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Introduction to Networking
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The Networking service, code-named neutron, provides an API that lets
you define network connectivity and addressing in the cloud. The
Networking service enables operators to leverage different networking
technologies to power their cloud networking. The Networking service
also provides an API to configure and manage a variety of network
services ranging from L3 forwarding and NAT to load balancing, edge
firewalls, and IPsec VPN.
For a detailed description of the Networking API abstractions and their
attributes, see the `OpenStack Networking API v2.0
Reference `__.
.. note::
If you use the Networking service, do not run the Compute
``nova-network`` service (like you do in traditional Compute deployments).
When you configure networking, see the Compute-related topics in this
Networking section.
Networking API
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Networking is a virtual network service that provides a powerful API to
define the network connectivity and IP addressing that devices from
other services, such as Compute, use.
The Compute API has a virtual server abstraction to describe computing
resources. Similarly, the Networking API has virtual network, subnet,
and port abstractions to describe networking resources.
+---------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Resource | Description |
+===============+=============================================================+
| **Network** | An isolated L2 segment, analogous to VLAN in the physical |
| | networking world. |
+---------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| **Subnet** | A block of v4 or v6 IP addresses and associated |
| | configuration state. |
+---------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| **Port** | A connection point for attaching a single device, such as |
| | the NIC of a virtual server, to a virtual network. Also |
| | describes the associated network configuration, such as |
| | the MAC and IP addresses to be used on that port. |
+---------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
**Networking resources**
To configure rich network topologies, you can create and configure
networks and subnets and instruct other OpenStack services like Compute
to attach virtual devices to ports on these networks.
In particular, Networking supports each project having multiple private
networks and enables projects to choose their own IP addressing scheme,
even if those IP addresses overlap with those that other projects use.
The Networking service:
- Enables advanced cloud networking use cases, such as building
multi-tiered web applications and enabling migration of applications
to the cloud without changing IP addresses.
- Offers flexibility for administrators to customize network
offerings.
- Enables developers to extend the Networking API. Over time, the
extended functionality becomes part of the core Networking API.
Configure SSL support for networking API
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OpenStack Networking supports SSL for the Networking API server. By
default, SSL is disabled but you can enable it in the ``neutron.conf``
file.
Set these options to configure SSL:
``use_ssl = True``
Enables SSL on the networking API server.
``ssl_cert_file = PATH_TO_CERTFILE``
Certificate file that is used when you securely start the Networking
API server.
``ssl_key_file = PATH_TO_KEYFILE``
Private key file that is used when you securely start the Networking
API server.
``ssl_ca_file = PATH_TO_CAFILE``
Optional. CA certificate file that is used when you securely start
the Networking API server. This file verifies connecting clients.
Set this option when API clients must authenticate to the API server
by using SSL certificates that are signed by a trusted CA.
``tcp_keepidle = 600``
The value of TCP\_KEEPIDLE, in seconds, for each server socket when
starting the API server. Not supported on OS X.
``retry_until_window = 30``
Number of seconds to keep retrying to listen.
``backlog = 4096``
Number of backlog requests with which to configure the socket.
Load-Balancer-as-a-Service (LBaaS) overview
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Load-Balancer-as-a-Service (LBaaS) enables Networking to distribute
incoming requests evenly among designated instances. This distribution
ensures that the workload is shared predictably among instances and
enables more effective use of system resources. Use one of these load
balancing methods to distribute incoming requests:
Round robin
Rotates requests evenly between multiple instances.
Source IP
Requests from a unique source IP address are consistently directed
to the same instance.
Least connections
Allocates requests to the instance with the least number of active
connections.
+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Feature | Description |
+=========================+===================================================+
| **Monitors** | LBaaS provides availability monitoring with the |
| | ``ping``, TCP, HTTP and HTTPS GET methods. |
| | Monitors are implemented to determine whether |
| | pool members are available to handle requests. |
+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **Management** | LBaaS is managed using a variety of tool sets. |
| | The REST API is available for programmatic |
| | administration and scripting. Users perform |
| | administrative management of load balancers |
| | through either the CLI (``neutron``) or the |
| | OpenStack Dashboard. |
+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **Connection limits** | Ingress traffic can be shaped with *connection |
| | limits*. This feature allows workload control, |
| | and can also assist with mitigating DoS (Denial |
| | of Service) attacks. |
+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| **Session persistence** | LBaaS supports session persistence by ensuring |
| | incoming requests are routed to the same instance |
| | within a pool of multiple instances. LBaaS |
| | supports routing decisions based on cookies and |
| | source IP address. |
+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) overview
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For information on Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS), please consult the :doc:`Networking Guide <../fwaas>`.
Allowed-address-pairs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
``Allowed-address-pairs`` enables you to specify
mac_address and ip_address(cidr) pairs that pass through a port regardless
of subnet. This enables the use of protocols such as VRRP, which floats
an IP address between two instances to enable fast data plane failover.
.. note::
Currently, only the ML2, Open vSwitch, and VMware NSX plug-ins
support the allowed-address-pairs extension.
**Basic allowed-address-pairs operations.**
- Create a port with a specified allowed address pair:
.. code-block:: console
$ openstack port create port1 --allowed-address \
ip-address=[,mac_address=[,mac_address=