What this book covers
Chapter 1, OpenStack Networking Components – an Overview, provides an introduction to OpenStack Networking features, components, and the basic physical architectures required to support an OpenStack cloud.
Chapter 2, Installing OpenStack Using RDO, provides instructions for installing the Liberty release of OpenStack using RDO on the CentOS 7.1 operating system.
Chapter 3, Neutron API Basics, looks at the core components of the Neutron API, made up of networks, subnets, and ports, and how they're used to construct virtual networks.
Chapter 4, Interfacing with Neutron, explores the use of the Horizon dashboard and the Neutron command-line client to interface with the Neutron API.
Chapter 5, Switching, looks at how Neutron constructs and implements the virtual network infrastructure to enable the flow of traffic across the cloud.
Chapter 6, Routing, discusses how Neutron implements virtual routers that provide routing between Neutron networks and the outside world using source network address translation and floating IPs.
Chapter 7, Building Networks and Routers, covers basic virtual network architectures and showcases the traffic flow from client workstations to virtual machine instances via fixed and floating IPs.
Chapter 8, Security Group Fundamentals, examines the use of Neutron security groups to secure instance traffic at the virtual switch port and walks you through creating and managing security groups and associated rules.
Appendix, Configuring VirtualBox, is meant to assist with the setup of a virtual environment using VirtualBox so that many of the examples throughout the book can be followed.
