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Route Resource

Overview

A virtual router network (vRouter network) mainly uses custom Linux VM instances as route devices. The vRouter VM instances provide many network services, such as DHCP, DNS, SNAT, vRouter table, elastic IP (EIP), port forwarding, load balancing, IPsec tunnel, and security group.

A vRouter network mainly includes a vRouter image, vRouter offering, and vRouter.
  • vRouter image: Encapsulates many network services, and is used only to create vRouters.
  • vRouter offering: Defines the resources used by a vRouter, including the CPU, memory, vRouter image, public network, and management network.
  • vRouter: Acts as a custom Linux VM instance and provides network services such as DHCP, DNS, SNAT, route table, EIP, port forwarding, load balancing, IPsec tunnel, and security group.

vRouter Network Topology

A vRouter VM instance mainly includes the following three basic networks:
  • Public network

    Provides virtual IPs for user VM instances that use EIP, port forwarding, load balancing, and IPsec tunnel. Generally, the public network must be accessible to the Internet.

  • Management network

    Manages and controls the corresponding physical resources, such as a host, backup storage, and primary storage, of whose resources can be reached by using an IP address.

  • Private network

    Also known as the business network or the access network and is the internal network used by VM instances.

Here is the deployment mode of the vRouter network.
  • You can combine the public network and the management network, while deploying the private network independently, as shown in Deployment Mode-1.
    Figure 1. Deployment Mode-1


  • You can deploy the public network, management network, and private network separately, as shown in Deployment Mode-2.
    Figure 2. Deployment Mode-2


vRouter Network Service

The vRouter VM instances provide a collection of network services, including the DHCP, DNS, SNAT, route table, EIP, port forwarding, load balancing, IPsec tunnel, and security group.

  • DHCP
    • In a vRouter, the DHCP service is provided by the flat network by default.
  • DNS
    • A vRouter can act as a DNS server to provide the DNS service.
    • The DNS address in a vRouter VM instance is the vRouter IP address. Note that the DNS address that you set is forwarded by the vRouter.
  • SNAT
    • A vRouter can act as a router to translate the source network address for VM instances.
    • VM instances can directly access the Internet by using SNAT.
  • We will introduce the vRouter table, security group, EIP, port forwarding, load balancing, and IPsec in specific sections.

Inventory

Properties

Name Description Optional Valid Value Starting Version
uuid The UUID. For more information, see Resource Property. 0.6
name The name. For more information, see Resource Property. 0.6
description The description. For more information, see Resource Property. Yes 0.6
agentPort 0.6
allocatorStrategy The allocator strategy.
  • DefaultHostAllocatorStrategy
  • LastHostPreferredAllocatorStrategy
  • LeastVmPreferredHostAllocatorStrategy
  • MinimumCPUUsageHostAllocatorStrategy
  • MinimumMemoryUsageHostAllocatorStrategy
  • MaxInstancePerHostHostAllocatorStrategy
 0.6
applianceVmType The type of special VM instance. 0.6
clusterUuid The cluster UUID. 0.6
zoneUuid The zone UUID. 0.6
cpuNum The CPU count. 0.6
cpuSpeed 0.6
defaultL3NetworkUuid The default L3 network UUID. 0.6
defaultRouteL3NetworkUuid The UUID of the L3 network that provides default routing in a vRouter VM instance. 0.6
hostUuid The host UUID. 0.6
lastHostUuid The UUID of the host where the vRouter VM instance was located last time. 0.6
imageUuid The image UUID. 0.6
rootVolumeUuid The root volume UUID. 0.6
instanceOfferingUuid The instance offering UUID. 0.6
managementNetworkUuid The management network UUID. 0.6
publicNetworkUuid The public network UUID. 0.6
memorySize The memory size. 0.6
hypervisorType The hypervisor type. 0.6
platform 0.6
state The state.
  • Enabled
  • Disabled
 0.6
status The status. 0.6
groupBy
createDate The creation date. For more information, see Resource Property. 0.6
lastOpDate The last operation date. For more information, see Resource Property. 0.6
type The type.
  • UserVm
  • ApplianceVm
 0.6

Sample

{
    "inventories": [
        {
            "agentPort": 7272,
            "allVolumes": [
                {
                    "actualSize": 293641216,
                    "createDate": "Nov 10, 2017 2:59:57 PM",
                    "description": "Root volume for VM[uuid:f90177b78a3d4f399f32bf84af32afde]",
                    "deviceId": 0,
                    "format": "qcow2",
                    "installPath": "/Cloud_ps_nxs/rootVolumes/acct-36c27e8ff05c4780bf6d2fa65700f22e/vol-47401aeef0b54ec\
f90b831f2e250c098/47401aeef0b54ecf90b831f2e250c098.qcow2",
                    "isShareable": false,
                    "lastOpDate": "Nov 10, 2017 2:59:57 PM",
                    "name": "ROOT-for-vrouter.l3.L3-vRouter-2.e293d6",
                    "primaryStorageUuid": "cae8726c90784ba0946f852952731268",
                    "rootImageUuid": "ef614d2e1db7536a8fb8260a05074ae4",
                    "size": 8589934592,
                    "state": "Enabled",
                    "status": "Ready",
                    "type": "Root",
                    "uuid": "47401aeef0b54ecf90b831f2e250c098",
                    "vmInstanceUuid": "f90177b78a3d4f399f32bf84af32afde"
                }
            ],
            "allocatorStrategy": "LeastVmPreferredHostAllocatorStrategy",
            "applianceVmType": "vrouter",
            "clusterUuid": "967a353c2893409dab9312cf3033a98c",
            "cpuNum": 1,
            "cpuSpeed": 0,
            "createDate": "Nov 10, 2017 2:59:57 PM",
            "defaultRouteL3NetworkUuid": "cdb7f3151c50453ba0e8c89356e250f6",
            "hostUuid": "aec5230c3eee40e4998bec50a1c2eae8",
            "hypervisorType": "KVM",
            "imageUuid": "ef614d2e1db7536a8fb8260a05074ae4",
            "instanceOfferingUuid": "fa550cb9bdcc4fd397ae37f9ddf4c390",
            "lastHostUuid": "aec5230c3eee40e4998bec50a1c2eae8",
            "lastOpDate": "Nov 16, 2017 11:07:30 AM",
            "managementNetworkUuid": "cdb7f3151c50453ba0e8c89356e250f6",
            "memorySize": 1073741824,
            "name": "vrouter.l3.L3-vRouter-2.e293d6",
            "platform": "Linux",
            "publicNetworkUuid": "cdb7f3151c50453ba0e8c89356e250f6",
            "rootVolumeUuid": "47401aeef0b54ecf90b831f2e250c098",
            "state": "Running",
            "status": "Connected",
            "type": "ApplianceVm",
            "uuid": "f90177b78a3d4f399f32bf84af32afde",
            "vmNics": [
                {
                    "createDate": "Nov 10, 2017 2:59:57 PM",
                    "deviceId": 1,
                    "gateway": "192.168.23.1",
                    "ip": "192.168.23.1",
                    "l3NetworkUuid": "e293d67b0e4a4b438f15b768cacb6eaf",
                    "lastOpDate": "Nov 10, 2017 2:59:57 PM",
                    "mac": "fa:63:dd:7a:56:01",
                    "metaData": "4",
                    "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
                    "uuid": "281f9ac039c44bb18337217543e551ea",
                    "vmInstanceUuid": "f90177b78a3d4f399f32bf84af32afde"
                },
                {
                    "createDate": "Nov 10, 2017 2:59:57 PM",
                    "deviceId": 0,
                    "gateway": "10.0.0.1",
                    "ip": "10.141.26.16",
                    "l3NetworkUuid": "cdb7f3151c50453ba0e8c89356e250f6",
                    "lastOpDate": "Nov 10, 2017 2:59:57 PM",
                    "mac": "fa:31:50:c4:d3:00",
                    "metaData": "3",
                    "netmask": "255.0.0.0",
                    "uuid": "402dc6bf37734753be3661be3d120652",
                    "vmInstanceUuid": "f90177b78a3d4f399f32bf84af32afde"
                }
            ],
            "zoneUuid": "e59b71e99d8a4ea1952b578388b8cd1d"
        }
    ],
    "success": true
}

Operations

QueryVirtualRouterVm

Queries a vRouter VM instance. For example,
QueryVirtualRouterVm uuid=efb08e965ba4414fa7320e968178d442
QueryVirtualRouterVm host.uuid=1fc14d00738e468f9aeb791516e97c6a

Primitive Fields of Query

See Appliance VM Inventory.

Nested and Expanded Fields of Query

Field Inventory Description Starting Version
vmNics VM NIC Inventory The NICs of the vRouter VM instance. 0.6
allVolumes Volume Inventory The volumes of the vRouter VM instance. 0.6
host Host Inventory The host on which the vRouter VM instance is running. 0.6
cluster Cluster Inventory The cluster to which the vRouter VM instance is attached. 0.6
image Image Inventory The image used for creating the vRouter VM instance. 0.6
zone Zone Inventory The zone to which the vRouter VM instance belongs. 0.6
rootVolume Volume Inventory The root volume of the vRouter VM instance. 0.6
virtualRouterOffering vRouter Offering Inventory The vRouter offering of the vRouter VM instance. 0.6
eip EIP Inventory The EIP that the vRouter VM instance serves. 0.6
vip VIP Inventory The VIP that the vRouter VM instance serves. 0.6
portForwarding Port Forwarding rule Inventory The port forwarding that the vRouter VM instance serves. 0.6
loadBalancer Load Balancer Inventory The load balancing that the vRouter VM instance serves. 0.6

ReconnectVirtualRouter

Reconnects a vRouter VM instance. For example,
ReconnectVirtualRouter vmInstanceUuid=698c538be5414ac7b04b19f4daa29f74

Parameters

Name Description Optional Valid Value Starting Version
vmInstanceUuid The UUID of the vRouter VM instance. 0.6
userTags The user tags. For more information, see CreateUserTag. The Resource type is VirtualRouterVmVO. Yes 0.6
systemTags The system tags. For more information, see CreateSystemTag. The Resource type is VirtualRouterVmVO. Yes 0.6
timeout Yes

CreateVirtualRouterOffering

Creates a vRouter offering. For example,
CreateVirtualRouterOffering name=VROffering zoneUuid=fad9475e374a471e8e95eca6177f7075 \
cpuNum=1 memorySize=1073741824 imageUuid=fd59830722741bf49d25398f34723cb8 \
managementNetworkUuid=10a60c0bc05b418c9f9f3d86ba65280a

Parameters

Name Description Optional Valid Value Starting Version
managementNetworkUuid The management L3 network UUID. 0.6
zoneUuid The zone UUID. 0.6
imageUuid The image UUID. 0.6
publicNetworkUuid The public L3 network UUID. Yes 0.6
isDefault The default offering: vRouter. Yes 0.6
name The resource name. 0.6
description The detailed description of the resource. Yes 0.6
cpuNum The CPU count. 0.6
memorySize The memory size. 0.6
allocatorStrategy The allocator strategy. Yes
  • DefaultHostAllocatorStrategy
  • LastHostPreferredAllocatorStrategy
  • LeastVmPreferredHostAllocatorStrategy
  • MinimumCPUUsageHostAllocatorStrategy
  • MinimumMemoryUsageHostAllocatorStrategy
  • MaxInstancePerHostHostAllocatorStrategy
  • DesignatedHostAllocatorStrategy
 0.6
sortKey The sort key. Yes 0.6
type The type. Yes
  • UserVm
  • ApplianceVm
 0.6
resourceUuid The resource UUID. Yes 0.6
userTags The user tags. For more information, see CreateUserTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterOfferingVO. Yes 0.6
systemTags The system tags. For more information, see CreateSystemTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterOfferingVO. Yes 0.6
timeout Yes

QueryVirtualRouterOffering

Queries a vRouter offering. For example,
QueryVirtualRouterOffering imageUuid=f354eb04fb7b3732a9a9de825d68eb5c
QueryVirtualRouterOffering managementL3Network.uuid=a3b2fce8f82b4422a575220a35d6ebbd

Primitive Fields of Query

See Virtual Router Offering Inventory.

Nested and Expanded Fields of Query

Field Inventory Description Starting Version
image Image Inventory The image contained in the offering. 0.6
managementL3Network L3 Network Inventory The management L3 network contained in the offering. 0.6
publicL3Network L3 Network Inventory The public L3 network contained in the offering. 0.6
zone Zone Inventory The zone to which the offering belongs. 0.6

UpdateVirtualRouterOffering

Updates a vRouter offering. For example,
UpdateVirtualRouterOffering uuid=d8f2a1a9eb6146848943e78f7cca6a43

Parameters

Name Description Optional Valid Value Starting Version
isDefault The default offering: vRouter. Yes 0.6
imageUuid The image UUID. Yes 0.6
uuid The resource UUID. 0.6
name The resource name. Yes 0.6
description The detailed description of the resource. Yes 0.6
allocatorStrategy Yes
  • DefaultHostAllocatorStrategy
  • LastHostPreferredAllocatorStrategy
  • LeastVmPreferredHostAllocatorStrategy
  • MinimumCPUUsageHostAllocatorStrategy
  • MinimumMemoryUsageHostAllocatorStrategy
  • MaxInstancePerHostHostAllocatorStrategy
 2.3
userTags The user tags. For more information, see CreateUserTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterOfferingVO. Yes 0.6
systemTags The system tags. For more information, see CreateSystemTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterOfferingVO. Yes 0.6
timeout

QueryApplianceVm

Queries an appliance VM. For example,
QueryApplianceVm uuid=efb08e965ba4414fa7320e968178d442
QueryApplianceVm vmNics.vmInstanceUuid=efb08e965ba4414fa7320e968178d442

Primitive Fields of Query

See Appliance VM Inventory.

Nested and Expanded Fields of Query

Field Inventory Description Starting Version
vmNics VM NIC Inventory The NICs of the appliance VM. 0.6
allVolumes Volume Inventory The volumes of the appliance VM. 0.6
host Host Inventory The host on which the appliance VM is running. 0.6
cluster Cluster Inventory The cluster to which the appliance VM is attached. 0.6
image Image Inventory The image used for creating the appliance VM. 0.6
zone Zone Inventory The zone to which the appliance VM belongs. 0.6
rootVolume Volume Inventory The root volume of the appliance VM. 0.6
virtualRouterOffering vRouter Offering Inventory The vRouter offering of the appliance VM. 0.6
eip EIP Inventory The EIP that the appliance VM serves. 0.6
vip VIP Inventory The VIP that the appliance VM serves. 0.6
portForwarding Port Forwarding Rule Inventory The port forwarding that the appliance VM serves. 0.6

GetAttachablePublicL3ForVRouter

Obtains a public network and a system network that can be attached by a vRouter VM instance. Note that the address conflict in the networks will be automatically resolved. For example,
GetAttachablePublicL3ForVRouter vmInstanceUuid=698c538be5414ac7b04b19f4daa29f74

Parameters

Name Description Optional Valid Value Starting Version
vmInstanceUuid The UUID of the vRouter VM instance. 2.2
userTags The user tags. For more information, see CreateUserTag. The Resource type is VirtualRouterVmVO. Yes 2.2
systemTags The system tags. For more information, see CreateSystemTag. The Resource type is VirtualRouterVmVO. Yes 2.2
timeout Yes

vRouter Route Table Inventory

CreateVRouterRouteTable

Creates a vRouter route table. For example,
CreateVRouterRouteTable name=VRouterRouteTable1

Parameters

Name Description Optional Valid Value Starting Version
name The resource name. 2.1
description The detail description of the resource. Yes 2.1
resourceUuid The resource UUID. Yes 2.1
userTags The user tags. For more information, see CreateUserTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRefVO. Yes 2.1
systemTags The system tags. For more information, see CreateSystemTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRefVO. Yes 2.1
timeout Yes

DeleteVRouterRouteTable

Deletes a vRouter route table. For example,
DeleteVRouterRouteTable uuid=c62422b8f644482ea930b84e3200ead9

Parameters

Name Description Optional Valid Value Starting Version
uuid The UUID of the vRouter route table. 2.1
deleteMode The delete mode. For more information, see Delete Resources. Yes
  • Permissive
  • Enforcing
 2.1
userTags The user tags. For more information, see CreateUserTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRefVO. Yes 2.1
systemTags The system tags. For more information, see CreateSystemTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRefVO. Yes 2.1
timeout Yes

QueryVRouterRouteTable

Queries a vRouter route table. For example,
QueryVRouterRouteTable uuid=a15ee6c9eba744308f5c32b6f93069fb
QueryVRouterRouteTable attachedRouterRef.virtualRouterVmUuid=efb08e965ba4414fa7320e968178d442

Primitive Fields of Query

See vRouter Route Table Inventory.

Nested and Expanded Fields of Query

Field Inventory Description Starting Version
attachedRouterRef Attached Router Reference Inventory
attachedRouterRefs Attached Router References Inventory
routeEntries Router Entries Inventory

GetVRouterRouteTable

Obtains a real-time vRouter route table. For example,
GetVRouterRouteTable virtualRouterVmUuid=698c538be5414ac7b04b19f4daa29f74

Parameters

Name Description Optional Valid Value Starting Version
virtualRouterVmUuid The vRouter VM instance UUID. 2.1
userTags The user tags. For more information, see CreateUserTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRefVO. Yes 2.1
systemTags The system tags. For more information, see CreateSystemTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRefVO. Yes 2.1
timeout Yes

AddVRouterRouteEntry

Adds a vRouter route entry. For example,
AddVRouterRouteEntry routeTableUuid=315d780fe5ea495394d59db9a2177b19 destination=192.168.19.0/24

Parameters

Name Description Optional Valid Value Starting Version
description The detailed description of the resource. Yes 2.1
type The type. You can add two types of routes: static route and black hole route. The system will automatically determine the type by judging whether to enter the next IP address. Yes
  • UserStatic
  • UserBlackhole
 2.1
routeTableUuid The UUID of the vRouter route table. 2.1
destination The destination network address, in CIDR format. If you enter a non-standard CIDR, note that the system will automatically transform it to the standard CIDR format. 2.1
target The next IP address, which can be accessed directly by the vRouter VM instance. If the IP address cannot be accessed directly, the route recursion will be triggered. Yes 2.1
distance The route priority. Due to the minimum route rule, if you have many route rules to match IP address, note that the minimum number of route rules will be prioritized to do the match according to the priority sequence of the route rules. 2.1
resourceUuid The resource UUID. Yes 2.1
userTags The user tags. For more information, see CreateUserTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRefVO. Yes 2.1
systemTags The system tags. For more information, see CreateSystemTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRefVO. Yes 2.1
timeout Yes

DeleteVRouterRouteEntry

Deletes a vRouter route entry. For example,
DeleteVRouterRouteEntry uuid=92b15177f2a84ec39c962613e926c247 \
routeTableUuid=315d780fe5ea495394d59db9a2177b19

Parameters

Name Description Optional Valid Value Starting Version
uuid The UUID of the vRouter route entry. 2.1
routeTableUuid The UUID of the vRouter route table. 2.1
deleteMode The delete mode. For more information, see Delete Resources. Yes
  • Permissive
  • Enforcing
 2.1
userTags The user tags. For more information, see CreateUserTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRefVO. Yes 2.1
systemTags The system tags. For more information, see CreateSystemTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRefVO. Yes 2.1
timeout Yes

QueryVRouterRouteEntry

Queries a vRouter route entry. For example,
QueryVRouterRouteEntry uuid=3a9783d1da514c7983c56040bf6b04f2
QueryVRouterRouteEntry vrouterRouteTable.uuid=a15ee6c9eba744308f5c32b6f93069fb

Primitive Fields of Query

See vRouter Route Entry Inventory.

Nested and Expanded Fields of Query

Field Inventory Description Starting Version
vrouterRouteTable vRouter Route Table Inventory The vRouter router table of the router entry. 2.1

AttachVRouterRouteTableToVRouter

Attaches a vRouter route table to a vRouter VM instance. For example,
AttachVRouterRouteTableToVRouter virtualRouterVmUuid=698c538be5414ac7b04b19f4daa29f74 \
routeTableUuid=315d780fe5ea495394d59db9a2177b19

Parameters

Name Description Optional Valid Value Starting Version
routeTableUuid The UUID of the vRouter route table. 2.1
virtualRouterVmUuid The UUID of the vRouter VM instance. 2.1
userTags The user tags. For more information, see CreateUserTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRefVO. Yes 2.1
systemTags The system tags. For more information, see CreateSystemTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRefVO. Yes 2.1
timeout Yes

DetachVRouterRouteTableFromVRouter

Detaches a vRouter route table from a vRouter VM instance. For example,
DetachVRouterRouteTableFromVRouter virtualRouterVmUuid=698c538be5414ac7b04b19f4daa29f74 \
routeTableUuid=315d780fe5ea495394d59db9a2177b19

Parameters

Name Description Optional Valid Value Starting Version
routeTableUuid The UUID of the vRouter router table. 2.1
virtualRouterVmUuid The UUID of the vRouter VM instance. 2.1
userTags The user tags. For more information, see CreateUserTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRefVO. Yes 2.1
systemTags The system tags. For more information, see CreateSystemTag. The resource type is VirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRefVO. Yes 2.1
timeout Yes

QueryVirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRef

Queries the reference between a vRouter VM instance and a vRouter route table. For example,
QueryVirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRef routeTableUuid=a15ee6c9eba744308f5c32b6f93069fb
QueryVirtualRouterVRouterRouteTableRef vrouterRouteTable.uuid=a15ee6c9eba744308f5c32b6f93069fb

Primitive Fields of Query

See Inventory of Reference Between Virtual Router and vRouter Route Table.

Nested and Expanded Fields of Query

Field Inventory Description Starting Version
vrouterRouteTable vRouter Route Table Inventory 2.1
virtualRouterVm vRouter VM Inventory 2.1

Tags

System Tags

Parallel Command Level

You can limit the maximum number of commands that can be executed in parallel in a vRouter VM instance.
Tag Description Example Starting Version
commandsParallelismDegree::{parallelismDegree} The maximum number of commands that can be executed in parallel in a vRouter VM instance. commandsParallelismDegree::100 0.6
You can create a system tag on a vRouter offering or a vRouter VM instance. If you create the tag on a vRouter offering, note that the vRouter VM instances you created from the offering will inherit the system tag.
  • On a vRouter offering, you can create a system tag by using resourceType=InstanceOfferingVO.
  • On a vRouter VM instance, you can create a system tag by using resourceType=VmInstanceVO.

Guest L3 Network

You can attach a vRouter offering to a guest L3 network to specify which vRouter offering to use when creating a vRouter VM instance on the guest L3 network.

For example,
CreateSystemTag resourceType=InstanceOfferingVO resourceUuid=YOUR_VR_OFFERING_UUID \
tag=guestL3Network::YOUR_L3_NETWORK_UUID
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