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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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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

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

Router management in the dashboard


From the Horizon dashboard, routers can be created and managed within the Project tab, as shown in the following screenshot:

Creating a router in the dashboard

In order to create a router in the dashboard, perform the following steps:

  1. From the Routers page, click on Create Router in the upper-right corner of the page. A window will pop up where the name of the router to be created should be specified as follows:

  2. Enter the name of the router, and click on the blue Create Router button to complete the operation.

Attaching a gateway interface in the dashboard

In order to attach a gateway interface in the dashboard, perform the following steps:

  1. From the Routers page, click on the Set Gateway button found in the Actions column that corresponds to the router. A window will open that allows you to set the external gateway network:

  2. To confirm the gateway network selection, click on the blue Set Gateway button.

Attaching internal interfaces in the dashboard

In order to attach...

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