Like this? vm01-------------------| |------------------vm03 br1(vxlanport1)------------br-int1=================br-int2----------(vxlanport2)br2 vm02-------------------| |-------------------vm04
What is the need for the bridges br-int1 and br-int2? Why is it not possible without them(as the topology shown earlier in this thread)? Shravan On 11 January 2017 at 11:59, Scott Lowe <[email protected]> wrote: > Please see my response inline, prefixed with [SL]. > > > On 01/10/2017 09:50 PM, Shravan S K wrote: > > I am asking if that can be done on a single physical host having OVS. > > Say, as mininet creates bridges which act as switches. Can vxlan be > > setup using Mininet? > > > [SL] I don't know if it's possible for Mininet to set up VXLAN; that's a > question best asked on a Mininet-related forum. > > As for whether it can be done on a single host, I suppose if you were to > use 2 separate bridges for physical connectivity along with 2 separate > bridges for the tunnels, it might work. I've never tried it, though, so > this is just conjecture. > > > > Shravan > > > > On 10 January 2017 at 23:33, Scott Lowe <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Please see my response below. > > > > > > On 01/10/2017 02:26 AM, Shravan S K wrote: > > > Is it possible to create a VXLAN setup using just bridges created > by > > > OVS? (using ovs-vsctl to create these bridges,ports and vxlan > config) > > > > > > vm01-------------------| |------------------vm03 > > > br1-------br2 > > > vm02-------------------| |-------------------vm04 > > > > > > Yes, this is possible. On each hypervisor where OVS is running and > where > > you have VMs you'd like to connect over VXLAN tunnels, create a > bridge > > ("br-tun", for example). Create and configure a VXLAN port > appropriately > > on br-tun on each hypervisor, and then connect your VMs. You should > be > > good to go. My website has an example of doing this with GRE; VXLAN > > should be nearly identical. > > > > Hope this helps, > > > -- > Scott > > >
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