Security hardening OpenStack Compute can be integrated with various third-party technologies to increase security. For more information, see the OpenStack Security Guide.
Encrypt Compute metadata traffic OpenStack Juno supports encrypting Compute metadata traffic with HTTPS. Enable SSL encryption in the metadata_agent.ini file: Enable the HTTPS protocol: nova_metadata_protocol = https Determine whether insecure SSL connections are accepted for Compute metadata server requests. The default value is : nova_metadata_insecure = False Specify the path to the client certificate: nova_client_cert = PATH_TO_CERT Specify the path to the private key: nova_client_priv_key = PATH_TO_KEY