This book assumes a moderate level of networking experience, including experience with Linux networking configurations as well as physical switch and router configurations. While this book walks the reader through a basic installation of OpenStack, little time is spent on services other than Neutron. Therefore, it is important that the reader has a basic understanding of OpenStack and its general configuration prior to configuring OpenStack networking.

In this book, the following operating system is required:

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

The following software is needed:

• OpenStack Pike (2017.2)

Internet connectivity is required to install OpenStack packages and to make use of the example architectures in the book. While virtualization software such as VirtualBox or VMware can be used to simulate servers and the network infrastructure, this book assumes that OpenStack is installed on physical hardware and that a physical network infrastructure is in place.

In the event that the OpenStack installation procedure documented in this book is no longer current, refer to the installation guide at docs.openstack.org for instructions on installing the latest version of OpenStack.