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Routers

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

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

port

Port to be added (name or ID)


router add route

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

openstack router add route [--route destination=\,gateway=\] \

–route destination=\,gateway=\

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).


router add subnet

Add a subnet to a router

openstack router add subnet \ \

router

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

subnet

Subnet to be added (name or ID)


router create

Create a new router

openstack router create [--extra-property type=\,name=\,value=\] [--enable | --disable] [--distributed | --centralized] [--ha | --no-ha] [--description \] [--project \] [--project-domain \] [--availability-zone-hint \] [--tag \ | --no-tag] [--external-gateway \] [--fixed-ip subnet=\,ip-address=\] [--enable-snat | --disable-snat] \

–extra-property type=\,name=\,value=\

Additional parameters can be passed using this property. Default type of the extra property is string (‘str’), but other types can be used as well. Available types are: ‘dict’, ‘list’, ‘str’, ‘bool’, ‘int’. In case of ‘list’ type, ‘value’ can be semicolon-separated list of values. For ‘dict’ value is semicolon-separated list of the key:value pairs.

–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 \

Set router description

–project \

Owner’s project (name or ID)

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

–tag \

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

–no-tag

No tags associated with the router

–external-gateway \

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

–fixed-ip subnet=\,ip-address=\

Desired IP and/or subnet (name or ID) on external gateway: subnet=\,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

name

New router name


router delete

Delete router(s)

openstack router delete \ [\ ...]

router

Router(s) to delete (name or ID)

router list

List routers

openstack router list [--sort-column SORT_COLUMN] [--sort-ascending | --sort-descending] [--name \] [--enable | --disable] [--long] [--project \] [--project-domain \] [--agent \] [--tags \[,\,...]] [--any-tags \[,\,...]] [--not-tags \[,\,...]] [--not-any-tags \[,\,...]]

–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

–sort-ascending

sort the column(s) in ascending order

–sort-descending

sort the column(s) in descending order

–name \

List routers according to their name

–enable

List enabled routers

–disable

List disabled routers

–long

List additional fields in output

–project \

List routers according to their project (name or ID)

–project-domain \

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

–agent \

List routers hosted by an agent (ID only)

–tags \[,\,…]

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

–any-tags \[,\,…]

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

–not-tags \[,\,…]

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

–not-any-tags \[,\,…]

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


router remove port

Remove a port from a router

openstack router remove port \ \

router

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

port

Port to be removed and deleted (name or ID)

router remove route

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

openstack router remove route [--route destination=\,gateway=\] \

–route destination=\,gateway=\

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).


router remove subnet

Remove a subnet from a router

openstack router remove subnet \ \

router

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

subnet

Subnet to be removed (name or ID)

router set

Set router properties

openstack router set [--extra-property type=\,name=\,value=\] [--name \] [--description \] [--enable | --disable] [--distributed | --centralized] [--route destination=\,gateway=\] [--no-route] [--ha | --no-ha] [--external-gateway \] [--fixed-ip subnet=\,ip-address=\] [--enable-snat | --disable-snat] [--qos-policy \ | --no-qos-policy] [--tag \] [--no-tag] \

–extra-property type=\,name=\,value=\

Additional parameters can be passed using this property. Default type of the extra property is string (‘str’), but other types can be used as well. Available types are: ‘dict’, ‘list’, ‘str’, ‘bool’, ‘int’. In case of ‘list’ type, ‘value’ can be semicolon-separated list of values. For ‘dict’ value is semicolon-separated list of the key:value pairs.

–name \

Set router name

–description \

Set router description

–enabl

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=\,gateway=\

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 \

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

–fixed-ip subnet=\,ip-address=\

Desired IP and/or subnet (name or ID) on external gateway: subnet=\,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 \

Attach QoS policy to router gateway IPs

–no-qos-policy

Remove QoS policy from router gateway IPs

–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)


router show

Display router details

openstack router show \

router

Router to display (name or ID)


router unset

Unset router properties

openstack router unset [--extra-property type=\,name=\,value=\] [--route destination=\,gateway=\] [--external-gateway] [--qos-policy] [--tag \ | --all-tag] \

–extra-property type=\,name=\,value=\

Additional parameters can be passed using this property. Default type of the extra property is string (‘str’), but other types can be used as well. Available types are: ‘dict’, ‘list’, ‘str’, ‘bool’, ‘int’. In case of ‘list’ type, ‘value’ can be semicolon-separated list of values. For ‘dict’ value is semicolon-separated list of the key:value pairs.

–route destination=\,gateway=\

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 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)