Configuration Reference

This section provides a list of all configuration options for OVN Octavia provider. These are auto-generated from OVN Octavia provider code when this documentation is built.

Configuration filenames used below are filenames usually used, but there is no restriction on configuration filename and you can use arbitrary file names.

neutron

service_name
Type

string

Default

<None>

The name of the neutron service in the keystone catalog

endpoint
Type

string

Default

<None>

A new endpoint to override the endpoint in the keystone catalog.

region_name
Type

string

Default

<None>

Region in Identity service catalog to use for communication with the OpenStack services.

endpoint_type
Type

string

Default

publicURL

Endpoint interface in identity service to use

ca_certificates_file
Type

string

Default

<None>

CA certificates file path

insecure
Type

boolean

Default

False

Disable certificate validation on SSL connections

ovn

ovn_nb_connection
Type

string

Default

tcp:127.0.0.1:6641

The connection string for the OVN_Northbound OVSDB. Use tcp:IP:PORT for TCP connection. Use ssl:IP:PORT for SSL connection. The ovn_nb_private_key, ovn_nb_certificate and ovn_nb_ca_cert are mandatory. Use unix:FILE for unix domain socket connection.

ovn_nb_private_key
Type

string

Default

''

The PEM file with private key for SSL connection to OVN-NB-DB

ovn_nb_certificate
Type

string

Default

''

The PEM file with certificate that certifies the private key specified in ovn_nb_private_key

ovn_nb_ca_cert
Type

string

Default

''

The PEM file with CA certificate that OVN should use to verify certificates presented to it by SSL peers

ovn_sb_connection
Type

string

Default

tcp:127.0.0.1:6642

The connection string for the OVN_Southbound OVSDB. Use tcp:IP:PORT for TCP connection. Use ssl:IP:PORT for SSL connection. The ovn_sb_private_key, ovn_sb_certificate and ovn_sb_ca_cert are mandatory. Use unix:FILE for unix domain socket connection.

ovn_sb_private_key
Type

string

Default

''

The PEM file with private key for SSL connection to OVN-SB-DB

ovn_sb_certificate
Type

string

Default

''

The PEM file with certificate that certifies the private key specified in ovn_sb_private_key

ovn_sb_ca_cert
Type

string

Default

''

The PEM file with CA certificate that OVN should use to verify certificates presented to it by SSL peers

ovsdb_connection_timeout
Type

integer

Default

180

Timeout in seconds for the OVSDB connection transaction

ovsdb_retry_max_interval
Type

integer

Default

180

Max interval in seconds between each retry to get the OVN NB and SB IDLs

ovsdb_probe_interval
Type

integer

Default

60000

Minimum Value

0

The probe interval in for the OVSDB session in milliseconds. If this is zero, it disables the connection keepalive feature. If non-zero the value will be forced to at least 1000 milliseconds. Defaults to 60 seconds.