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BACKGROUND
In previous releases with KVM pod networking, MAAS would prefer to attach to networks based on the following algorithm:
(1) Look for a `maas` network defined in the hypervisor, and attach to that if it exists.
(2) Look for a `default` network defined in the hypervisor, and attach to that if it exists.
In MAAS 2.5 with KVM pod networking, MAAS still uses this algorithm (for backward compatibility) if no `interfaces` constraint is specified. However, this often results in a less-than-ideal configuration for the composed VM; we should revisit this decision now to see if we can make it better.
Consider the following:
- When installing libvirt on Ubuntu, you get a `default` network at install time.[1] This network is guaranteed not to work with MAAS, because it provides DHCP (via dnsmasq) itself. Without MAAS-managed DHCP, (and without any way to add DHCP options to point to MAAS) there is no way for composed VMs to PXE boot from MAAS, and thus no way for the machines to be MAAS-managed.
- Networks in libvirt can be defined as attachments to specific, non-libvirt-managed bridges. In MAAS 2.5, if the pod has a known host (and therefore, MAAS knows about its network model), MAAS can determine whether or not a particular network in virsh corresponds to a DHCP-enabled VLAN in MAAS.[2]
- If the network /is/ managed by libvirt, but /is not/ DHCP-enabled, MAAS might be able to manage the network. The `virsh net-dumpxml` output would indicate this by the lack of a <dhcp/> XML element.[3]
SUGGESTED BEHAVIOR for MAAS 2.5
(a) If a `maas` or `default` network is defined in libvirt, continue to prefer network attachments in that order of preference However, DO NOT attach to either network by default if libvirt's DHCP is enabled (this is virtually guaranteed to break the operation of MAAS).
(b) If a `maas` or `default` network is selected, validate that it is attached to a bridge whose VLAN is enabled for MAAS DHCP (or DHCP relay). If no libvirt network is found to be attached to a DHCP-enabled network in MAAS, skip to (c).
(c) If no MAAS-managed DHCP network was found after checking (a) and (b), prefer network attachments in the following order of precedence:
(1) A bridge interface on the pod host whose VLAN is DHCP-enabled.
(2) A macvlan attachment on the pod host whose VLAN is DHCP-enabled
(d) If multiple VLANs on the pod host are DHCP enabled, prefer VLANs whose IPv4 subnets contain the largest number of free IP addresses.
REFERENCES
[1]: https:/
(example of libvirt-managed network)
[2]: https:/
(example of a an network defined in libvirt, but not managed by libvirt)
[3]: https:/
(example of a network defined and managed by libvirt, but without libvirt-managed DHCP)