3. Networking
If there is magic in this planet, it is contained in the water.Loren Eiseley
Before we launch into the deployment scenarios, it’s important to pause to discuss networking. Networking is a major consideration when configuring OpenStack. It will influence the hardware and environment choices you make and naturally has a significant role in the choices made for you and the deployment scenarios in this book.
Networking in OpenStack is also a complicated topic that trips up systems and network administrators alike who are working to deploy OpenStack. Additionally, the physical network and equipment you have in your environment, such as a data center, will determine what you can do with the networking tooling that OpenStack supports. ...
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