Chapter 3. Neutron – OpenStack Networking
In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:
- Installing Neutron and Open vSwitch on a dedicated network node
- Configuring Neutron and Open vSwitch
- Installing and configuring the Neutron API service
- Creating a tenant Neutron network
- Deleting a Neutron network
- Creating an external Floating IP Neutron network
- Using Neutron networks for different purposes
- Configuring Distributed Virtual Routers
- Using Distributed Virtual Routers
Introduction
OpenStack Networking is the Software Defined Networking (SDN) component of OpenStack and its project name is Neutron. With SDN, we can describe complex networks in a secure multitenant environment that overcomes the issues often associated with the Flat and VLAN OpenStack ...
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