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.
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
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.