F5 BigIP LTM VE and OpenStack LBaaS integratation

Question

I have followed various bits of documentation from F5 on how to get the LBaaS agent and driver installed and configured in OpenStack. However, when I try to add a pool, I get the error message:&nbsp;
"No eligible backend for pool pool_id"&nbsp;
and in the logs:&nbsp;
"No active lbaas agents for pool pool_id"&nbsp;
The neutron lbaas agent doesn't show up in the output of 'neutron agent-list', even though it is installed.&nbsp;
I am running this on a multi-host DevStack build running Icehouse and the F5 LTM VE pair are running BIG-IP 11.5.1 Build 4.0.128 Hotfix HF4. They are correctly configured as a HA pair.&nbsp;

michael_61029 · Answer

Additional log file info, from the F5 agent log:

2014-10-02 23:30:38.197 INFO neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.agent_manager [-] Initializing LbaasAgentManager with conf 
2014-10-02 23:30:38.197 DEBUG neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.agent_manager [-] Initializing LogicalServiceCache version 0.1.1 from (pid=19679) __init__ /opt/stack/neutron/neutron/services/loadbalancer/drivers/f5/bigip/agent_manager.py:93
2014-10-02 23:30:38.232 DEBUG neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.icontrol_driver [-] physical_network default = interface 1.1, tagged False from (pid=19679) __init__ /opt/stack/neutron/neutron/services/loadbalancer/drivers/f5/bigip/icontrol_driver.py:278
2014-10-02 23:30:38.232 INFO neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.icontrol_driver [-] Opening iControl connections to lbaas-adm @ bigipeagcloudqa2.int.thomsonreuters.com
2014-10-02 23:30:38.939 DEBUG neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.icontrol_driver [-] DEBUGG1 None from (pid=19679) _init_connection /opt/stack/neutron/neutron/services/loadbalancer/drivers/f5/bigip/icontrol_driver.py:3012
2014-10-02 23:30:38.939 ERROR neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.icontrol_driver [-] Could not communicate with all iControl devices: device bigipeagcloudqa2.int.thomsonreuters.com BIG-IP not provisioned for management LARGE. extramb=0
2014-10-02 23:30:38.940 INFO neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.icontrol_driver [-] iControlDriver initialized to 0 hosts with username:lbaas-adm
2014-10-02 23:30:38.940 INFO neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.icontrol_driver [-] iControlDriver dynamic agent configurations:{'tunnel_types': ['vxlan', 'gre'], 'bridge_mappings': {'default': '1.1'}}
2014-10-02 23:30:38.940 DEBUG neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.agent_manager [-] DEBUGG None from (pid=19679) __init__ /opt/stack/neutron/neutron/services/loadbalancer/drivers/f5/bigip/agent_manager.py:168
2014-10-02 23:30:38.940 ERROR neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.agent_manager [-] Agent host attribute is not configured by the driver. Fix the driver config and restart the agent.
2014-10-02 23:30:38.947 DEBUG neutron.openstack.common.service [-] f5_bigip_lbaas_device_driver   = neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.icontrol_driver.iControlDriver from (pid=19679) log_opt_values /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oslo/config/cfg.py:1941
2014-10-02 23:30:38.948 DEBUG neutron.openstack.common.service [-] f5_loadbalancer_pool_scheduler_driver = neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.agent_scheduler.TenantScheduler from (pid=19679) log_opt_values /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oslo/config/cfg.py:1941
2014-10-02 23:30:38.963 DEBUG neutron.openstack.common.service [-] service_providers.service_provider = ['LOADBALANCER:F5:neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.plugin_driver.F5PluginDriver:default', 'VPN:openswan:neutron.services.vpn.service_drivers.ipsec.IPsecVPNDriver:default'] from (pid=19679) log_opt_values /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oslo/config/cfg.py:1949

hoolio · Answer

Hi Michael,&nbsp;
Can you open a case with F5 Support on this?&nbsp;
Thanks, Aaron&nbsp;

michael_61029 · Answer

Hi Aaron,&nbsp;
Thanks for the response, but I have already raised a support case (reference: 1-671237432) and was told that the plugin wasn't supported and I'd have to post to DevCentral to get a response...&nbsp;
Any help would be very appreciated.&nbsp;
Regards,
Michael&nbsp;

michael_61029 · Answer

It turns out that the key error message here was:&nbsp;
2014-10-02 23:30:38.939 ERROR neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.icontrol_driver [-] Could not communicate with all iControl devices: device bigipeagcloudqa2.int.thomsonreuters.com BIG-IP not provisioned for management LARGE. extramb=0&nbsp;
The following can be done to rectify this, perform either:&nbsp;
1) Under resource provisioning (in the UI) change Management (MGMT) to 'Large'
2) Run 'tmsh modify sys db provision.extramb value 500' (from the advanced shell not tmos)&nbsp;
It seems that performing both steps allows the plugin to work as well. Hope this helps someone else&nbsp;

linjing_54779 · Answer

Hi All, 
I got this error when I start f5-agent:
I got this error when I am trying to start the agent:
2015-01-07 12:10:59.712 42967 INFO neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.agent_manager [-] Initializing LbaasAgentManager with conf 
2015-01-07 12:10:59.714 42967 DEBUG neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.agent_manager [-] Initializing LogicalServiceCache version 0.1.1 __init__ /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/neutron/services/loadbalancer/drivers/f5/bigip/agent_manager.py:93
Error importing loadbalancer device driver: neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.icontrol_driver.iControlDriver

I run 3 nodes in my vmware workstation:
 one controller, one compute and one network node
 I installed the driver in controller node, and installed both agent and driver in network node.
 Then follow the readme file which in the downloaded file.
I can see "f5" in horizon when I add pool in the Load balancer. Of course, it will be failed as f5-agent is not running.. below is my f5-agent ini file.  Anybody can help me?  
here is my f5-agent conf:

root@network:/etc/neutron egrep -v "^|^$" f5-bigip-lbaas-agent.ini 
[DEFAULT]
debug = True
periodic_interval = 10
f5_static_agent_configuration_data = name1:value1, name1:value2, name3:value3
f5_device_type = external
f5_ha_type = standalone 
sync_mode = replication
f5_external_physical_mappings = default:1.3:True
f5_vtep_folder = 'Common'
f5_vtep_selfip_name = 'vtep'
advertised_tunnel_types = gre
l2_population = True
f5_global_routed_mode = False 
use_namespaces = True
f5_route_domain_strictness = False
f5_snat_mode = True
f5_snat_addresses_per_subnet = 1
f5_common_external_networks = True
f5_bigip_lbaas_device_driver = neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.bigip.icontrol_driver.iControlDriver
icontrol_hostname = 192.168.232.245
icontrol_username = admin
icontrol_password = admin
icontrol_connection_retry_interval = 10

here is my neutron.conf, and there is haproxy setting, it works in my openstack.

root@controller:/home/mycisco egrep -v "^|^$" /etc/neutron/neutron.conf 
[DEFAULT]
state_path = /var/lib/neutron
lock_path = $state_path/lock
core_plugin = ml2
service_plugins = router,lbaas
f5_loadbalancer_pool_scheduler_driver = neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.agent_scheduler.TenantScheduler
auth_strategy = keystone
allow_overlapping_ips = True
rabbit_host = 192.168.232.138
rpc_backend = neutron.openstack.common.rpc.impl_kombu
notification_driver = neutron.openstack.common.notifier.rpc_notifier
notify_nova_on_port_status_changes = True
notify_nova_on_port_data_changes = True
nova_url = http://192.168.232.138:8774/v2
nova_admin_username = nova
nova_admin_tenant_id = f0ef0312929d433b9b1dcc3d030d0634
nova_admin_password = service_pass
nova_admin_auth_url = http://192.168.232.138:35357/v2.0
[quotas]
[agent]
root_helper = sudo /usr/bin/neutron-rootwrap /etc/neutron/rootwrap.conf
[keystone_authtoken]
auth_host = 192.168.232.138
auth_port = 35357
auth_protocol = http
admin_tenant_name = service
admin_user = neutron
admin_password = service_pass
signing_dir = $state_path/keystone-signing
[database]
connection = mysql://neutron:NEUTRON_DBPASS@192.168.232.138/neutron
[service_providers]
service_provider=LOADBALANCER:Haproxy:neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.haproxy.plugin_driver.HaproxyOnHostPluginDriver:default
service_provider=LOADBALANCER:F5:neutron.services.loadbalancer.drivers.f5.plugin_driver.F5PluginDriver
service_provider=VPN:openswan:neutron.services.vpn.service_drivers.ipsec.IPsecVPNDriver:default

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