network agent

network agent

A network agent is an agent that handles various tasks used to implement virtual networks. These agents include neutron-dhcp-agent, neutron-l3-agent, neutron-metering-agent, and neutron-lbaas-agent, among others. The agent is available when the alive status of the agent is “True”.

Network v2

network agent add network

Add network to an agent

openstack network agent add network
    [--dhcp]
    <agent-id>
    <network>
--dhcp

Add a network to DHCP agent

<agent-id>

Agent to which a network is added (ID only)

<network>

Network to be added to an agent (name or ID)

network agent add router

Add router to an agent

openstack network agent add router
    [--l3]
    <agent-id>
    <router>
--l3

Add router to an L3 agent

<agent-id>

Agent to which a router is added (ID only)

<router>

Router to be added to an agent (name or ID)

network agent delete

Delete network agent(s)

openstack network agent delete
    <network-agent> [<network-agent> ...]
<network-agent>

Network agent(s) to delete (ID only)

network agent list

List network agents

openstack network agent list
    [--agent-type <agent-type>]
    [--host <host>]
    [--network <network> | --router <router>]
    [--long]
--agent-type <agent-type>

List only agents with the specified agent type. The supported agent types are: dhcp, open-vswitch, linux-bridge, ofa, l3, loadbalancer, metering, metadata, macvtap, nic.

--host <host>

List only agents running on the specified host

--network <network>

List agents hosting a network (name or ID)

--router <router>

List agents hosting this router (name or ID)

--long

List additional fields in output

network agent remove network

Remove network from an agent

openstack network agent remove network
    [--dhcp]
    <agent-id>
    <network>
--dhcp

Remove network from DHCP agent

<agent-id>

Agent to which a network is removed (ID only)

<network>

Network to be removed from an agent (name or ID)

network agent remove router

Remove router from an agent

openstack agent remove router
    [--l3]
    <agent-id>
    <router>
--l3

Remove router from an L3 agent

<agent-id>

Agent from which router will be removed (ID only)

<router>

Router to be removed from an agent (name or ID)

network agent set

Set network agent properties

openstack network agent set
    [--description <description>]
    [--enable | --disable]
    <network-agent>
--description <description>

Set network agent description

--enable

Enable network agent

--disable

Disable network agent

<network-agent>

Network agent to modify (ID only)

network agent show

Display network agent details

openstack network agent show
    <network-agent>
<network-agent>

Network agent to display (ID only)

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