From dd9a106748a69be03f58faa1d1b455545bed6208 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hemanth Nakkina Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 16:04:17 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] loadbalancer: Add pre-requisite to amphora provider Add a note MicroOVN as SDN feature is pre-requisite for Amphora loadbalancer. FIxes: #201 Signed-off-by: Hemanth Nakkina --- how-to/features/load-balancer.rst | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/how-to/features/load-balancer.rst b/how-to/features/load-balancer.rst index 36c6ef9..e2c3a4f 100644 --- a/how-to/features/load-balancer.rst +++ b/how-to/features/load-balancer.rst @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ OpenStack load balancing service. Two provider backends are supported: for supported features and limitations. - **Amphora provider** (optional) – a VM-based provider that runs a dedicated HAProxy instance per load balancer, offering a broader - feature set. See the upstream `Amphora provider documentation + feature set. Requires MicroOVN as the SDN. See the upstream `Amphora + provider documentation `__ for details. @@ -42,6 +43,16 @@ production-ready. For general information about feature gates, see It requires the ``microovn-sdn`` and ``loadbalancer-amphora`` feature gates to be active. +.. note:: + + The Amphora provider requires MicroOVN as the SDN. MicroOVN SDN must be enabled + before running ``sunbeam cluster bootstrap`` with: + + :: + + sudo snap set openstack feature.microovn-sdn=true + sudo snap set openstack ovn.provider=microovn + Step 1 – Enable the feature gate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~