[ovs-discuss] GRE tunnel to multiple host

ananthan ananthannair935 at gmail.com
Fri May 31 15:16:57 UTC 2013


Thanks Justin,it worked,but doesn't it create mesh topology,is there any
way we can do it in a better way like star topology or similar.So that i
can easily add 50+ hosts with out creating 49 endpoints.
once again thank for your help.
ananthan

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com> wrote:

> ovs-vsctl doesn't sanity-check your input; it's just a front-end for the
> database.  You should create a separate port for each tunnel endpoint.
>
> --Justin
>
>
> On May 30, 2013, at 5:46 AM, ananthan <ananthannair935 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >     Using OVS 1.4.2 on xenserver 6.1 across 2 hosts.
> >
> >     I have GRE tunnel between 2 hosts for carrying private ip between
> vms connected to an isolated bridge and is working fine.
> > but how can i extend it to 3 hosts and more.
> >
> > tried  "type=gre options:remote_ip=IP1,IP2"
> >
> > It looks like it has accepted both ips and i can see that in ovs-vsctl
> show but i lost private connectivity between all hosts tunnel,now there is
> no working tunnel.Can some one tell me the proper way to add more than two
> hosts.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ananthan
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