[BGP] Enable IPv6 on br-ex interfaces

eduolivares · eduolivares · commit 34857aa5fbb7 · 2025-07-07T11:32:47.000+02:00
With nmstate, IPv6 is disabled from OVS bridges by default.
BGP needs to enable IPv6 on br-ex and the way to do it is to enable
dhcpv6 on them.
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp-l3-xl/edpm/computes/r0/values.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp-l3-xl/edpm/computes/r0/values.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ data:
           - type: ovs_bridge
             name: {{ neutron_physical_bridge_name }}
             use_dhcp: false
+            use_dhcpv6: true  # needed to enable IPv6 on bridges
           - type: interface
             name: nic1
             use_dhcp: true
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp-l3-xl/edpm/computes/r1/values.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp-l3-xl/edpm/computes/r1/values.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ data:
           - type: ovs_bridge
             name: {{ neutron_physical_bridge_name }}
             use_dhcp: false
+            use_dhcpv6: true  # needed to enable IPv6 on bridges
           - type: interface
             name: nic1
             use_dhcp: true
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp-l3-xl/edpm/computes/r2/values.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp-l3-xl/edpm/computes/r2/values.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ data:
           - type: ovs_bridge
             name: {{ neutron_physical_bridge_name }}
             use_dhcp: false
+            use_dhcpv6: true  # needed to enable IPv6 on bridges
           - type: interface
             name: nic1
             use_dhcp: true
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp-l3-xl/edpm/networkers/r0/values.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp-l3-xl/edpm/networkers/r0/values.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ data:
           - type: ovs_bridge
             name: {{ neutron_physical_bridge_name }}
             use_dhcp: false
+            use_dhcpv6: true  # needed to enable IPv6 on bridges
           - type: interface
             name: nic1
             use_dhcp: true
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp-l3-xl/edpm/networkers/r1/values.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp-l3-xl/edpm/networkers/r1/values.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ data:
           - type: ovs_bridge
             name: {{ neutron_physical_bridge_name }}
             use_dhcp: false
+            use_dhcpv6: true  # needed to enable IPv6 on bridges
           - type: interface
             name: nic1
             use_dhcp: true
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp-l3-xl/edpm/networkers/r2/values.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp-l3-xl/edpm/networkers/r2/values.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ data:
           - type: ovs_bridge
             name: {{ neutron_physical_bridge_name }}
             use_dhcp: false
+            use_dhcpv6: true  # needed to enable IPv6 on bridges
           - type: interface
             name: nic1
             use_dhcp: true
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp_dt01/edpm/computes/r0/values.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp_dt01/edpm/computes/r0/values.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ data:
           - type: ovs_bridge
             name: {{ neutron_physical_bridge_name }}
             use_dhcp: false
+            use_dhcpv6: true  # needed to enable IPv6 on bridges
           - type: interface
             name: nic1
             use_dhcp: true
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp_dt01/edpm/computes/r1/values.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp_dt01/edpm/computes/r1/values.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ data:
           - type: ovs_bridge
             name: {{ neutron_physical_bridge_name }}
             use_dhcp: false
+            use_dhcpv6: true  # needed to enable IPv6 on bridges
           - type: interface
             name: nic1
             use_dhcp: true
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp_dt01/edpm/computes/r2/values.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp_dt01/edpm/computes/r2/values.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ data:
           - type: ovs_bridge
             name: {{ neutron_physical_bridge_name }}
             use_dhcp: false
+            use_dhcpv6: true  # needed to enable IPv6 on bridges
           - type: interface
             name: nic1
             use_dhcp: true
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp_dt01/edpm/networkers/r0/values.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp_dt01/edpm/networkers/r0/values.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ data:
           - type: ovs_bridge
             name: {{ neutron_physical_bridge_name }}
             use_dhcp: false
+            use_dhcpv6: true  # needed to enable IPv6 on bridges
           - type: interface
             name: nic1
             use_dhcp: true
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp_dt01/edpm/networkers/r1/values.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp_dt01/edpm/networkers/r1/values.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ data:
           - type: ovs_bridge
             name: {{ neutron_physical_bridge_name }}
             use_dhcp: false
+            use_dhcpv6: true  # needed to enable IPv6 on bridges
           - type: interface
             name: nic1
             use_dhcp: true
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp_dt01/edpm/networkers/r2/values.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp_dt01/edpm/networkers/r2/values.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ data:
           - type: ovs_bridge
             name: {{ neutron_physical_bridge_name }}
             use_dhcp: false
+            use_dhcpv6: true  # needed to enable IPv6 on bridges
           - type: interface
             name: nic1
             use_dhcp: true
