Data center tenant network isolation using logical router interconnects for virtual network route leaking

Abstract

Network controllers are described that enable creation of logical interconnects between logical routers of different, isolated virtual networks and for auto-generation and deployment of routing policies to control 'leaking' of select routes amongst the different virtual networks. In one example, a network controller includes a memory and processing circuitry configured to identify a source logical router of a first virtual network and a destination logical router of a second virtual network implemented on one or more physical devices of a switch fabric, form a policy defining one or more rules for controlling leaking of one or more of the routes through a logical router interconnect from the source logical router to the destination logical router, and push the policy to the one or more physical devices of the switch fabric for application to communications through the logical router interconnect.