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Introduction

MidoNet is an Apache licensed production grade network virtualization software for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. Plugin for Fuel 9.0/9.1/9.2 provides the puppet manifests to install all the components to deploy easily MidoNet with Fuel in both lab or production environments.

Fuel MidoNet plugin is capable of deploying MidoNet v5.2 and v5.4 on top of Mirantis OpenStack Fuel version 9.0/9.1/9.2. There are no prerequisites to use the MidoNet plugin: MidoNet is Open Source, and the plugin sets the repositories from where download and install MidoNet packages.

This plugin also supports installation of same version of Midokura Enterprise MidoNet (MEM) by allowing the user to choose the option from the Fuel Web UI. The packages are available to download from a password protected-repository. The needed credentials will be provided by Midokura.

Requirements

Requirement Version/Comment
Fuel 9.0/9.1/9.2
MidoNet plugin for Fuel 9.2.0

Known Limitations

  • The plugin has some limitations regarding node count regarding Analytics/Insight MEM-only feature. Currently, only one such node can be deployed. Starting with 5.4 Multiple Analytics node can be used
  • Current version of plugin can only deploy single MidoNet Gateway role node. MidoNet itself supports any number of gateway nodes, it is only a plugin limitation, additional nodes needs to be set up manually.

Changes in MidoNet plugin 9.2.0

New features:

  • Support 5.4 including all MEM features