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Learning OpenStack Networking (Neutron), Second Edition

You're reading from   Learning OpenStack Networking (Neutron), Second Edition Wield the power of OpenStack Neutron networking to bring network infrastructure and capabilities to your cloud

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785287725
Length 462 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Preparing the Network for OpenStack FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing OpenStack 3. Installing Neutron 4. Building a Virtual Switching Infrastructure 5. Creating Networks with Neutron 6. Managing Security Groups 7. Creating Standalone Routers with Neutron 8. Router Redundancy Using VRRP 9. Distributed Virtual Routers 10. Load Balancing Traffic to Instances 11. Firewall as a Service 12. Virtual Private Network as a Service A. Additional Neutron Commands B. Virtualizing the Environment Index

Chapter 3. Installing Neutron

OpenStack Networking, also known as Neutron, provides a network Infrastructure as a Server (IaaS) platform to users of the cloud. In the last chapter, we installed some of the base services of OpenStack, including Keystone, Glance, and Nova. In this chapter, I will guide you through the installation of Neutron networking services on top of the OpenStack environment installed in the previous chapter.

Components to be installed include:

  • Neutron API server
  • Modular Layer 2 (ML2) plugin
  • DHCP agent
  • Metadata agent

By the end of this chapter, you will have a basic understanding of the function and operation of various Neutron plugins and agents, as well as a foundation on top of which a virtual switching infrastructure can be built.

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