Host network configuration

Installation of OpenStack using an orchestration and configuration tool such as Ansible performs a lot of tasks that would otherwise have to be undertaken manually. However, we can only use an orchestration tool if the servers we are deploying to are configured in a consistent way and described to Ansible.

The following section will describe a typical server setup that uses two sets of active/passive bonded interfaces for use by OpenStack. Ensure that these are cabled appropriately.

We assume that the following physical network cards are installed in each of the servers; adjust them to suit your environment:

  • p2p1 and p2p2
  • p4p1 and p4p2

We assume that the host network is currently using p2p1. The host network is the basic ...

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