Installing LBaaS
The neutron-lbaas-agent service was installed as part of the overall Neutron installation process documented in Chapter 3, Installing Neutron, and is typically installed on a dedicated network node or a controller node.
In Havana, haproxy is used as the default load balancer. To install haproxy, issue the following command on the controller node:
# yum -y install haproxy
Configuring the Neutron LBaaS agent service
Before the neutron-lbaas-agent service can be started, it must be configured. Neutron stores the LBaaS agent configuration in the /etc/neutron/lbaas_agent.ini file. The most common configuration options will be covered in the upcoming sections.
Define an interface driver
Like the previously installed agents, the Neutron ...
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