Add the ability to load a set of service plugins on startup

[OpenStack Infra]

https://review.openstack.org/273439
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commit aadf2f30f84dff3d85f380a7ff4e16dbbb0c6bb0
Author: armando-migliaccio <email address hidden>
Date: Thu Jan 28 01:39:00 2016 -0800

    Add the ability to load a set of service plugins on startup

    Service plugins are a great way of adding functionality in a
    cohesive way. Some plugins (e.g. network ip availability or
    auto_allocate) extend the capabilities of the Neutron server
    by being completely orthogonal to the core plugin, and yet may
    be considered an integral part of functionality available in
    any Neutron deployment. For this reason, it makes sense to
    include them seamlessly in the service plugin loading process.

    This patch, in particular, introduces the 'auto_allocate' service
    plugin for default loading, as we'd want this feature to be enabled
    for Nova to use irrespective of the chosen underlying core plugin.

    The feature requires subnetpools, external_net and router, while
    the first is part of the core, the others can be plugin specific
    and they must be explicitly advertised. That said, they all are
    features that any deployment can hardly live without.

    DocImpact: The "get-me-a-network" feature simplifies the process
    for launching an instance with basic network connectivity (via an
    externally connected private tenant network).

    Once leveraged by Nova, a tenant/admin is no longer required to
    provision networking resources ahead of boot process in order to
    successfully launch an instance.

    Implements: blueprint get-me-a-network

    Change-Id: Ia35e8a946bf0ac0bb085cde46b675d17b0bb2f51

[Martin Hickey (martin-hickey)]

Assigned to Armando as he delivered the patch.

[Armando Migliaccio (armando-migliaccio)]

I can document internally how to add a default plugin to the list, however the operator documentation is something Henry is working on.

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/282586

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/282586
Committed: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/neutron/commit/?id=76c446bb5d1173798f13f5859ec52d23cb8dbedd
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit 76c446bb5d1173798f13f5859ec52d23cb8dbedd
Author: Armando Migliaccio <email address hidden>
Date: Fri Feb 19 17:04:00 2016 -0800

    Document the ability to load service plugins at startup

    Change-Id: I1368f3505b68ea20e2585e23d10d90fcd2bac1f6
    Closes-bug: #1544383

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/283133

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/283133
Committed: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/openstack-manuals/commit/?id=e5b8fefce36babb8df982c129947e9d349aa8552
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit e5b8fefce36babb8df982c129947e9d349aa8552
Author: Henry Gessau <email address hidden>
Date: Mon Feb 22 10:34:30 2016 -0500

    Introduce 'Get Me A Network' for Neutron

    Introduce Neutron's auto-allocated-topology feature.

    Since there is not yet any Nova integration, we describe it only for
    Neutron operators and users for now.

    Implements: blueprint get-me-a-network
    Closes-bug: #1544383

    Change-Id: I29a5b62ba2527811f0d2a5f7775080e566a3c2d3

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

This issue was fixed in the openstack/openstack-manuals 15.0.0 release.