I'm looking to enable network service providers without actually adding the device but it appears as if the addition of the device is coupled with the enabling of the provider. While this is not the case with default providers like VR, VpcVR, security groups and the InternalLbVm?
What is the reason for the restriction placed on External NetworkElements? In marvin integration tests [1] we want to be able to enable the provider whilst deployment and later add VPX Netscalers per test but this is not possible since the Netscaler provider cannot be enabled during the deployment of CloudStack. The problem exists with the implementation of other providers as well like JuniperSRX, F5BigIp. Nicira and Midonet however are always ready to be enabled. I tried the following via API: $add networkserviceprovider name=Netscaler physicalnetworkid=0d1a18d5-837e-4973-8b06-ff1f3a8bdbfd The netscaler element is registered successfully but disabled: mysql> select id, state, provider_name, physical_network_id from physical_network_service_providers; +----+----------+-----------------------+---------------------+ | id | state | provider_name | physical_network_id | +----+----------+-----------------------+---------------------+ | 1 | Enabled | VirtualRouter | 200 | | 2 | Disabled | SecurityGroupProvider | 200 | | 3 | Enabled | VpcVirtualRouter | 200 | | 4 | Enabled | InternalLbVm | 200 | | 5 | Disabled | Netscaler | 200 | | 6 | Disabled | JuniperSRX | 200 | +----+----------+-----------------------+---------------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec) So I enable it using: $update networkserviceprovider id=1a266697-838a-4322-b894-235bdc158da1 state=Enabled Async job d830d7aa-2a1e-44a4-a736-4885a668e8a6 failed Error 530, Provider is not ready, cannot Enable the provider, please configure the provider first accountid = e31a616a-1212-11e3-8a03-ef159ac306d1 cmd = org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.admin.network.UpdateNetworkServiceProviderCmd created = 2013-08-31T13:58:12+0530 jobid = d830d7aa-2a1e-44a4-a736-4885a668e8a6 jobprocstatus = 0 jobresult: errorcode = 530 errortext = Provider is not ready, cannot Enable the provider, please configure the provider first jobresultcode = 530 jobresulttype = object jobstatus = 2 userid = e31a7560-1212-11e3-8a03-ef159ac306d1 These steps feel counter-intuitive and the error message is a little confusing too. It says I need to configure the provider to enable the provider? [1] https://reviews.apache.org/r/13889/ -- Prasanna., ------------------------ Powered by BigRock.com
