VM using OVN localnet network is unreachable from the pod network in the same node

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Pinging from the pod network a VM that uses a OVN localnet network only works when the source and destination pods are in different nodes.
  • The VM cannot reach the OpenShift API or ingress endpoints.

Environment

  • OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 4.15.21
  • OpenShift Virtualization 4.15.3
  • Kubernetes NMState Operator 4.15.0-202407101638
  • OVN-Kubernetes
  • VM using OVN localnet network on br-ex

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