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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

Neutron extensions

Neutron extensions allow a plugin to extend the Neutron API to provide advanced functionality or expose a capability before it is incorporated into the official API.

Listing the Neutron API extensions

To list the extensions available in Neutron, use the Neutron ext-list command, as follows:

Usage:   ext-list

The returned output includes a list of the available extensions, as shown in the following screenshot:

Listing the Neutron API extensions

Figure A.1

Showing the details of an API extension

To show the details of an API extension, use the Neutron ext-show command, as follows:

Usage:   ext-show EXTENSION_ALIAS

Here, the keyword EXTENSION_ALIAS represents the alias of the extension provided in the ext-list output. The returned output includes the alias, description, name, namespace, and updated date of the specified extension.

To find more information on creating Neutron API extensions, visit the Neutron development Wikipedia page at the following location:

https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/NeutronDevelopment

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