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Learning OpenStack Networking

You're reading from   Learning OpenStack Networking Build a solid foundation in virtual networking technologies for OpenStack-based clouds

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788392495
Length 462 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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James Denton James Denton
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to OpenStack Networking FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing OpenStack 3. Installing Neutron 4. Virtual Network Infrastructure Using Linux Bridges 5. Building a Virtual Switching Infrastructure Using Open vSwitch 6. Building Networks with Neutron 7. Attaching Instances to Networks 8. Managing Security Groups 9. Role-Based Access Control 10. Creating Standalone Routers with Neutron 11. Router Redundancy Using VRRP 12. Distributed Virtual Routers 13. Load Balancing Traffic to Instances 14. Advanced Networking Topics 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Router Redundancy Using VRRP

In the Juno release of OpenStack, the Neutron community introduced two methods of attaining high availability in routing. This chapter focuses on a method that uses the Virtual Routing Redundancy Protocol, also known as VRRP, to implement redundancy between two or more Neutron routers. High availability using distributed virtual routers, otherwise known as DVR, will be discussed in Chapter 12, Distributed Virtual Routers.

In the previous chapter, we explored the concept of standalone routers and how they allow users to route traffic between project networks and external networks as well as provide network address translation for instances managed by the user. In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • High availability of routing using keepalived and VRRP
  • Installing and configuring additional L3 agents
  • Demonstrating the creation and management...
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