F5 LBaaSv2 Quick Reference

Applies to:

F5 LBaaS version(s) OpenStack version(s)
F5 Agent 9.8.1 Queens
F5 Driver 13.0.0 Queens

To install previous versions, see the F5 Agent documentation.

This reference sheet provides the basic information you need to get the F5 Integration for OpenStack Neutron LBaaS up and running using the latest releases of the F5 Agent and F5 Driver:

  • F5 Agent for OpenStack Neutron 9.8.1
  • F5 Driver for OpenStack LBaaSv2 13.0.0

Tasks

  1. Download and install the F5 service provider package; the F5 Agent; and the F5 Driver for OpenStack LBaaSv2.

    • Debian

      curl -O -L https://github.com/F5Networks/neutron-lbaas/releases/download/v10.0.0/f5.tgz
tar xvf f5.tgz -C /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/neutron_lbaas/drivers/
curl -L -O https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-openstack-agent/releases/download/v9.8.1/python-f5-openstack-agent_9.8.1-1_1404_all.deb
curl -L -O https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-common-python/releases/download/v2.3.3/python-f5-sdk_2.3.3-1_1404_all.deb
curl -L -O https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-icontrol-rest-python/releases/download/v1.3.0/python-f5-icontrol-rest_1.3.0-1_1404_all.deb
curl –L –O https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver/releases/download/v13.0.0/python-f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver_13.0.0-1_1404_all.deb
dpkg –i python-f5-icontrol-rest_1.3.0-1_1404_all.deb
dpkg –i python-f5-sdk_2.3.3-1_1404_all.deb
dpkg –i python-f5-openstack-agent_9.8.1-1_1404_all.deb
dpkg –i python-f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver_13.0.0-1_1404_all.deb

    • RPM

      curl -O -L https://github.com/F5Networks/neutron-lbaas/releases/download/v10.0.0/f5.tgz
tar xvf f5.tgz -C /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/neutron_lbaas/drivers/
curl -L -O https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-common-python/releases/download/v2.3.3/f5-sdk-2.3.3-1.el7.noarch.rpm
curl -L -O https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-icontrol-rest-python/releases/download/v1.3.0/f5-icontrol-rest-1.3.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm
curl -L -O https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-openstack-agent/releases/download/v9.8.1/f5-openstack-agent-9.8.1-1.el7.noarch.rpm
curl –L –O https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver/releases/download/v13.0.0/f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver-13.0.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh f5-icontrol-rest-1.3.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm f5-sdk-2.3.3-1.el7.noarch.rpm f5-openstack-agent-9.8.1-1.el7.noarch.rpm f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver-13.0.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm

    • Pip

      Download the F5 driver package (f5.tgz) and install it in the correct path for your OS (see above examples). Then, run the commands shown below to install the F5 Agent and F5 Driver packages.

      pip install git+https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-openstack-agent@v9.8.1
pip install git+https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver@v13.0.0

  2. Set up Neutron to use the F5 service provider driver.

    Important

    The Neutron configuration steps may differ from the instructions provided, depending on your OpenStack platform. Please see our partners’ documentation for more information.

  3. Set up the F5 Agent.

    Sample configuration files for download:

    See also

    View the examples in the f5-openstack-agent repo on GitHub.

  4. Start the F5 Agent.

    CentOS

    systemctl enable f5-openstack-agent
systemctl start f5-openstack-agent
sudo systemctl stop f5-openstack-agent.service

    Ubuntu

    service f5-oslbaasv2-agent start
service f5-oslbaasv2-agent stop

What’s Next

Footnotes

[1](1, 2) You need a license that includes SDN services if you plan to use VXLAN/GRE tunnels in your deployment.