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Learning OpenStack Networking (Neutron), Second Edition

You're reading from   Learning OpenStack Networking (Neutron), Second Edition Wield the power of OpenStack Neutron networking to bring network infrastructure and capabilities to your cloud

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785287725
Length 462 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. Managing Security Groups 7. Creating Standalone Routers with Neutron 8. Router Redundancy Using VRRP 9. Distributed Virtual Routers 10. Load Balancing Traffic to Instances 11. Firewall as a Service 12. Virtual Private Network as a Service A. Additional Neutron Commands B. Virtualizing the Environment Index

Chapter 2. Installing OpenStack

Installing, configuring, and maintaining OpenStack clouds can be an arduous task when performed by hand. Many third-party vendors offer downloadable cloud software based on OpenStack that provide deployment and management strategies using Chef, Puppet, Fuel, Ansible, and other tools.

This chapter will step you through a package-based installation of the following OpenStack components on the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS operating system:

  • OpenStack Identity (Keystone)
  • OpenStack Image Service (Glance)
  • OpenStack Compute (Nova)
  • OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder)
  • OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon)

Note

The installation process documented within this chapter is based on the OpenStack Installation Guide for Ubuntu 14.04 found at http://docs.openstack.org/. If you wish to install OpenStack on a different operating system, the guides available at that site provide instructions to do so.

If you'd rather download a third-party cloud distribution based on OpenStack, try one of the...

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