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Containers in OpenStack

You're reading from   Containers in OpenStack Leverage OpenStack services to make the most of Docker, Kubernetes and Mesos

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788394383
Length 176 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Pradeep Kumar Singh Pradeep Kumar Singh
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Madhuri Kumari Madhuri Kumari
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Preface 1. Working with Containers 2. Working with Container Orchestration Engines FREE CHAPTER 3. OpenStack Architecture 4. Containerization in OpenStack 5. Magnum – COE Management in OpenStack 6. Zun – Container Management in OpenStack 7. Kuryr – Container Plugin for OpenStack Networking 8. Murano – Containerized Application Deployment on OpenStack 9. Kolla – Containerized Deployment of OpenStack 10. Best Practices for Containers and OpenStack

Introduction to Neutron, the OpenStack network service


Neutron is network service for OpenStack which provides a variety of networking options in an OpenStack cloud. Its old name was Quantum and it was later renamed to Neutron. Neutron uses a vast array of plugins to provide different network configurations.

Neutron contains the following components:

  • Neutron server (neutron-server and neutron-*-plugin): The Neutron server handles incoming REST API requests. It communicates to the database using plugins
  • Plugin agent (neutron-*-agent): The plugin agent runs on each compute node to manage the local virtual switch (vswitch) configuration
  • DHCP agent (neutron-dhcp-agent): The DHCP agent provides DHCP services to tenant networks. This agent is responsible for maintaining all DHCP configurations
  • L3 agent (neutron-l3-agent): The L3 agent provides L3/NAT forwarding for the external network access of VMs on tenant networks
  • Network provider services (SDN server/services): This service provides additional...
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