To get the most out of this book

This book assumes a moderate level of networking experience, including experience with Linux networking configurations as well as physical switch and router configurations. While this book walks the reader through a basic installation of OpenStack, little time is spent on services other than Neutron. Therefore, it is important that the reader has a basic understanding of OpenStack and its general configuration prior to configuring OpenStack networking.

In this book, the following operating system is required:

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

The following software is needed:

• OpenStack Pike (2017.2)

Internet connectivity is required to install OpenStack packages and to make use of the example architectures in the book. While virtualization software such as VirtualBox or VMware can be used to simulate servers and the network infrastructure, this book assumes that OpenStack is installed on physical hardware and that a physical network infrastructure is in place.

In the event that the OpenStack installation procedure documented in this book is no longer current, refer to the installation guide at docs.openstack.org for instructions on installing the latest version of OpenStack.

Download the example code files

You can download the example code files for this book from your account at www.packtpub.com. If you purchased this book elsewhere, you can visit www.packtpub.com/support and register to have the files emailed directly to you.

You can download the code files by following these steps:

1. Log in or register to our website using your e-mail address and password.
2. Hover the mouse pointer on the SUPPORT tab at the top.
3. Click on Code Downloads & Errata.
4. Enterthe name of the book in the Search box.
5. Select the book for which you're looking to download the code files.
6. Choose from the drop-down menu where you purchased this book from.
7. Click on Code Download.

Once the file is downloaded, please make sure that you unzip or extract the folder using the latest version of:

• WinRAR/7-Zip for Windows
• Zipeg/iZip/UnRarX for Mac
• 7-Zip/PeaZip for Linux

The code bundle for the book is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Learning-OpenStack-Networking-Third-Edition. In case there's an update to the code, it will be updated on the existing GitHub repository.

We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/LearningOpenStackNetworkingThirdEdition.pdf.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "The OPENSTACK_KEYSTONE_DEFAULT_ROLE setting in the/etc/openstack- dashboard/local_settings.py file must also be modified before the dashboard can be used."

A block of code is set as follows:

[DEFAULT]
...
my_ip = 10.254.254.101
vncserver_proxyclient_address = 10.254.254.101
vnc_enabled = True
vncserver_listen = 0.0.0.0
novncproxy_base_url = http://controller01:6080/vnc_auto.html

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

nova boot --flavor <FLAVOR_ID> --image <IMAGE_ID> \
 --nic net-id=<NETWORK_ID>--security-group <SECURITY_GROUP_ID> \ INSTANCE_NAME

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

# systemctl restart nova-api
# systemctl restart neutron-server

Bold: New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "Clicking the Next button moves you to the next screen."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.