Using OpenStack Dashboard to manage Neutron networks
The OpenStack Dashboard has the ability to view, create, and edit Neutron networks, which makes managing complex software-defined networks much easier. Certain functions, such as creating shared networks and provider routers, require a user to be logged into the OpenStack Dashboard as a user with admin privileges, but any user can create private networks. To help with managing complex software-defined networks, the OpenStack Dashboard provides an automatically updating network topography.
Getting ready
Load a web browser, point it to our OpenStack Dashboard address at http://192.168.100.200/
, and log in as a user, such as the demo
user created in the Adding users to Keystone recipe of Chapter 1, Keystone – OpenStack Identity Service, with the password openstack
.
How to do it...
In this section, we will learn the following topics:
- Creating networks
- Deleting networks
- Viewing networks
Creating networks
To create a private network for a logged...