Creating tenant networks

When a tenant network is created in OpenStack, provider attributes that describe how the network is connected to the physical infrastructure are automatically determined by Neutron based on settings hard-coded in configuration files. Typically, tenant networks are created and managed by users within a particular project and are not shared with other projects.

Getting ready

You will need the following details, at a minimum, for the network:

• Network name

For our example, the following network name will be used:

• Network name: COOKBOOK_TENANT_NET_1

You will need the following details, at a minimum, for the corresponding subnet:

• Subnet name

• Network name or ID

• Subnet range (CIDR)

For our example, the following will be used:

• Subnet name: COOKBOOK_TENANT_SUBNET_1

• Network name or ID: COOKBOOK_TENANT_NET_1

• Subnet range (CIDR): 172.16.200.0/24

How to do it…

With the openstack client installed on our system, we are now able to create a tenant network with the following steps:

1. Create the...