<![CDATA[Sdn controller and physical network]]>Hello
I have a question
If i understood i create a gre/vxlan between Host to communicate
After that Can i create a network and attaché VM? I think yes
But how to advise my physical router to this New network ? with bgp? Or other protocol ?
How to configure this advertisement?

Regards

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/8958/sdn-controller-and-physical-networkRSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 16:39:31 GMTSat, 04 May 2024 06:56:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Sdn controller and physical network on Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:45:11 GMT]]>@blackliner said in Sdn controller and physical network:

@nikade How do you "pair" the XCP-ng SDN with your routing setup?

You cant/dont, you'll have to setup each private network on the vyos router and then have the vm private network routed through it manually.

For example if you have private network 1 with subnet 192.168.1.0/24 you'd have to add this network to the vyos router and assign 192.168.1.1/24 on the router.
Then set 192.168.1.1 as default gateway in your vm's which uses this network.

Then you'll setup ospf or bgp on the vyos router manually with your upstream border/core-router or firewall. If the subnet is a private subnet you'll need to setup NAT as well somewhere before it reaches internet to NAT traffic from 192.168.1.0/24.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/94528https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/94528Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:45:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sdn controller and physical network on Sun, 29 Jun 2025 06:00:40 GMT]]>@nikade How do you "pair" the XCP-ng SDN with your routing setup?

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/94526https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/94526Sun, 29 Jun 2025 06:00:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sdn controller and physical network on Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:03:19 GMT]]>You would need a router within that private vlan which also has an external network and act as a router. Something needs to act as a router between the private network and the external network, with ospf or bgp.

We do about the same, with VyOS, and it works pretty good.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/94514https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/94514Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:03:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sdn controller and physical network on Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:52:24 GMT]]>@Theoi-Meteoroi

Most folks don't really have an L3 router beyond their firewall appliance

Ouch, you just excluded all enterprise customers 😅 But I guess they all use the commercial side of XCP-ng and don't read these forums 😉

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/94513https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/94513Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:52:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sdn controller and physical network on Sat, 04 May 2024 09:40:51 GMT]]>@Theoi-Meteoroi
I understanding a hâte
But WE have a network with some vlan
If i create a private network on thé xcp sdn (i understanfd private network liké Genève network on vmware) Can i create a vlan network for the VM sample vlan 1000
How Can i route my New network to physical network in other term how m'y physical server Can communicate with my vms
Or it's not possible in this case what IS the rôle if private network ?
Does it mean all vlan must be exist on my physical network

I think i must read somes Doc and see somes vidéo to understanding correctly thé sdn and private network

Regards

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/76856https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/76856Sat, 04 May 2024 09:40:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sdn controller and physical network on Sat, 04 May 2024 08:53:49 GMT]]>I forgot to mention - he also talks about Layer 3 features (BGP) and that he has to configure on his switch in the case of XCP. Most folks don't really have an L3 router beyond their firewall appliance. Not needed. And you can't configure BGP there. Boundary Gateway Protocol is for a more serious exposure to the internet and involves interacting with ASN routing tables. Lets just say beyond the scope of the forum. Most folks operate on a L2 network of some sort and don't configure VLANs. There are many exceptions here, I assume but they would tend to be pretty technical already. This stuff is fire and liability to advise about.

I see lots of questions here that probably would help with some simple configuration drawings to show a typical small network translated ( NAT ) environment for newbies. There are other tricks like router on a stick and such that mimick IP telephone connections to be able to use VLANs.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/76852https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/76852Sat, 04 May 2024 08:53:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sdn controller and physical network on Sat, 04 May 2024 08:38:22 GMT]]>@olivierlambert

Sure no worries i'm not a network Guy only vmware and storage

It will be to help for the understanding

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/76850https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/76850Sat, 04 May 2024 08:38:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sdn controller and physical network on Sat, 04 May 2024 08:36:17 GMT]]>@olivierlambert He seems to be referring to some VMware dynamic networking I think. I looked at Tanzu a couple of years ago and see bits of it there. I try to forget about it because its a terribly expensive k8s platform and breaks the spirit of why I like k8s.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/76849https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/76849Sat, 04 May 2024 08:36:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sdn controller and physical network on Sat, 04 May 2024 08:27:17 GMT]]>I'm sorry, I'm struggling to understand what what you write 😞 (since I'm not also a network specialist too). But let's wait for someone else in the community to chime in.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/76848https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/76848Sat, 04 May 2024 08:27:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sdn controller and physical network on Sat, 04 May 2024 08:24:11 GMT]]>@olivierlambert

To be clear
In vmware nsxt WE have a Genève network for Host communication and controller communication
And After we can create network for virtual machine
And the controler take the rôle if internal router and IS connect to physical network with bgp to advise the New New network and recieve network fromage bgp peer for the external communication

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/76847https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/76847Sat, 04 May 2024 08:24:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sdn controller and physical network on Sat, 04 May 2024 07:33:28 GMT]]>Hi @mbriet

Yes, you can create a private network across pools, see https://docs.xcp-ng.org/networking/#-sdn-controller

For the rest, I'm not sure to understand, maybe @AtaxyaNetwork does

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/76843https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/76843Sat, 04 May 2024 07:33:28 GMT