router

A router is a logical component that forwards data packets between networks. It also provides Layer 3 and NAT forwarding to provide external network access for servers on project networks.

Network v2

router add port

Add a port to a router

openstack router add port <router> <port>
router

Router to which port will be added (name or ID)

port

Port to be added (name or ID)

This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.

router add route

Add extra static routes to a router’s routing table.

openstack router add route
    [--route destination=<subnet>,gateway=<ip-address>]
    <router>
--route destination=<subnet>,gateway=<ip-address>

Add extra static route to the router. destination: destination subnet (in CIDR notation), gateway: nexthop IP address. Repeat option to add multiple routes. Trying to add a route that’s already present (exactly, including destination and nexthop) in the routing table is allowed and is considered a successful operation.

router

Router to which extra static routes will be added (name or ID).

This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.

router add subnet

Add a subnet to a router

openstack router add subnet <router> <subnet>
router

Router to which subnet will be added (name or ID)

subnet

Subnet to be added (name or ID)

This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.

router create

Create a new router

openstack router create
    [--enable | --disable]
    [--distributed | --centralized]
    [--ha | --no-ha]
    [--description <description>]
    [--project <project>]
    [--project-domain <project-domain>]
    [--availability-zone-hint <availability-zone>]
    [--tag <tag> | --no-tag]
    <name>
--enable

Enable router (default)

--disable

Disable router

--distributed

Create a distributed router

--centralized

Create a centralized router

--ha

Create a highly available router

--no-ha

Create a legacy router

--description <description>

Set router description

--project <project>

Owner’s project (name or ID)

--project-domain <project-domain>

Domain the project belongs to (name or ID). This can be used in case collisions between project names exist.

--availability-zone-hint <availability-zone>

Availability Zone in which to create this router (Router Availability Zone extension required, repeat option to set multiple availability zones)

--tag <tag>

Tag to be added to the router (repeat option to set multiple tags)

--no-tag

No tags associated with the router

name

New router name

This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.

router delete

Delete router(s)

openstack router delete <router> [<router> ...]
router

Router(s) to delete (name or ID)

This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.

router list

List routers

openstack router list
    [--sort-column SORT_COLUMN]
    [--name <name>]
    [--enable | --disable]
    [--long]
    [--project <project>]
    [--project-domain <project-domain>]
    [--agent <agent-id>]
    [--tags <tag>[,<tag>,...]]
    [--any-tags <tag>[,<tag>,...]]
    [--not-tags <tag>[,<tag>,...]]
    [--not-any-tags <tag>[,<tag>,...]]
--sort-column SORT_COLUMN

specify the column(s) to sort the data (columns specified first have a priority, non-existing columns are ignored), can be repeated

--name <name>

List routers according to their name

--enable

List enabled routers

--disable

List disabled routers

--long

List additional fields in output

--project <project>

List routers according to their project (name or ID)

--project-domain <project-domain>

Domain the project belongs to (name or ID). This can be used in case collisions between project names exist.

--agent <agent-id>

List routers hosted by an agent (ID only)

--tags <tag>[,<tag>,...]

List routers which have all given tag(s) (Comma-separated list of tags)

--any-tags <tag>[,<tag>,...]

List routers which have any given tag(s) (Comma-separated list of tags)

--not-tags <tag>[,<tag>,...]

Exclude routers which have all given tag(s) (Comma-separated list of tags)

--not-any-tags <tag>[,<tag>,...]

Exclude routers which have any given tag(s) (Comma-separated list of tags)

This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.

router remove port

Remove a port from a router

openstack router remove port <router> <port>
router

Router from which port will be removed (name or ID)

port

Port to be removed and deleted (name or ID)

This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.

router remove route

Remove extra static routes from a router’s routing table.

openstack router remove route
    [--route destination=<subnet>,gateway=<ip-address>]
    <router>
--route destination=<subnet>,gateway=<ip-address>

Remove extra static route from the router. destination: destination subnet (in CIDR notation), gateway: nexthop IP address. Repeat option to remove multiple routes. Trying to remove a route that’s already missing (fully, including destination and nexthop) from the routing table is allowed and is considered a successful operation.

router

Router from which extra static routes will be removed (name or ID).

This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.

router remove subnet

Remove a subnet from a router

openstack router remove subnet <router> <subnet>
router

Router from which the subnet will be removed (name or ID)

subnet

Subnet to be removed (name or ID)

This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.

router set

Set router properties

openstack router set
    [--name <name>]
    [--description <description>]
    [--enable | --disable]
    [--distributed | --centralized]
    [--route destination=<subnet>,gateway=<ip-address>]
    [--no-route]
    [--ha | --no-ha]
    [--external-gateway <network>]
    [--fixed-ip subnet=<subnet>,ip-address=<ip-address>]
    [--enable-snat | --disable-snat]
    [--qos-policy <qos-policy> | --no-qos-policy]
    [--tag <tag>]
    [--no-tag]
    <router>
--name <name>

Set router name

--description <description>

Set router description

--enable

Enable router

--disable

Disable router

--distributed

Set router to distributed mode (disabled router only)

--centralized

Set router to centralized mode (disabled router only)

--route destination=<subnet>,gateway=<ip-address>

Add routes to the router destination: destination subnet (in CIDR notation) gateway: nexthop IP address (repeat option to add multiple routes). This is deprecated in favor of ‘router add/remove route’ since it is prone to race conditions between concurrent clients when not used together with –no-route to overwrite the current value of ‘routes’.

--no-route

Clear routes associated with the router. Specify both –route and –no-route to overwrite current value of routes.

--ha

Set the router as highly available (disabled router only)

--no-ha

Clear high availability attribute of the router (disabled router only)

--external-gateway <network>

External Network used as router’s gateway (name or ID)

--fixed-ip subnet=<subnet>,ip-address=<ip-address>

Desired IP and/or subnet (name or ID) on external gateway: subnet=<subnet>,ip-address=<ip-address> (repeat option to set multiple fixed IP addresses)

--enable-snat

Enable Source NAT on external gateway

--disable-snat

Disable Source NAT on external gateway

--qos-policy <qos-policy>

Attach QoS policy to router gateway IPs

--no-qos-policy

Remove QoS policy from router gateway IPs

--tag <tag>

Tag to be added to the router (repeat option to set multiple tags)

--no-tag

Clear tags associated with the router. Specify both –tag and –no-tag to overwrite current tags

router

Router to modify (name or ID)

This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.

router show

Display router details

openstack router show <router>
router

Router to display (name or ID)

This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.

router unset

Unset router properties

openstack router unset
    [--route destination=<subnet>,gateway=<ip-address>]
    [--external-gateway]
    [--qos-policy]
    [--tag <tag> | --all-tag]
    <router>
--route destination=<subnet>,gateway=<ip-address>

Routes to be removed from the router destination: destination subnet (in CIDR notation) gateway: nexthop IP address (repeat option to unset multiple routes)

--external-gateway

Remove external gateway information from the router

--qos-policy

Remove QoS policy from router gateway IPs

--tag <tag>

Tag to be removed from the router (repeat option to remove multiple tags)

--all-tag

Clear all tags associated with the router

router

Router to modify (name or ID)

This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.