In this recipe, we will see how to view the VNI assigned to a VXLAN-based virtual network. Knowing the VNI that is assigned to a virtual network is very useful to troubleshoot communication problems between the VMs or other network services.
For this recipe, you will need the following information:
The SSH login credentials for the node where the Neutron client packages are installed
A shell RC file that initializes the environment variables for CLI
The following steps will show you how you can view the VNI using the OpenStack CLI:
Log in to a node with access to OpenStack.
Source your RC file to set up access credentials as an administrator.
You can view all the Networks created using the
neutron net-listcommand:
Use the
neutron net-showcommand to view further details for any network. In case the Network name is not unique, use its ID instead of the name:
We can also achieve the same using Horizon. The steps are as follows:
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