It is not mandatory to setup an IP address on a bridge interface. A bridge forwards packets at MAC layer. But of course, if I would like to reach the DB System or the Compute Instance from the ODA, then an IP address will be needed on the bridge interface. I have demonstrate and explain this in one of my blogs : https://www.dbi-services.com/blog/creating-kvm-database-system-on-separate-vlan-network-on-oda/
I have also successfully implemented on customer with ODA running version 19.14, DB System on vnetwork bridge having no IP address. And this to totally isolate the DB System. I recently realised that last 19.17 and 19.18 ODA version will not allow this natively any more. IP address is now mandatory to be supplied. Opening a SR I could get an official WA that I would like to share in this blog.
Trying to create a new vnetwork bridge without IP address
This would be totally unsuccessful as we can see in the following results.
[root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# odacli create-vnetwork -n tagged38 -if btbond2 -t bridged-vlan -vlan 38 DCS-10045:Validation error encountered: Parameter 'vNetwork IP address' cannot be null. [root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# odacli create-vnetwork -n tagged38 -if btbond2 -t bridged-vlan -ip 0.0.0.0 -nm 255.255.255.0 -vlan 38 -gw 10.38.0.1 DCS-10045:Validation error encountered: The IP address 0.0.0.0 is already in use in the network. [root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# odacli create-vnetwork -n tagged38 -if btbond2 -t bridged-vlan -ip none -vlan 38 DCS-10045:Validation error encountered: Parameter 'vNetwork netmask' cannot be null. [root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# odacli create-vnetwork -n tagged38 -if btbond2 -t bridged-vlan -ip none -nm none -vlan 38 DCS-10045:Validation error encountered: Parameter 'vNetwork IP address' is not a valid IP: none.
Workaround
To workaround this, we need to create the interface with an IP address, and then to remove it later on.
Creating the vnetwork with bridge IP address:
[root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# odacli create-vnetwork -n tagged38 -if btbond2 -t bridged-vlan -ip 10.38.0.10 -nm 255.255.255.0 -vlan 38 -gw 10.38.0.1
Job details
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ID: 0f11b59f-2ebc-4122-a8e5-d8498f8123f9
Description: vNetwork tagged38 creation
Status: Created
Created: March 15, 2023 3:15:33 PM CET
Message:
Task Name Start Time End Time Status
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[root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# odacli describe-job -i 0f11b59f-2ebc-4122-a8e5-d8498f8123f9
Job details
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ID: 0f11b59f-2ebc-4122-a8e5-d8498f8123f9
Description: vNetwork tagged38 creation
Status: Success
Created: March 15, 2023 3:15:33 PM CET
Message:
Task Name Start Time End Time Status
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Validate Virtual Network doesn't exist March 15, 2023 3:15:33 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:15:33 PM CET Success
Validate interface to use exists March 15, 2023 3:15:33 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:15:33 PM CET Success
Validate interfaces to create not exist March 15, 2023 3:15:33 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:15:33 PM CET Success
Create bridge March 15, 2023 3:15:33 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:15:33 PM CET Success
Create VLAN March 15, 2023 3:15:33 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:15:33 PM CET Success
Bring up VLAN March 15, 2023 3:15:33 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:15:38 PM CET Success
Create metadata March 15, 2023 3:15:38 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:15:38 PM CET Success
Persist metadata March 15, 2023 3:15:38 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:15:38 PM CET Success
[root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# odacli list-vnetworks
Name Type Interface Bridge Uniform Created Updated
-------------------- --------------- --------------- -------------------- -------- ------------------------ ------------------------
tagged38 BridgedVlan btbond2 brtagged38 NO 2023-03-15 15:15:38 CET 2023-03-15 15:15:38 CET
pubnet Bridged btbond1 pubnet NO 2022-11-03 12:06:43 CET 2022-11-03 12:06:43 CET
[root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# odacli describe-vnetwork -n tagged38
VNetwork details
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ID: 1356a164-6e46-42b3-b8c8-953bc62f2e84
Name: tagged38
Created: 2023-03-15 15:26:20 CET
Updated: 2023-03-15 15:26:20 CET
Type: BridgedVlan
Interface name: btbond2
Bridge name: brtagged38
VLAN ID: 38
IP: 10.38.0.10
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 10.38.0.1
Attached in VMs (config): NONE
Attached in VMs (live): NONE
We can see the bridge interface has been created and have the IP address assigned on:
[root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# ip addr sh brtagged38
25: brtagged38: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 52:54:00:e1:fa:51 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.38.0.10/24 brd 10.38.0.255 scope global brtagged38
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
And I can ping it from my laptop:
maw@DBI-LT-MAW2 ~ % ping 10.38.0.10 PING 10.38.0.10 (10.38.0.10): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.38.0.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=62 time=39.865 ms 64 bytes from 10.38.0.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=62 time=130.809 ms 64 bytes from 10.38.0.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=62 time=46.843 ms ^C --- 10.38.0.10 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 39.865/72.506/130.809/41.325 ms
We will now remove the IP address from the bridge with modify-vnetwork:
[root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# odacli modify-vnetwork -n tagged38 -ip none
Job details
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ID: 5d60bfb8-6598-4e48-b329-cf2ad7730dc8
Description: vNetwork tagged38 modification
Status: Created
Created: March 15, 2023 3:22:44 PM CET
Message:
Task Name Start Time End Time Status
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[root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# odacli describe-job -i 5d60bfb8-6598-4e48-b329-cf2ad7730dc8
Job details
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ID: 5d60bfb8-6598-4e48-b329-cf2ad7730dc8
Description: vNetwork tagged38 modification
Status: Success
Created: March 15, 2023 3:22:44 PM CET
Message:
Task Name Start Time End Time Status
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Validate Virtual Network exists March 15, 2023 3:22:44 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:22:44 PM CET Success
Modify VLAN March 15, 2023 3:22:44 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:22:44 PM CET Success
Update metadata March 15, 2023 3:22:44 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:22:44 PM CET Success
Persist metadata March 15, 2023 3:22:44 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:22:44 PM CET Success
I can see that my bridge interface has no more IP address:
[root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# ip addr sh brtagged38
25: brtagged38: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 52:54:00:e1:fa:51 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
And, of course, I can not ping it any more:
maw@DBI-LT-MAW2 ~ % ping 10.38.0.10 PING 10.38.0.10 (10.38.0.10): 56 data bytes Request timeout for icmp_seq 0 Request timeout for icmp_seq 1 Request timeout for icmp_seq 2 Request timeout for icmp_seq 3
My vnetwork shows now a configuration without any IP configuration:
[root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# odacli describe-vnetwork -n tagged38
VNetwork details
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ID: b9cbfb0f-5c40-4421-8fd4-439872d630b3
Name: tagged38
Created: 2023-03-15 15:15:38 CET
Updated: 2023-03-15 15:22:44 CET
Type: BridgedVlan
Interface name: btbond2
Bridge name: brtagged38
VLAN ID: 38
IP:
Netmask:
Gateway:
Attached in VMs (config): NONE
Attached in VMs (live): NONE
I could even put the IP address back:
[root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# odacli modify-vnetwork -n tagged38 -ip 10.38.0.10 -nm 255.255.255.0 -gw 10.38.0.1
Job details
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ID: 0fe45b34-23af-4bea-a887-ff36b76acf22
Description: vNetwork tagged38 modification
Status: Created
Created: March 15, 2023 3:33:20 PM CET
Message:
Task Name Start Time End Time Status
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[root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# odacli describe-job -i 0fe45b34-23af-4bea-a887-ff36b76acf22
Job details
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ID: 0fe45b34-23af-4bea-a887-ff36b76acf22
Description: vNetwork tagged38 modification
Status: Success
Created: March 15, 2023 3:33:20 PM CET
Message:
Task Name Start Time End Time Status
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Validate Virtual Network exists March 15, 2023 3:33:20 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:33:20 PM CET Success
Modify VLAN March 15, 2023 3:33:20 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:33:25 PM CET Success
Update metadata March 15, 2023 3:33:25 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:33:25 PM CET Success
Persist metadata March 15, 2023 3:33:25 PM CET March 15, 2023 3:33:25 PM CET Success
And my bridge configuration will get the IP configuration again:
[root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# odacli describe-vnetwork -n tagged38
VNetwork details
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ID: b6f174d2-6b78-4c2d-8ae7-875b1c7c9705
Name: tagged38
Created: 2023-03-15 15:30:25 CET
Updated: 2023-03-15 15:33:25 CET
Type: BridgedVlan
Interface name: btbond2
Bridge name: brtagged38
VLAN ID: 38
IP: 10.38.0.10
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 10.38.0.1
Attached in VMs (config): NONE
Attached in VMs (live): NONE
[root@dbi-oda-x8 ~]# ip addr sh brtagged38
29: brtagged38: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 52:54:00:9e:0f:78 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.38.0.10/24 brd 10.38.0.255 scope global brtagged38
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
To finally be able to ping it again:
maw@DBI-LT-MAW2 ~ % ping 10.38.0.10 PING 10.38.0.10 (10.38.0.10): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.38.0.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=62 time=47.394 ms 64 bytes from 10.38.0.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=62 time=46.711 ms 64 bytes from 10.38.0.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=62 time=47.371 ms
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