Learning OpenStack Networking - Third Edition

OpenStack Networking resources

OpenStack gives users the ability to create and configure networks and subnets and instruct other services, such as Compute, to attach virtual devices to ports on these networks. The Identity service gives cloud operators the ability to segregate users into projects. OpenStack Networking supports project-owned resources, including each project having multiple private networks and routers. Projects can be left to choose their own IP addressing scheme, even if those addresses overlap with other project networks, or administrators can place limits on the size of subnets and addresses available for allocation.

There are two types of networks that can be expressed in OpenStack:

• Project/tenant network: A virtual ...