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.