diff --git a/doc/install-guide/section_nova-network.xml b/doc/install-guide/section_nova-network.xml
index 6c24f4da9b..9c39a1ba4a 100644
--- a/doc/install-guide/section_nova-network.xml
+++ b/doc/install-guide/section_nova-network.xml
@@ -2,29 +2,40 @@
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"
xml:id="nova-network">
-
Enable Networking
- Configuring Networking can be a bewildering experience. The
- following example shows the simplest production-ready configuration
- that is available: the legacy networking in OpenStack Compute, with
- a flat network, that takes care of DHCP.
+ Configure networking
+ Configuring networking in OpenStack can be a bewildering experience. The
+ following example shows the simplest production-ready
+ configuration that is available: the legacy networking in
+ OpenStack Compute, with a flat network, that takes care of
+ DHCP.
This set up uses multi-host functionality. Networking is
configured to be highly available by distributing networking
functionality across multiple hosts. As a result, no single
- network controller acts as a single point of failure. This
- process configures each compute node for networking.
+ network controller acts as a single point of failure. This process
+ configures each compute node for networking.
- If you need the full software-defined networking stack, see
- .
+ Choose one of these options to configure networking in OpenStack:
+
+
+ Legacy networking in OpenStack Compute, which is
+ described here.
+
+
+ The full software-defined networking stack. See .
+
+
- Install the appropriate packages for compute
- networking (on the compute node only, as above these are not needed on the controller):
+ Install the following packages for compute networking on
+ the compute node only. As described above, these packages are
+ not necessary on the controller node:
+
# apt-get install nova-network
# yum install openstack-nova-network
# zypper install openstack-nova-network
-
Edit the nova.conf file to define the
networking mode:
@@ -44,7 +55,6 @@
# openstack-config --set /etc/nova/nova.conf DEFAULT network_api_class nova.network.api.API
# openstack-config --set /etc/nova/nova.conf DEFAULT security_group_api nova
-
Edit the
/etc/nova/nova.conf file and add these
lines to the [DEFAULT] section:
@@ -75,7 +85,6 @@ public_interface=eth1
Restart the network service:
# service nova-network restart
-
Start the network
service and configure it to start when the system
boots:
@@ -83,10 +92,10 @@ public_interface=eth1
# chkconfig openstack-nova-network on
-
Create a network that virtual machines can use. Do this once
for the entire installation and not on each compute node. Run the
- nova network-create command on the controller:
+ nova network-create command on the
+ controller:
# source openrc.sh
# nova network-create vmnet --fixed-range-v4=10.0.0.0/24 \
--bridge-interface=br100 --multi-host=T