Learning Openstack Networking (neutron) - Second Edition [Paperback]

Wield the power of OpenStack Neutron networking to bring network infrastructure and capabilities to your cloud

About This Book

• This completely up-to-date edition will show you how to deploy a cloud on OpenStack using community-driven processes. It includes rich examples that will help you understand complex networking topics with ease
• Understand every aspect of designing, creating, customizing, and maintaining the core network foundation of an OpenStack cloud using OpenStack Neutron all in one book
• Written by best-selling author James Denton, who has more than 15 years of experience in system administration and networking. James has experience of deploying, operating, and maintaining OpenStack clouds and has worked with top enterprises and organizations

Who This Book Is For

If you are an OpenStack-based cloud operator and administrator who is new to Neutron networking and wants to build your very own OpenStack cloud, then this book is for you.

Prior networking experience and a physical server and network infrastructure is recommended to follow along with concepts demonstrated in the book.

What You Will Learn

• Architect and install the latest release of OpenStack on Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS
• Review the components of OpenStack networking, including plugins, agents, and services, and learn how they work together to coordinate network operations
• Build a virtual switching infrastructure using reference architectures based on ML2 + Open vSwitch or ML2 + LinuxBridge
• Create networks, subnets, and routers that connect virtual machine instances to the network
• Deploy highly available routers using DVR or VRRP-based methods
• Scale your application with haproxy and Load Balancing as-a-Service
• Implement port and router-level security using Security Groups and Firewall as-a-Service
• Provide connectivity to tenant networks with Virtual Private lS