Chapter 3. Installing Neutron

OpenStack Networking, also known as Neutron, provides a network Infrastructure as a Server (IaaS) platform to users of the cloud. In the last chapter, we installed some of the base services of OpenStack, including Keystone, Glance, and Nova. In this chapter, I will guide you through the installation of Neutron networking services on top of the OpenStack environment installed in the previous chapter.

Components to be installed include:

• Neutron API server
• Modular Layer 2 (ML2) plugin
• DHCP agent
• Metadata agent

By the end of this chapter, you will have a basic understanding of the function and operation of various Neutron plugins and agents, as well as a foundation on top of which a virtual switching infrastructure can be built.