Router management in the CLI

Neutron offers a number of commands that can be used to create and manage routers. The primary commands associated with router management include:

• router-create

• router-delete

• router-gateway-clear

• router-gateway-set

• router-interface-add

• router-interface-delete

• router-list

• router-list-on-l3-agent

• router-port-list

• router-show

• router-update

Creating routers in the CLI

Routers in Neutron are associated with projects or tenants and can only be managed by users within this tenant. Unlike networks, routers cannot be shared among tenants. However, shared networks can be attached to routers and potentially route traffic between different tenants. As an administrator, you can associate routers with tenants during the router creation process.

To create a standalone router in legacy mode, use the Neutron router-create command, as follows:

usage:    router-create [--tenant-id TENANT_ID] [--admin-state-down]
          NAME

The router will be created without any interfaces attached and will...