Learning OpenStack Networking (Neutron)

James Denton

Oct 2014 · Packt Publishing Ltd

About this ebook

If you are an OpenStack-based cloud operator with experience in OpenStack Compute and nova-network but are new to Neutron networking, then this book is for you. Some networking experience is recommended, and a physical network infrastructure is required to provide connectivity to instances and other network resources configured in the book.

Ratings and reviews

With so many moving parts to OpenStack, it can be difficult to determine what to start learning. I’ve seen guides that, while decent enough, walk you through standing up the infrastructure without really helping you understand what it is you just did. In my mind, this manual takes a better approach by focusing on just one of the projects and giving it thorough treatment although, the author does work through enough of the other OpenStack components to get you going. When he does get to the main course, the author barely leaves anything out. With the vArmours and F5s of the world delivering strong FWaaS and LBaaS respectively, the detail in which these topics are covered will leave you ready to integrate almost immediately. However, you’ll certainly want to bring your Linux admin experience with you (Ubuntu fans should note that this is a CentOS-based cookbook), as well as a firm grasp on networking fundamentals. With these in your back pocket, the material in this book becomes very accessible and immediately applicable. My only quarrel, if anything, is that I feel the author could have spent more time discussing how to troubleshoot this. Of course, this is mitigated by the f

About the author

James Denton lives with his beautiful wife, Amanda, and son, Wyatt, in San Antonio, Texas. He is an experienced IT professional with extensive experience in application networking technologies and OpenStack networking. He specializes in OpenStack for Rackspace in San Antonio, Texas. He is a Network Architect for the Rackspace Private Cloud team. He can be found on Twitter @jimmdenton and on Freenode IRC as busterswt.