] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/openvswitch_agent.ini file.

Table 10.50. xenapi
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

connection_password = None

string value

Password for connection to XenServer/Xen Cloud Platform.

connection_url = None

string value

URL for connection to XenServer/Xen Cloud Platform.

connection_username = None

string value

Username for connection to XenServer/Xen Cloud Platform.

10.9. sriov_agent.ini

This section contains options for the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/sriov_agent.ini file.

10.9.1. DEFAULT

The following table outlines the options available under the [DEFAULT] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/sriov_agent.ini file.

Table 10.51. DEFAULT
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

debug = False

boolean value

If set to true, the logging level will be set to DEBUG instead of the default INFO level.

default_log_levels = [u'amqp=WARN', u'amqplib=WARN', u'boto=WARN', u'qpid=WARN', u'sqlalchemy=WARN', u'suds=INFO', u'oslo.messaging=INFO', u'oslo_messaging=INFO', u'iso8601=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', u'websocket=WARN', u'requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'urllib3.util.retry=WARN', u'keystonemiddleware=WARN', u'routes.middleware=WARN', u'stevedore=WARN', u'taskflow=WARN', u'keystoneauth=WARN', u'oslo.cache=INFO', u'dogpile.core.dogpile=INFO']

list value

List of package logging levels in logger=LEVEL pairs. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

fatal_deprecations = False

boolean value

Enables or disables fatal status of deprecations.

`instance_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance that is passed with the log message.

`instance_uuid_format = [instance: %(uuid)s] `

string value

The format for an instance UUID that is passed with the log message.

log-config-append = None

string value

The name of a logging configuration file. This file is appended to any existing logging configuration files. For details about logging configuration files, see the Python logging module documentation. Note that when logging configuration files are used then all logging configuration is set in the configuration file and other logging configuration options are ignored (for example, logging_context_format_string).

log-date-format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

string value

Defines the format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. Default: %(default)s . This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-dir = None

string value

(Optional) The base directory used for relative log_file paths. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log-file = None

string value

(Optional) Name of log file to send logging output to. If no default is set, logging will go to stderr as defined by use_stderr. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

logging_context_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages with context.

logging_debug_format_suffix = %(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d

string value

Additional data to append to log message when logging level for the message is DEBUG.

logging_default_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s

string value

Format string to use for log messages when context is undefined.

logging_exception_prefix = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d ERROR %(name)s %(instance)s

string value

Prefix each line of exception output with this format.

logging_user_identity_format = %(user)s %(tenant)s %(domain)s %(user_domain)s %(project_domain)s

string value

Defines the format string for %(user_identity)s that is used in logging_context_format_string.

publish_errors = False

boolean value

Enables or disables publication of error events.

rate_limit_burst = 0

integer value

Maximum number of logged messages per rate_limit_interval.

rate_limit_except_level = CRITICAL

string value

Log level name used by rate limiting: CRITICAL, ERROR, INFO, WARNING, DEBUG or empty string. Logs with level greater or equal to rate_limit_except_level are not filtered. An empty string means that all levels are filtered.

rate_limit_interval = 0

integer value

Interval, number of seconds, of log rate limiting.

syslog-log-facility = LOG_USER

string value

Syslog facility to receive log lines. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-journal = False

boolean value

Enable journald for logging. If running in a systemd environment you may wish to enable journal support. Doing so will use the journal native protocol which includes structured metadata in addition to log messages.This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-json = False

boolean value

Use JSON formatting for logging. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use-syslog = False

boolean value

Use syslog for logging. Existing syslog format is DEPRECATED and will be changed later to honor RFC5424. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use_stderr = False

boolean value

Log output to standard error. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

watch-log-file = False

boolean value

Uses logging handler designed to watch file system. When log file is moved or removed this handler will open a new log file with specified path instantaneously. It makes sense only if log_file option is specified and Linux platform is used. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

10.9.2. agent

The following table outlines the options available under the [agent] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/sriov_agent.ini file.

Table 10.52. agent
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

extensions = []

list value

Extensions list to use

10.9.3. sriov_nic

The following table outlines the options available under the [sriov_nic] group in the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/sriov_agent.ini file.

Table 10.53. sriov_nic
Configuration option = Default valueTypeDescription

exclude_devices = []

list value

Comma-separated list of <network_device>:<vfs_to_exclude> tuples, mapping network_device to the agent’s node-specific list of virtual functions that should not be used for virtual networking. vfs_to_exclude is a semicolon-separated list of virtual functions to exclude from network_device. The network_device in the mapping should appear in the physical_device_mappings list.

physical_device_mappings = []

list value

Comma-separated list of <physical_network>:<network_device> tuples mapping physical network names to the agent’s node-specific physical network device interfaces of SR-IOV physical function to be used for VLAN networks. All physical networks listed in network_vlan_ranges on the server should have mappings to appropriate interfaces on each agent.

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