7. SDN VPN

The BGPVPN feature enables creation of BGP VPNs on the Neutron API according to the OpenStack BGPVPN blueprint at Neutron Extension for BGP Based VPN.

In a nutshell, the blueprint defines a BGPVPN object and a number of ways how to associate it with the existing Neutron object model, as well as a unique definition of the related semantics. The BGPVPN framework supports a backend driver model with currently available drivers for Bagpipe, OpenContrail, Nuage and OpenDaylight. The OPNFV scenario makes use of the OpenDaylight driver and backend implementation through the ODL NetVirt project.

8. SDNVPN Testing Suite

An overview of the SDNVPN Test is depicted here. A more detailed description of each test case can be found at SDNVPN Testing.

8.1. Functest scenario specific tests

  • Test Case 1: VPN provides connectivity between subnets, using network association

    Name: VPN connecting Neutron networks and subnets Description: VPNs provide connectivity across Neutron networks and subnets if configured accordingly. Test setup procedure:Set up VM1 and VM2 on Node1 and VM3 on Node2, all having ports in the same Neutron Network N1

    Moreover all ports have 10.10.10/24 addresses (this subnet is denoted SN1 in the following) Set up VM4 on Node1 and VM5 on Node2, both having ports in Neutron Network N2 Moreover all ports have 10.10.11/24 addresses (this subnet is denoted SN2 in the following)

    Test execution:
    • Create VPN1 with eRT<>iRT (so that connected subnets should not reach each other)
    • Associate SN1 to VPN1
    • Ping from VM1 to VM2 should work
    • Ping from VM1 to VM3 should work
    • Ping from VM1 to VM4 should not work
    • Associate SN2 to VPN1
    • Ping from VM4 to VM5 should work
    • Ping from VM1 to VM4 should not work (disabled until isolation fixed upstream)
    • Ping from VM1 to VM5 should not work (disabled until isolation fixed upstream)
    • Change VPN 1 so that iRT=eRT
    • Ping from VM1 to VM4 should work
    • Ping from VM1 to VM5 should work
  • Test Case 2: Tenant separation

    Name: Using VPNs for tenant separation Description: Using VPNs to isolate tenants so that overlapping IP address ranges can be used

    Test setup procedure:
    • Set up VM1 and VM2 on Node1 and VM3 on Node2, all having ports in the same Neutron Network N1.
    • VM1 and VM2 have IP addresses in a subnet SN1 with range 10.10.10/24
    • VM1: 10.10.10.11, running an HTTP server which returns “I am VM1” for any HTTP request (or something else than an HTTP server)
    • VM2: 10.10.10.12, running an HTTP server which returns “I am VM2” for any HTTP request
    • VM3 has an IP address in a subnet SN2 with range 10.10.11/24
    • VM3: 10.10.11.13, running an HTTP server which returns “I am VM3” for any HTTP request
    • Set up VM4 on Node1 and VM5 on Node2, both having ports in Neutron Network N2
    • VM4 has an address in a subnet SN1b with range 10.10.10/24
    • VM4: 10.10.10.12 (the same as VM2), running an HTTP server which returns “I am VM4” for any HTTP request
    • VM5 has an address in a subnet SN2b with range 10.10.11/24
    • VM5: 10.10.11.13 (the same as VM3), running an HTTP server which returns “I am VM5” for any HTTP request
    Test execution:
    • Create VPN 1 with iRT=eRT=RT1 and associate N1 to it
    • HTTP from VM1 to VM2 and VM3 should work It returns “I am VM2” and “I am VM3” respectively
    • HTTP from VM1 to VM4 and VM5 should not work It never returns “I am VM4” or “I am VM5”
    • Create VPN2 with iRT=eRT=RT2 and associate N2 to it
    • HTTP from VM4 to VM5 should work It returns “I am VM5”
    • HTTP from VM4 to VM1 and VM3 should not work It never returns “I am VM1” or “I am VM3”
  • Test Case 3: Data Center Gateway integration

    Name: Data Center Gateway integration Description: Investigate the peering functionality of BGP protocol, using a Zrpcd/Quagga router and OpenDaylight Controller

    Test setup procedure:
    • Search in the pool of nodes and find one Compute node and one Controller nodes, that have OpenDaylight controller running
    • Start an instance using ubuntu-16.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img image and in it run the Quagga setup script
    • Start bgp router in the Controller node, using odl:configure-bgp
    Test execution:
    • Set up a Quagga instance in a nova compute node
    • Start a BGP router with OpenDaylight in a controller node
    • Add the Quagga running in the instance as a neighbor
    • Check that bgpd is running
    • Verify that the OpenDaylight and gateway Quagga peer each other
    • Start an instance in a second nova compute node and connect it with a new network, (Network 3-3).
    • Create a bgpvpn (include parameters route-distinguisher and route-targets) and associate it with the network created
    • Define the same route-distinguisher and route-targets on the simulated quagga side
    • Check that the routes from the Network 3-3 are advertised towards simulated Quagga VM
  • Test Case 4: VPN provides connectivity between subnets using router association

    Functest: variant of Test Case 1.
    • Set up a Router R1 with one connected network/subnet N1/S1.
    • Set up a second network N2.
    • Create VPN1 and associate Router R1 and Network N2 to it.
    • Hosts from N2 should be able to reach hosts in N1.

    Name: VPN connecting Neutron networks and subnets using router association Description: VPNs provide connectivity across Neutron networks and subnets if configured accordingly.

    Test setup procedure:
    • Set up VM1 and VM2 on Node1 and VM3 on Node2,
    • All VMs have ports in the same Neutron Network N1 and 10.10.10/24 addresses
    • (this subnet is denoted SN1 in the following).
    • N1/SN1 are connected to router R1.
    • Set up VM4 on Node1 and VM5 on Node2,
    • Both VMs have ports in Neutron Network N2 and having 10.10.11/24 addresses
    • (this subnet is denoted SN2 in the following)
    Test execution:
    • Create VPN1 with eRT<>iRT (so that connected subnets should not reach each other)
    • Associate R1 to VPN1 Ping from VM1 to VM2 should work Ping from VM1 to VM3 should work Ping from VM1 to VM4 should not work
    • Associate SN2 to VPN1 Ping from VM4 to VM5 should work Ping from VM1 to VM4 should not work Ping from VM1 to VM5 should not work
    • Change VPN1 so that iRT=eRT Ping from VM1 to VM4 should work Ping from VM1 to VM5 should work
  • Test Case 7 - Network associate a subnet with a router attached to a VPN and verify floating IP functionality (disabled, because of ODL Bug 6962)

    A test for https://bugs.opendaylight.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6962

    Setup procedure:
    • Create VM1 in a subnet with a router attached.
    • Create VM2 in a different subnet with another router attached.
    • Network associate them to a VPN with iRT=eRT
    • Ping from VM1 to VM2 should work
    • Assign a floating IP to VM1
    • Pinging the floating IP should work
  • Test Case 8 - Router associate a subnet with a router attached to a VPN and verify floating IP functionality

    Setup procedure:
    • Create VM1 in a subnet with a router which is connected with the gateway
    • Create VM2 in a different subnet without a router attached.
    • Assoc the two networks in a VPN iRT=eRT
    • One with router assoc, other with net assoc
    • Try to ping from one VM to the other
    • Assign a floating IP to the VM in the router assoc network
    • Ping it
  • Test Case 9 - Check fail mode in OVS br-int interfaces

    This testcase checks if the fail mode is always ‘secure’. To accomplish it, a check is performed on all OVS br-int interfaces, for all OpenStack nodes. The testcase is considered as successful if all OVS br-int interfaces have fail_mode=secure

  • Test Case 10 - Check the communication between a group of VMs

    This testcase investigates if communication between a group of VMs is interrupted upon deletion and creation of VMs inside this group.

    Test case flow:
    • Create 3 VMs: VM_1 on compute 1, VM_2 on compute 1, VM_3 on compute 2.
    • All VMs ping each other.
    • VM_2 is deleted.
    • Traffic is still flying between VM_1 and VM_3.
    • A new VM, VM_4 is added to compute 1.
    • Traffic is not interrupted and VM_4 can be reached as well.
  • Testcase 11: test Opendaylight resync and group_add_mod feature mechanisms

    This is testcase to test Opendaylight resync and group_add_mod feature functionalities

    Sub-testcase 11-1:
    • Create and start 2 VMs, connected to a common Network. New groups should appear in OVS dump
    • OVS disconnects and the VMs and the networks are cleaned. The new groups are still in the OVS dump, cause OVS is not connected anymore, so it is not notified that the groups are deleted
    • OVS re-connects. The new groups should be deleted, as Opendaylight has to resync the groups totally and should remove the groups since VMS are deleted.
    Sub-testcase 11-2:
    • Create and start 2 VMs, connected to a common Network. New groups should appear in OVS dump
    • OVS disconnects. The new groups are still in the OVS dump, cause OVS is not connected anymore, so it is not notified that the groups are deleted
    • OVS re-connects. The new groups should be still there, as the topology remains. Opendaylight Carbon’s group_add_mod mechanism should handle the already existing group.
    • OVS re-connects. The new groups should be still there, as the topology remains. Opendaylight Carbon’ group_add_mod mechanism should handle the already existing group.
  • Testcase 12: Test Resync mechanism between Opendaylight and OVS This is the testcase to validate flows and groups are programmed correctly after resync which is triggered by OVS del-controller/set-controller commands and adding/remove iptables drop rule on OF port 6653.

    Sub-testcase 12-1:
    • Create and start 2 VMs, connected to a common Network New flows and groups were added to OVS
    • Reconnect the OVS by running del-ontroller and set-controller commands The flows and groups are still intact and none of the flows/groups are removed
    • Reconnect the OVS by adding ip tables drop rule and then remove it The flows and groups are still intact and none of the flows/groups are removed
  • Testcase 13: Test ECMP (Equal-cost multi-path routing) for the extra route

    This testcase validates spraying behavior in OvS when an extra route is configured such that it can be reached from two nova VMs in the same network.

    Setup procedure:
    • Create and start VM1 and VM2 configured with sub interface set to same ip address in both VMs, connected to a common network/router.
    • Update the VM1 and VM2’s Neutron ports with allowed address pairs for sub interface ip/mac addresses.
    • Create BGPVPN with two route distinguishers.
    • Associate router with BGPVPN.
    • Update the router with above sub-interface ip address with nexthops set to VMs ip addresses.
    • Create VM3 and connected to the same network.
    • Ping sub-interface IP address from VM3.