The OpenStack Networking Guide, https://docs.openstack.org/ocata/networking-guide/index.html, is a detailed and authoritative source for networking in OpenStack. The guide provides a high level overview of the technology, dependencies, and deployment examples. Here is an overview and summary of networking in OpenStack:
- OpenStack networking handles the creation and management of a virtual network infrastructure, including networks, switches, subnets, and routers for devices managed by OpenStack services.
- Additional services, such as firewalls or VPN, can also be used in the form of a plugins.
- OpenStack networking consists of the neutron-server, database for network information storage, and plugin agents. The agents ...