OpenStack Networking, otherwise known as Neutron, is an API-driven system for managing virtual and physical network resources in an OpenStack cloud. The job of Neutron is simple: it is meant to provide Networking as a Service (NaaS) to cloud environments. Users can leverage the Neutron API to build network architectures in the cloud that define the availability of their applications. Neutron strips away from the user much of the complexity of building rich network architectures in the cloud. In this book, you will learn about some of the basic networking features offered by Neutron, and you will build a small environment that will expose you to various methods of interacting with the Neutron API to build simple network configurations.
OpenStack Networking Essentials
By :
OpenStack Networking Essentials
By:
Overview of this book
The OpenStack Networking API offers users the ability to create and manage both basic and complex network architectures that blend the virtual and physical network infrastructure.
This book kicks off by describing various components of Openstack Neutron and installing Ubuntu OpenStack based on Canonical's process. Further on, you will use various methods to interface with Neutron to create and manage network resources. You will also get to grips with the relationship between ports, networks, and subnets through diagrams and explanations, and see how the logical components are implemented via plugins and agents.
Moving forward, you will learn how virtual switches are implemented and how to build Neutron routers. You will also configure networks, subnets, and routers to provide connectivity to instances using simple examples. At the end, you will configure and manage security groups, and will observe how these rules translate to iptables rules on the host machines.
By the end of the book, you will be able to build basic network architectures using Neutron networks and routers in no time.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
OpenStack Networking Essentials
Credits
About the Author
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
OpenStack Networking Components – an Overview
Installing OpenStack Using RDO
Neutron API Basics
Interfacing with Neutron
Routing
Building Networks and Routers
Security Group Fundamentals
Configuring VirtualBox
Index
Customer Reviews