VPC vRouter

What is VPC vRouter?

A VPC vRouter is a dedicated VM instance that provides multiple network services.

Characteristics

A VPC vRouter can be used to provide network services such as virtual IP address, elastic IP address, IPsec tunnel, port forwarding, load balancing, DHCP, and Shared Bandwidth.
You can set multicast routing for VPC vRouters.
You can attach or detach a VPC network or public network to or from a VPC vRouter as needed.
VPC vRouters have higher priorities to use resources than VM instances. If the resource utilization of the host is so high that the resource distribution must be prioritized, the resources are distributed first to VPC vRouters, then to VM instances with High priorities, and then to VM instances with Normal priorities. For example, if VPC vRouters and VM instances are competing for CPU resources, the CPU resources are distributed first to VPC vRouters.

Notice

Before you create a VPC vRouter, you need to create a public network, management network, and VPC vRouter image required for a vRouter offering.
A VPC vRouter is created from a vRouter offering with a public network and a management network. The public network and management network defined in a vRouter offering cannot be detached.
We recommend that a VPC vRouter has no more than 23 VPC networks and public networks in total associated. Too many networks might lower the VPC vRouter performance and affect the quality of related network services.
All network services in this Cloud share the bandwidth of the physical NIC. Therefore, too many VIPs on a VPC vRouter might cause network performance bottlenecks. We recommend that you reasonably plan the number of VIPs based on actual bandwidth requirements.

Create a VPC vRouter

On the main menu of ZStack Cube Ultimate, choose Resource Center > Network Resource > vRouter > VPC vRouter. On the VPC vRouter page, click Create VPC vRouter. Then, the Create VPC vRouter page is displayed.

On the displayed page, set the following parameters:

Name: Enter a name for the VPC vRouter.
Description: Optional. Enter a description for the VPC vRouter.
vRouter Offering: Select a vRouter offering you created before.
Note: A VPC vRouter created from a vRouter offering has a public network and a management network.
- Enable SR-IOV: Optional. Choose whether to use SR-IOV to pass through a VF NIC to the VPC vRouter as a default public network NIC.
  Note:
  - By default, SR-IOV is disabled and a vNIC is attached to the VPC vRouter as a public network NIC.
  - If the hardware requirements are satisfied, you can enable SR-IOV to attach a VF NIC to the VPC vRouter as a public network NIC.
  - To enable SR-IOV, ensure the following points:
    - The public network and the management network of the VPC vRouter are deployed separately.
    - The vRouter offering uses an openEuler image.
    - The L2 network of the public network in the vRouter offering uses the SR-IOV network acceleration mode.
    - There are available VF NICs based on the physical NICs corresponding to the public network.
Cluster: Optional. Specify a cluster for the host on which the VPC vRouter is to be started.
Storage Allocation Policy: Specify how the Cloud allocates a primary storage. The following two policies are supported:
- System Allocation: The Cloud allocates a primary storage according to the preconfigured policy.
- Custom: Select a primary storage as needed.
  - Primary Storage: Select a primary storage for the VPC vRouter.
Host: Optional. Select a host on which the VPC vRouter is started.
Default IPv4/IPv6 Address: Optional. Specify a default IP address for the VPC vRouter. If not specified, the Cloud allocates one automatically.
Assign Management Network IP: Optional. Assign a management network IP to the VPC vRouter.
Note: To assign a management network IP, make sure that the management network used by the VPC vRouter is separated from the public network the VPC vRouter uses. If the VPC vRouter uses a same network both as its management network and public network, you cannot assign a management network IP.
DNS: Optional. Set the DNS service for the VPC vRouter. If not specified, 223.5.5.5 will be used.
Note:
- You can set an IPv4 DNS or IPv6 DNS as needed. For example, you can set the IPv4 DNS to 223.5.5.5 or IPv6 DNS to 240C::6644.
- Services in the VPC vRouter can access the public network services via DNS. You can also specify the other DNS address if necessary.
- For VM instances created by using a VPC network, the DNS is the gateway of the VPC network. The VM traffics are forwarded by a VPC vRouter.
CPU Pinning: Associate the virtual CPUs (vCPUs) of a VPC vRouter with host pCPUs stringently and allow you to allocate specific pCPUs for the VPC vRouter, thus improving VPC vRouter performances.
Note:
- Pinning Format
  - In the left input box, set a vCPU range. In the right input box, set a pCPU range. Range format: integer, hyphen(-), and caret (^). Use commas to separate them.
  - The vCPU range depends on the vRouter offering attached to the VPC vRouter.
  - The pCPU range depends on the pCPU quantity of the selected cluster or host.
- Example: In the left input box, enter 1. In the right input box, enter 0-3,^2. This example indicates that vCPU 1 is stringently associated with pCPU 0, pCPU 1, and pCPU 3, while ^ represents that vCPU 2 is excluded.

Considerations

When you use a VPC vRouter, note the following:

VPC networks under different VPC vRouters are isolated from each other by default at Layer 2.
The IP address segments of different VPC networks under the same VPC vRouter cannot overlap. In addition, the gateways of any two VPC networks cannot be the same.
Before an ordinary account can create a VPC vRouter, the admin needs to share the vRouter offering. Otherwise, the ordinary account could not create a VPC vRouter or VPC network.
Before you use a VPC vRouter to provide network services, make sure that the VPC vRouter is in the running or connected state. If the VPC vRouter is in other states, check whether exceptions occur on the related resources.
If a VM instance is using a VPC network, the VPC network could not be detached from the VPC vRouter.
You can login to a VPC vRouter by using a password or SSH key:
- SSH login using password:
  - By default, SSH login by using a password is disabled. To enable this login method, you can go to Global Setting and enable SSH Login with Password. After enabling, reconnect the VPC vRouter to make the modification take effect.
  - After enabling SSH Login with Password, you can log in to the VPC vRouter with the default account and password. To modify the password, you can go to Global Setting and set VPC vRouter SSH Login Password. After the modification, reconnect the VPC vRouter to make the new password take effect.
    - VyOS 1.1.7 VPC vRouters:
      - Default SSH Account: vyos
      - Default SSH Password: vrouter12#
    - openEuler 22.03 VPC vRouter:
      - Default SSH Account: zstack
      - Default SSH Password: vrouter12#
- SSH login using key: The SSH key is stored in the path: $ZSTACK_HOME/WEB-INF/classes/ansible/rsaKeys/id_rsa.

Manage a VPC vRouter

On the main menu of ZStack Cube Ultimate, choose Resource Center > Network Resource > vRouter > VPC vRouter. Then, the VPC vRouter page appears.

The following table lists the actions that you can perform on a VPC vRouter.

Action	Description
Edit VPC vRouter	Edit the name and description of a VPC vRouter.
Create VPC vRouter	Create a VPC vRouter.
Start VPC vRouter	Start a stopped VPC vRouter.
Stop VPC vRouter	Stop a running VPC vRouter. Note: Stopping a VPC vRouter also stops all network services of this VPC vRouter. Proceed with caution.
Reboot VPC vRouter	Reboot a VPC vRouter.
Reconnect VPC vRouter	Reconnect a VPC vRouter. Note: A VPC vRouter automatically upgrades after the management node is upgraded and rebooted.
Change Host	Migrate a VPC vRouter to another host, and hot migration is supported. This action changes only the host where the VPC vRouter runs and does not change the primary storage. In the LocalStorage scenarios, before you can hot migrate a VPC vRouter, go to the Global Setting and set Change Host Online on Local Storage to true. We recommend that you perform this action during off-peak hours.
Change Host and Primary Storage	Migrate a VPC vRouter to another host and primary storage. After you change the primary storage, the host where the VPC vRouter resides is changed based on the system policy. You can hot migrate a VPC vRouter across different types of primary storage, including LocalStorage↔SharedBlock, LocalStorage↔NFS, and SharedBlock↔NFS. You can hot migrate a VPC vRouter across primary storage of the same type, including SharedBlock↔SharedBlock. After you change the primary storage of a running VPC vRouter, the snapshot of the VPC vRouter are not saved. The network configurations of the cluster to which the destination primary storage is attached need to satisfy the network requirements of the VPC vRouter. Before you hot migrate a VPC vRouter, detach all VF NICs from the VPC vRouter.
Launch Console	Access a VPC vRouter through terminals.
Set Console Password	Allow you to set or cancel console password for a VPC vRouter, and the setting takes effect after the VPC vRouter reboots.
Cluster Binding	Choose whether to make the VPC vRouter bound to the cluster it is residing on. If set to true, the vRouter's cross-cluster migrations are restricted. You can further define which migration operations are restricted through the cluster setting Resource Binding Policy. If the cluster setting is Soft Binding: The VPC vRouter starts only in the current cluster by default, including starting triggered manually or triggered automatically by the HA or host maintenance mode. If no available hosts exist in the current cluster. The VPC vRouter fails to start. You can manually migrate the VPC vRouter to another cluster through the Change Host or Change Host and Primary Storage action. If the cluster setting is Hard Binding: The VPC vRouter can start only in the current cluster, including starting triggered manually or triggered automatically by the HA or host maintenance mode. If no available hosts exist in the current cluster. The VPC vRouter fails to start. You cannot manually migrate the VPC vRouter to another cluster by exercising the Change Host or Change Host and Primary Storage action. If set to false, the VPC vRouter is not bound to the current cluster and can start in or be migrated to another cluster.
Change System	Change the operating system of the VPC vRouter. Note: Stop the VPC vRouter before you can change the system. The new system takes effect after you restart the VPC vRouter. You can only change a VyOS 1.1.7 system to an openEuler 22.03 system.
Delete VPC vRouter	Delete a VPC vRouter. Note: Deleting VPC vRouters will cause the network services of relevant VM instances unavailable. To resume the network service, you must re-create a VPC vRouter, attach the VPC network used by the VM instances, and then reboot the VM instances. Proceed with caution.

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