Hassle-free migration from OVS to OVN
Channel: OpenInfra Foundation
Date: 2020-10-28

Thank you to Canonical for sponsoring the Open Infrastructure Summit! 

Exciting changes are afoot in OpenStack networking. During the OpenStack Ussuri cycle the Neutron team adopted the networking-ovn ML2 plugin and turned it into a native driver maintained in the main Neutron code repository.

Open Virtual Network (OVN) is a system to support virtual network abstraction for a fleet of Open vSwitch switches.

OpenStack networking has a lot to gain from the move to OVN, and you can expect a steady stream of improvements and new features in coming cycles because of it.

But what do I do with my existing clouds?

Can I migrate my legacy Neutron ML2+OVS deployments to OVN?

You can, and if you come watch this presentation you will gain insight about how it can be done!

Speaker: Frode Nordahl
Track: Private & Hybrid Cloud