August 2018
Beginner
462 pages
12h 36m
English
Before the installation of OpenStack can begin, the physical network infrastructure must be configured to support the networks needed for an operational cloud. In a production environment, this will likely include a dedicated management VLAN used for server management and API traffic, a VLAN dedicated to overlay network traffic, and one or more VLANs that will be used for provider and VLAN-based project networks. Each of these networks can be configured on separate interfaces, or they can be collapsed onto a single interface if desired.
The reference architecture for OpenStack Networking defines at least four distinct types of traffic that will be seen on the network:
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