Working with highly available routers

With few exceptions, creating and managing an HA router is no different from its standalone counterpart. Neutron's router management commands were covered in the previous chapter, and the exceptions can be found in the following sections.

Creating highly available routers

As an administrator, HA routers can be created using the --ha flag with the Neutron router-create command, as follows:

usage:    router-create [--tenant-id TENANT_ID] [--admin-state-down]
          --ha {True,False}
          NAME

Note

As a regular user, the type of router that is created, whether it's a standalone, HA, or distributed virtual router, is determined by the l3_ha configuration option in the Neutron configuration file. Users do not have the ability to override the default router type and cannot specify the --ha option.

Deleting highly available routers

To delete an HA router, simply use the following Neutron router-delete command:

usage:    neutron router-delete ROUTER

Note

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