Networking Option 1: Provider networks¶

Install and configure the Networking components on the controller node.

Install the components¶

# apt-get install neutron-server neutron-linuxbridge-agent \
  neutron-dhcp-agent neutron-metadata-agent python-neutronclient

Respond to prompts for database management, Identity service credentials, service endpoint registration, and message queue credentials.

Select the ML2 plug-in:

Note

Selecting the ML2 plug-in also populates the core_plugin option in the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file with the appropriate values (in this case, it is set to the value ml2).

Configure the server component¶

Edit the /etc/neutron/neutron.conf file and complete the following actions:

In the [DEFAULT] section, disable additional plug-ins:
```
[DEFAULT]
...
service_plugins =
```

In the [DEFAULT] and [nova] sections, configure Networking to notify Compute of network topology changes:

[DEFAULT]
...
notify_nova_on_port_status_changes = True
notify_nova_on_port_data_changes = True

[nova]
...
auth_url = http://controller:35357
auth_type = password
project_domain_name = Default
user_domain_name = Default
region_name = RegionOne
project_name = service
username = nova
password = NOVA_PASS

Replace NOVA_PASS with the password you chose for the nova user in the Identity service.

Configure the Modular Layer 2 (ML2) plug-in¶

The ML2 plug-in uses the Linux bridge mechanism to build layer-2 (bridging and switching) virtual networking infrastructure for instances.

Edit the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini file and complete the following actions:
- In the [ml2] section, enable flat and VLAN networks:
```
[ml2]
...
type_drivers = flat,vlan
```
- In the [ml2] section, disable self-service networks:
```
[ml2]
...
tenant_network_types =
```
- In the [ml2] section, enable the Linux bridge mechanism:
```
[ml2]
...
mechanism_drivers = linuxbridge
```
  Warning
  
  After you configure the ML2 plug-in, removing values in the type_drivers option can lead to database inconsistency.
- In the [ml2] section, enable the port security extension driver:
```
[ml2]
...
extension_drivers = port_security
```
- In the [ml2_type_flat] section, configure the provider virtual network as a flat network:
```
[ml2_type_flat]
...
flat_networks = provider
```
- In the [securitygroup] section, enable ipset to increase efficiency of security group rules:
```
[securitygroup]
...
enable_ipset = True
```

Configure the Linux bridge agent¶

The Linux bridge agent builds layer-2 (bridging and switching) virtual networking infrastructure for instances and handles security groups.

Edit the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/linuxbridge_agent.ini file and complete the following actions:
- In the [linux_bridge] section, map the provider virtual network to the provider physical network interface:
```
[linux_bridge]
physical_interface_mappings = provider:PROVIDER_INTERFACE_NAME
```
  Replace PROVIDER_INTERFACE_NAME with the name of the underlying provider physical network interface. See Host networking for more information.
- In the [vxlan] section, disable VXLAN overlay networks:
```
[vxlan]
enable_vxlan = False
```
- In the [securitygroup] section, enable security groups and configure the Linux bridge iptables firewall driver:
```
[securitygroup]
...
enable_security_group = True
firewall_driver = neutron.agent.linux.iptables_firewall.IptablesFirewallDriver
```

Configure the DHCP agent¶

The DHCP agent provides DHCP services for virtual networks.

Edit the /etc/neutron/dhcp_agent.ini file and complete the following actions:
- In the [DEFAULT] section, configure the Linux bridge interface driver, Dnsmasq DHCP driver, and enable isolated metadata so instances on provider networks can access metadata over the network:
```
[DEFAULT]
...
interface_driver = neutron.agent.linux.interface.BridgeInterfaceDriver
dhcp_driver = neutron.agent.linux.dhcp.Dnsmasq
enable_isolated_metadata = True
```

Return to Networking controller node configuration.