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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

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2014

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783983308

Length 300 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

OpenStack

Concepts

Networking

Author (1):

James Denton

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

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

Chapter 3. Installing Neutron

In a nutshell, OpenStack Networking provides virtual networking services to resources managed by the Nova (Compute) service. In this chapter, I will walk you through the installation of the Neutron networking services in the OpenStack environment installed in the previous chapter.

The services to be installed include:

Neutron API server
Switching plugins
DHCP agent
Metadata agent

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

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Authors (1)

James Denton

James Denton

James Denton is a Principal Architect at Rackspace with over 15 years of experience in systems administration and networking. He has a bachelor's degree in Business Management with a focus on Computer Information Systems from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He is currently focused on OpenStack operations and support within the Rackspace Private Cloud team. James is the author of the Learning OpenStack Networking (Neutron), first and second editions, as well as OpenStack Networking Essentials, both by Packt Publishing.

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