[ovs-discuss] documentation about setting up GRE tunnel

Justin Pettit jpettit at nicira.com
Fri Apr 15 07:04:48 UTC 2011


Can't you just create multiple GRE tunnels to the multiple private networks?  The physical interface connected to the private network does not need to be attached to the bridge.

--Justin


On Apr 14, 2011, at 8:06 PM, benzwt benzwt wrote:

> Thanks for you help. I have established a GRE tunnel across two
> private networks.
> 
> By the way, it is possible to create multiple GRE which across three
> or more private networks ?
> The first thing comes to my mind is I would have to create multiple bridge.
> And the ovs-ifup script is another problem because it has only one bridge.
> 
> Please give me some advise for creating multiple GRE tunnel
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com> wrote:
>> Based on your routing table, I'm guessing that you still have an IP address on eth0.  Try clearing it on both sides with:
>> 
>>        ifconfig eth0 0
>> 
>> Your default route is still trying to go out eth0, so you may need to adjust that if removing the IP address from eth0 doesn't automatically do it.
>> 
>> --Justin
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 11, 2011, at 10:13 PM, benzwt benzwt wrote:
>> 
>>> Thank for you guys reply so quickly. After I receive your suggestion.
>>> 
>>> I try to bind ip on br0 (or should i create a internal interface vifn
>>> on br0 then bind ip on vif0??)
>>> 
>>> ifconfig br0 192.168.200.5 on host2
>>> ifconfig br0 192.168.100.5 on host1
>>> but found that I can't ping these ip from other side!!
>>> then create gre interface
>>> ovs-vsctl add-port br0 gre0 -- set interface gre0 type=gre
>>> options:remote_ip=192.168.200.5 on host1
>>> ovs-vsctl add-port br0 gre0 -- set interface gre0 type=gre
>>> options:remote_ip=192.168.100.5 on host2
>>> I think remote_ip is the key point. how to define and setup remote_ip
>>> is most import thing of gre tunnel.
>>> I still not got it worked. Can anyone help me?
>>> below is route -n
>>> host1:(10.10.10.1)
>>> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
>>> 192.168.100.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
>>> 192.168.100.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 br0
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 eth0
>>> 0.0.0.0         192.168.100.254 0.0.0.0         UG    100    0        0 eth0
>>> host2:(10.10.10.2)
>>> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
>>> 192.168.200.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
>>> 192.168.200.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 br0
>>> 
>>> 10.129.7.0      0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     2      0        0 wlan0
>>> 169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 eth0
>>> 0.0.0.0         192.168.200.254 0.0.0.0         UG    100    0        0 eth0
>>> 
>>> vm in host1:
>>> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
>>> 10.10.10.0      0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
>>> 
>>> 0.0.0.0         10.10.10.254    0.0.0.0         UG    100    0        0 eth0
>>> vm in host2:
>>> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
>>> 
>>> 10.10.10.0      0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
>>> 0.0.0.0         10.10.10.254    0.0.0.0         UG    100    0        0 eth0
>>> router:
>>> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
>>> 192.168.100.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
>>> 192.168.200.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth1
>>> 0.0.0.0         192.168.100.254 0.0.0.0         UG    100    0        0 eth0
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 0.0.0.0         192.168.200.254 0.0.0.0         UG    100    0        0 eth1
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com> wrote:
>>>> My guess is that the IP addresses were on eth0 on the two hosts.  Those aren't meaningful once you've attached them to the bridge.  You probably want to assign the IP address to the bridge (br0) on the two hosts.  Alternatively, if the VMs are only going to communicate over the tunnel, you could not attach the eth0 devices to the bridges; the hosts' IP stacks will take care of getting the packets to the physical NICs.
>>>> 
>>>> --Justin
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Apr 10, 2011, at 10:25 PM, benzwt benzwt wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Dear openvswitch developers,
>>>>> 
>>>>> we have 2 hosts, host1 is 192.168.100.1 the other is host2 192.168.200.2
>>>>> 
>>>>> host1 has a vm 10.10.10.1
>>>>> host2 has a vm 10.10.10.3
>>>>> between host1 and host2, I use quagga as a router(PC).
>>>>> I can ping 192.168.100.1 from 192.168.200.2, also can ping
>>>>> 192.168.200.2 from 192.168.100.1
>>>>> 
>>>>> I set the GRE tunnel as followings:
>>>>> *********************************************************************************************
>>>>> on both hosts
>>>>>     a. rmmod bridge and insmod ovs module
>>>>>     b. start ovs
>>>>>     c. add br0 , add eth0 into br0  ( I found that after add eth0, I
>>>>> can't do step 1.)
>>>>>     d. add tap0 into br0
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1. ovs-vsctl add-port br0 gre0 -- set interface gre0 type=gre
>>>>> options:remote_ip=192.168.100.1 ( on host2)
>>>>> 2. ovs-vsctl add-port br0 gre0 -- set interface gre0 type=gre
>>>>> options:remote_ip=192.168.200.2 ( on host1)
>>>>> *********************************************************************************************
>>>>> 
>>>>> Finally I can't ping host2's vm 10.10.10.3 from host1's vm 10.10.10.1
>>>>> or ping host1's vm 10.10.10.3 from host1's vm 10.10.10.1
>>>>> 
>>>>> If I connect these hosts in on a switch(physical) without going
>>>>> through a router(PC), I can ping host2's vm 10.10.10.3 from host1's vm
>>>>> 10.10.10.1 or ping host1's vm 10.10.10.3 from host1's vm 10.10.10.1
>>>>> Is anything steps that I have missed ?
>>>>> 
>>>>> the ovs-ofctl show on host1:
>>>>> root at panda109:~# ovs-ofctl show br0
>>>>> OFPT_FEATURES_REPLY (xid=0x1): ver:0x1, dpid:000000bc305bbe9354
>>>>> n_tables:2, n_buffers:256
>>>>> features: capabilities:0x87, actions:0xfff
>>>>> 1(eth0): addr:c6:b3:af:1d:4b:02, config: 0, state:0
>>>>>     current:    1GB-FD COPPER AUTO_NEG
>>>>>     advertised: 10MB-HD 10MB-FD 100MB-HD 100MB-FD 1GB-HD 1GB-FD AUTO_NEG
>>>>>     supported:  10MB-HD 10MB-FD 100MB-HD 100MB-FD 1GB-HD 1GB-FD COPPER AUTO_NEG
>>>>> 2(tap0): addr:bc:30:5b:be:93:54, config: 0, state:0
>>>>>     current:    10MB-FD COPPER
>>>>> 3(gre0): addr:00:23:20:bd:fd:e4, config: 0, state:0
>>>>> LOCAL(br0): addr:bc:30:5b:be:93:54, config: 0x1, state:0x1
>>>>> OFPT_GET_CONFIG_REPLY (xid=0x3): frags=normal miss_send_len=0
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> the ovs-ofctl show on host2 :
>>>>> 
>>>>> root at panda109:~# ovs-ofctl show br0
>>>>> OFPT_FEATURES_REPLY (xid=0x1): ver:0x1, dpid:00000016d43b0127
>>>>> n_tables:2, n_buffers:256
>>>>> features: capabilities:0x87, actions:0xfff
>>>>> 1(eth0): addr:00:16:d4:3b:01:27, config: 0, state:0
>>>>>     current:    1GB-FD COPPER AUTO_NEG
>>>>>     advertised: 10MB-HD 10MB-FD 100MB-HD 100MB-FD 1GB-HD 1GB-FD AUTO_NEG
>>>>>     supported:  10MB-HD 10MB-FD 100MB-HD 100MB-FD 1GB-HD 1GB-FD COPPER AUTO_NEG
>>>>> 2(tap0): addr:62:9f:88:ea:72:a9, config: 0, state:0
>>>>>     current:    10MB-FD COPPER
>>>>> 3(gre0): addr:00:23:20:f6:01:97, config: 0, state:0
>>>>> LOCAL(br0): addr:00:16:d4:3b:01:27, config: 0x1, state:0x1
>>>>> OFPT_GET_CONFIG_REPLY (xid=0x3): frags=normal miss_send_len=0
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 03:13:57PM +0800, benzwt benzwt wrote:
>>>>>>> I have surfed an tutorial about create GRE using OVS.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Can you direct us to this tutorial?  Perhaps we can get it fixed.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The commands are as follows:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ovs-vsctl create interface type=gre name =gre0 option="remote_ip=x.x.x.x"
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> But, the latest ovs-vsctl(build from lastest snapshot) doesn't have
>>>>>>> the option "create".
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The "create" command is still there.  I think that you must be
>>>>>> misinterpreting an error message.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Where can I get the latest documentation about setting up GRE tunnel  ?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Here's a command that should work:
>>>>>>        ovs-vsctl -- add-port br0 gre0 \
>>>>>>                -- set Interface gre0 type=gre options:remote_ip=1.2.3.4
>>>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
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