Newton Postmortem documentation¶
Contents
- Newton Postmortem documentation
- Release Metrics
- Blueprints
- Firewall as a Service API 2.0
- API for l2 agent extensions
- Support multiple L3 backends
- Split neutron into base library and servers/agents
- Upgrade controllers with no API downtime
- Use push style notifications for all server->agent information
- Support Routed Networks in Neutron
- Diagnostics of Neutron components
- VLAN aware VMs
- Adopt oslo.versionedobjects for database interactions
- BGP Dynamic Routing spin out
- Allow for per-subnet dhcp options
- Use the new enginefacade from oslo_db
- Allow instance-ingress bandwidth limiting
- Moving to Keystone v3
- Add agent extension framework for L3 agent
- QoS support with dscp marking
- Neutron in-tree API reference
- QoS minimum egrees bandwidth
- Improved validation mechanism for QoS rules with port types
- Security-group Logging
- Differentiate between service and floating subnets
- Enable adoption of an existing subnet into a subnetpool
- Allow vm to boot without l3 address(subnet)
- add-neutron-extension-resource-timestamp
- RFEs
- Openstack services should support SIGHUP signal
- [RFE] Neutron support for OSprofiler
- [RFE] [LBaaS] ssh connection timeout
- [RFE] Add API to set ipv6 gateway
- [RFE] Create a full load balancing configuration with one API call
- [RFE] Add the ability to create lb vip and member with network_id
- RFE: Pure Python driven Linux network configuration
- [RFE] DHCP agent should provide ipv6 RAs for isolated networks with ipv6 subnets
- [RFE] IPAM migration from non-pluggable to pluggable
- [RFE] Transition neutron CLI from python-neutronclient to python-openstackclient
- [RFE] Cascading delete for LBaaS Objects
- [RFE] Add support for external vxlan encapsulation to neutron router
- ML2 OpenvSwitch Agent GRE/VXLAN tunnel code does not support IPv6 addresses as tunnel endpoints
- [RFE] Add F5 plugin driver to neutron-lbaas
- Miscellaneous
Release Metrics¶
| Release Metrics | |
|---|---|
| Blueprints targeted | 25 |
| Blueprints/RFE implemented | 14 (56%) |
| Bug reports submitted | 789 |
| Bug reports closed | 428 (54%) |
| Fixes released | 315 (40%) |
| Incomplete reports | 51 |
| RFEs submitted | 49 |
- Bug reports submitted: reports filed since Mar-16-2016 (Newton starts)
- Bug reports closed: reports marked released, committed, invalid or wontfix
- Fixes released: marked released/committed
- Incomplete reports: marked incomplete
Note
Metrics accurate at the time of writing.
Blueprints¶
Firewall as a Service API 2.0¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: skandasw
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/fwaas-api-2.0
- FFE: Granted (testing and documentation lacking)
- CLI support: Incomplete
- Server/Agent support: Complete (see release notes for more details)
- Testing coverage: Incomplete (unit testing only)
- Documentation: Incomplete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: Incomplete
- DevStack support: Complete
- Horizon Support: Optional
- References
API for l2 agent extensions¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: mangelajo
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/l2-api-extensions
- FFE: Denied (still at specification stage)
- CLI support:
- Server/Agent support:
- Testing coverage:
- Documentation:
- Advanced/Sub-project support:
- Other Projects support:
- OpenStack Infra support:
- DevStack support:
- Horizon Support:
- References
Support multiple L3 backends¶
- Status: Complete (pending documentation)
- Assignee: kevinbenton
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/multi-l3-backends
- FFE: Granted (small testing/devref gaps are being filled)
- CLI support: Complete
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Complete (Init, API)
- Documentation: In progress
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: Optional
- References
Split neutron into base library and servers/agents¶
- Status: Ongoing
- Assignee: dougwig
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/neutron-lib
- FFE: N/A
- CLI support: N/A
- Server/Agent support: N/A
- Testing coverage: N/A
- Documentation: Complete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: Ongoing
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: Complete
- DevStack support: Complete
- Horizon Support: N/A
- References
Upgrade controllers with no API downtime¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: ihar-hrachyshka
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/online-upgrades
- FFE: Denied: no work happened, will be more active in Ocata; has a
dependency on adopt-oslo-versioned-objects-for-db.
- CLI support:
- Server/Agent support:
- Testing coverage:
- Documentation:
- Advanced/Sub-project support:
- Other Projects support:
- OpenStack Infra support:
- DevStack support:
- Horizon Support:
Use push style notifications for all server->agent information¶
- Status: Incomplete (>50% complete - to land early in Ocata-1)
- Assignee: kevinbenton
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/push-notifications
- FFE: Denied (due to incomplete OVO refactoring).
- CLI support: N/A
- Server/Agent support: Incomplete
- Testing coverage: Incomplete
- Documentation: Incomplete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: N/A
Support Routed Networks in Neutron¶
- Status: Incomplete (pending client and Nova support).
- Assignee: carl-baldwin
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/routed-networks
- FFE: Granted
- CLI support: OSC bindings incomplete
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: (unit, more in progress)
- Documentation: In progress
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: Nova scheduler support is incomplete.
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: Complete
- Horizon Support: Optional
- References
Diagnostics of Neutron components¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: hmlnarik-s
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/troubleshooting
- FFE: Denied (still at specification stage)
- CLI support:
- Server/Agent support:
- Testing coverage:
- Documentation:
- Advanced/Sub-project support:
- Other Projects support:
- OpenStack Infra support:
- DevStack support:
- Horizon Support:
- References
VLAN aware VMs¶
- Status: Complete (pending documentation)
- Assignee: rossella-o
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/vlan-aware-vms
- FFE: Granted (OVS and Linuxbridge agent-side patches need merging but
are moving at fast pace, and the bulk has already merged in a while;
small gaps to fill after that).
- CLI support: Complete
- Server/Agent support: Complete (pending LB+OVS agent patches)
- Testing coverage: Complete (unit, functional, API)
- Documentation: In progress
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: Complete
- Horizon Support: Optional
- References
Adopt oslo.versionedobjects for database interactions¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: ihar-hrachyshka
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/adopt-oslo-versioned-objects-for-db
- FFE: Granted (Slipping into Ocata)
- CLI support: N/A
- Server/Agent support: Incomplete
- Testing coverage: Incomplete
- Documentation: Incomplete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: Incomplete
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: N/A
BGP Dynamic Routing spin out¶
- Status: Complete
- Assignee: vikschw
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/bgp-spinout
- FFE: Granted
- CLI support: Complete (OSC bindings incomplete)
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Complete (unit, API, functional)
- Documentation: Complete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: Complete
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: Complete
- DevStack support: Complete
- Horizon Support: Optional
- References
Allow for per-subnet dhcp options¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: sambetts
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/dhcp-options-per-subnet
- FFE: Denied
- CLI support:
- Server/Agent support:
- Testing coverage:
- Documentation:
- Advanced/Sub-project support:
- Other Projects support:
- OpenStack Infra support:
- DevStack support:
- Horizon Support:
Use the new enginefacade from oslo_db¶
- Status: Incomplete (>50% complete)
- Assignee: akamyshnikova
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/enginefacade-switch
- FFE: Granted (bulk of the code to enable adoption of new engine facade merged.
There are more follow ups to go in Ocata).
- CLI support: N/A
- Server/Agent support: N/A
- Testing coverage: Complete (unit, functional)
- Documentation: Incomplete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: Incomplete
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: N/A
Allow instance-ingress bandwidth limiting¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: slaweq
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/instance-ingress-bw-limit
- FFE: Denied (a few patches in conflict/stale).
- CLI support: Incomplete
- Server/Agent support: Incomplete
- Testing coverage: Incomplete
- Documentation: Incomplete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: N/A
- References
Moving to Keystone v3¶
- Status: Complete (pending documentation and codebase cleanup)
- Assignee: smigiel-dariusz
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/keystone-v3
- FFE: Granted (to provide API support).
- CLI support: Complete
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Complete (Unit, functional, API)
- Documentation: Incomplete (api-ref to be updated)
- Advanced/Sub-project support: Complete (deprecation warnings emitted)
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: N/A
- References
Add agent extension framework for L3 agent¶
- Status: Complete
- Assignee: njohnston
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/l3-agent-extensions
- FFE: Granted (bulk of functionality is merged, increased coverage, or
more documentation should be allowed to go in).
- CLI support: N/A
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Complete (unit)
- Documentation: Complete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: Complete
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: Complete
- Horizon Support: N/A
- References
QoS support with dscp marking¶
- Status: Complete
- Assignee: victor-r-howard
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/ml2-ovs-qos-with-dscp
- CLI support: Complete (from python-neutronclient 4.2.0)
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Complete (unit, API, functional, fullstack)
- Documentation: Complete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: Complete
- DevStack support: Complete
- Horizon Support: Optional
- References
Neutron in-tree API reference¶
- Status: Ongoing
- Assignee: amotoki
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/neutron-in-tree-api-ref
- CLI support: N/A
- Server/Agent support: N/A
- Testing coverage: N/A
- Documentation: In progress
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: Complete
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: N/A
- References
QoS minimum egrees bandwidth¶
- Status: Complete (pending documentation)
- Assignee: rodolfo-alonso-hernandez
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/qos-min-egress-bw
- FFE: Granted (close to being complete, OVS and Linuxbridge missing
the implementation).
- CLI support: Complete
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Complete (no fullstack testing)
- Documentation: Incomplete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: Optional
- Reference
Improved validation mechanism for QoS rules with port types¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: slaweq
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/qos-rules-validation
- FFE: Denied (requires more work that will slip into Ocata)
- CLI support: N/A
- Server/Agent support: Incomplete
- Testing coverage: Incomplete
- Documentation: Incomplete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: N/A
- Rerefences
Security-group Logging¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: y-furukawa-2
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/security-group-logging
- FFE: Denied (still at specification stage)
- CLI support:
- Server/Agent support:
- Testing coverage:
- Documentation:
- Advanced/Sub-project support:
- Other Projects support:
- OpenStack Infra support:
- DevStack support:
- Horizon Support:
- References
Differentiate between service and floating subnets¶
- Status: Complete (pending client support)
- Assignee: john-davidge
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/service-subnets
- FFE: Granted (nearly complete, pending CLI)
- CLI support: Incomplete
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Complete (unit)
- Documentation: Complete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: Optional
- References
Enable adoption of an existing subnet into a subnetpool¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: ryan-tidwell
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/subnet-onboard
- FFE: Denied (server side patch needs some love).
- CLI support: Incomplete
- Server/Agent support: In progress
- Testing coverage: In progress
- Documentation: Incomplete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: Optional
- References
Allow vm to boot without l3 address(subnet)¶
- Status: Incomplete (>50% complete)
- Assignee: carl-baldwin
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/vm-without-l3-address
- FFE: Granted (patch actively under review)
- CLI support: Incomplete (allow creation of ports with no fixed IPs)
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Incomplete (test how security groups behave with an unaddressed ports)
- Documentation: In progress
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: Optional
- References
add-neutron-extension-resource-timestamp¶
- Status: Complete
- Assignee: zhaobo
- Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/add-neutron-extension-resource-timestamp
- FFE: Granted (cleanup/refactoring patches from kevinbenton)
- CLI support: N/A
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Complete
- Documentation: N/A
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: Optional
RFEs¶
Openstack services should support SIGHUP signal¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: eezhova
- Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1276694
- FFE: Denied
- CLI support:
- Server/Agent support:
- Testing coverage:
- Documentation:
- Advanced/Sub-project support:
- Other Projects support:
- OpenStack Infra support:
- DevStack support:
- Horizon Support:
[RFE] Neutron support for OSprofiler¶
- Status: Complete
- Assignee: dbelova
- Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1335640
- CLI support: N/A
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Complete
- Documentation: Complete (release notes)
- Advanced/Sub-project support: Complete
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: N/A
[RFE] [LBaaS] ssh connection timeout¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: reedip-banerjee
- Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1457556
- FFE: Denied (not progress, not worked on)
- CLI support:
- Server/Agent support:
- Testing coverage:
- Documentation:
- Advanced/Sub-project support:
- Other Projects support:
- OpenStack Infra support:
- DevStack support:
- Horizon Support:
[RFE] Add API to set ipv6 gateway¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: scollins
- Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1460720
- FFE: Denied (not progress, not worked on)
- CLI support:
- Server/Agent support:
- Testing coverage:
- Documentation:
- Advanced/Sub-project support:
- Other Projects support:
- OpenStack Infra support:
- DevStack support:
- Horizon Support:
[RFE] Create a full load balancing configuration with one API call¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: trevor-vardeman
- Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1463202
- FFE: Granted (to fill testing/documentation gaps).
- CLI support: Incomplete
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Complete (unit)
- Documentation: Incomplete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: Complete
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: Optional
[RFE] Add the ability to create lb vip and member with network_id¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: dougwig
- Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1465758
- FFE: Granted
- CLI support: Incomplete
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Complete
- Documentation: Incomplete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: Optional
- References
RFE: Pure Python driven Linux network configuration¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: gus
- Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1492714
- FFE: Denied (not progress, not worked on).
- CLI support:
- Server/Agent support:
- Testing coverage:
- Documentation:
- Advanced/Sub-project support:
- Other Projects support:
- OpenStack Infra support:
- DevStack support:
- Horizon Support:
[RFE] DHCP agent should provide ipv6 RAs for isolated networks with ipv6 subnets¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: None
- Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1498987
- FFE: Denied (not progress, not worked on).
- CLI support:
- Server/Agent support:
- Testing coverage:
- Documentation:
- Advanced/Sub-project support:
- Other Projects support:
- OpenStack Infra support:
- DevStack support:
- Horizon Support:
[RFE] IPAM migration from non-pluggable to pluggable¶
- Status: Complete (pending documentation)
- Assignee: carl-baldwin
- Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1516156
- CLI support: N/A
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Complete
- Documentation: Incomplete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: N/A
- DevStack support: N/A
- Horizon Support: N/A
- References
[RFE] Transition neutron CLI from python-neutronclient to python-openstackclient¶
- Status: Ongoing
- Assignee: rtheis
- Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1521291
- FFE: N/A (OSC in Mitaka has a significant increase in support for core Neutron
resources. In addition, there is now an OSC plugin for some advanced neutron
features and services. The overall status is available in the docs
with a detailed status available on etherpad.
- CLI support: Incomplete
- Server/Agent support: N/A
- Testing coverage: Incomplete
- Documentation: Incomplete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: Incomplete
- Other Projects support: Incomplete
- OpenStack Infra support: Complete
- DevStack support: Incomplete
- Horizon Support: N/A
[RFE] Cascading delete for LBaaS Objects¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: brandon-logan
- Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1521783
- FFE: Denied (not currently worked on).
- CLI support:
- Server/Agent support:
- Testing coverage:
- Documentation:
- Advanced/Sub-project support:
- Other Projects support:
- OpenStack Infra support:
- DevStack support:
- Horizon Support:
[RFE] Add support for external vxlan encapsulation to neutron router¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: ruansx
- Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1525059
- FFE: Denied
- CLI support:
- Server/Agent support:
- Testing coverage:
- Documentation:
- Advanced/Sub-project support:
- Other Projects support:
- OpenStack Infra support:
- DevStack support:
- Horizon Support:
ML2 OpenvSwitch Agent GRE/VXLAN tunnel code does not support IPv6 addresses as tunnel endpoints¶
- Status: Complete
- Assignee: brian-haley
- Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1525895
- CLI support: N/A
- Server/Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Complete
- Documentation: Complete
- Advanced/Sub-project support: N/A
- Other Projects support: N/A
- OpenStack Infra support: Complete (dsvm-neutron-serviceipv6 experimental job)
- DevStack support: Incomplete
- Horizon Support: N/A
- References
[RFE] Add F5 plugin driver to neutron-lbaas¶
- Status: Incomplete
- Assignee: None
- Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1539717
- FFE: Denied (no active progress)
- CLI support:
- Server/Agent support:
- Testing coverage:
- Documentation:
- Advanced/Sub-project support:
- Other Projects support:
- OpenStack Infra support:
- DevStack support:
- Horizon Support:
Miscellaneous¶
- Switch to OVSDB and OpenFlow native interfaces.
- Status: Complete
- Assignee: Terry Wilson, IWAMOTO Toshihiro
- References:
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/299655/ (ovsdb)
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/319770/ (openflow)
- Agent support: Complete
- Testing coverage: Complete (Functional tests show parity, Tempest API and scenario tests use the new default)
- Documentation: config options being documented.
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