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LEARNING OPENSTACK NETWORKING (NEUTRON)

You're reading from   LEARNING OPENSTACK NETWORKING (NEUTRON) Architect and build a network infrastructure for your cloud using OpenStack Neutron networking

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783983308
Length 300 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. Creating Routers with Neutron 7. Load Balancing Traffic in Neutron 8. Protecting Instances on the Network A. Additional Neutron Commands B. ML2 Configuration Index

Configuring the Neutron L3 agent

Before the neutron-l3-agent service can be started, it must be configured. Neutron stores the L3 agent configuration in the /etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini file. The most common configuration options will be covered here.

Defining an interface driver

Like previously installed agents, the Neutron L3 agent must be configured to use an interface driver that corresponds to the chosen networking plugin.

Using crudini, configure the Neutron L3 agent to use one of the following drivers:

  • For LinuxBridge:
    # crudini --set /etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini DEFAULT interface_driver neutron.agent.linux.interface.BridgeInterfaceDriver
    
  • For Open vSwitch:
    # crudini --set /etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini DEFAULT interface_driver neutron.agent.linux.interface.OVSInterfaceDriver
    

Setting the external network

The external network connected to a router is one that not only provides external connectivity to the router and the instances behind it, but also serves as the network from which floating IPs are...

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