Software-Defined Networking (SDN) with OpenStack

Table of Contents

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) with OpenStack

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewer

www.PacktPub.com

Why subscribe?

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the color images of this book 

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. OpenStack Networking in a Nutshell

Virtual and physical networking

Tenant isolation

Layer 2 (L2) capabilities in OpenStack

Creating a network using OpenStack CLI

Creating a subnet using OpenStack CLI

Associating a network and subnet to a virtual machine

Layer 3 (L3) capabilities in OpenStack

Creating a router using OpenStack CLI

Associating a subnetwork to a Router

Securing network traffic in OpenStack

Using security groups to secure traffic within a network

Using firewall service to secure traffic

Advanced networking services

Load Balancing as a Service (LBaaS)

Virtual Private Network as a Service (VPNaaS)

OpenStack and SDN context

Choice of technology

OpenStack API for networking

Summary

2. Introduction to Software-Defined Networking

Components of traditional networks

Key aspects of the networking planes

Challenges faced by traditional networks

Control plane challenges

Management plane challenges

SDN reference architecture

Control plane improvements with SDN

Management plane improvements with SDN

SDN and OpenStack

OpenStack and Network abstractions

OpenStack and RESTful API

OpenStack and centralized management

Summary

3. SDN Protocols

Getting familiar with SDN protocols

Open vSwitch

Configuration management protocols

Protocols

YANG

YIN

pyang

NETCONF

Netopeer

OF-CONFIG

OVSDB

JSON-RPC transport

OVSDB schema

OF-CONFIG server for Open vSwitch

Understanding OpenFlow

OpenFlow as an API

OpenFlow as a control plane

OpenFlow tables

OpenFlow matching

OpenFlow actions and instructions

OpenFlow Wireshark Dissector

Summary

4. SDN Networking with Open vSwitch

OVS Networking with Linux Network namespace

OVS networking with SDN controller

OVS and Mininet

OVS connected to virtual machines

OpenStack Neutron

Neutron services layout

Open vSwitch (OVS) plugin and agent

Summary

5. Getting Started with OpenDaylight

Introduction to OpenDaylight

Architecture of OpenDaylight

REST API

Controller platform

SAL

Protocol plugins

Installing ODL

Version

Prerequisites

Installation procedure

Installing DLUX GUI

Installing the L2 Switch package

Using ODL to manage Open vSwitch

Installing and configuring OVS

Managing OVS Using OpenDaylight

ODL and OpenStack

Summary

6. Using OpenDaylight with OpenStack

Integrating OpenDaylight with OpenStack

Components of ODL and Neutron integration

Configuring OpenStack Neutron for ODL

Installing OpenDaylight features

Configuring Neutron on the OpenStack controller node

Configuring Neutron on the compute node(s)

Verifying the complete setup

Introduction to Virtual Tenant Network (VTN)

Multi-tenancy

Virtualizing the network

Service chaining

OpenDaylight Virtual Tenant Network

VTN model

Installing VTN manager

VTN and OpenStack

VTN to OpenStack entity mapping

Summary

7. Getting Started with OpenContrail

Introduction to OpenContrail

History

Use cases

OpenContrail architecture

vRouter

Compute Node components

Functions of vRouter agent

Functions of vRouter forwarding plane

Controller

Configuration Node

Control Node

Analytics Node

Scalability

Putting it all together

Installing OpenContrail

Version

Prerequisites

Installing OpenContrail

OpenContrail and OpenStack

Neutron and Nova integration

High-level flow of requests from OpenStack

Summary

8. OpenContrail Networking with OpenStack

OpenContrail integration with OpenStack

DevStack-based installation

OpenStack services used by OpenContrail

Virtual network management in OpenContrail

Creating virtual networks and VM instances

Monitoring virtual router and virtual networks

Flow of data packets in OpenContrail

Traffic isolation using encapsulation

Flow of packets in OpenContrail

Service chaining using OpenContrail

Summary

9. Open Network Operating System (ONOS)

Introduction to ONOS

Architecture of ONOS

Prerequisites for installing ONOS

Installing ONOS

Installing application components

Using ONOS to manage Open vSwitch

Intent framework

Distributed ONOS

Central Office Re-architected as Datacenter

Extensible Cloud Operating System

Summary

10. OVN and Open vSwitch Enhancements

Open vSwitch components in network node

Neutron DHCP

Neutron routing

Neutron DVR

Open vSwitch components in compute host

OVN - Native Virtual Networking Open vSwitch

Drivers for OVN

Working with OVN

OVN firewall

OVN and OpenStack

Running OVN using DevStack

Mapping of Neutron and OVN object models

Network and logical switch

Subnet and DHCP

Neutron port and OVN port

Other mappings

OVN's roadmap for OpenStack

Neutron Dragonflow

Data Path Development Kit (DPDK)

Open vSwitch with DPDK

Neutron with Open vSwitch + DPDK

Summary

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) with OpenStack

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) with OpenStack

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Credits

About the Authors

Sriram Subramanian is an experienced professional with over 19 years' experience of building networking and network management products. Since 2011, Sriram has been working with Juniper Networks, leading engineering teams responsible for OpenStack Neutron plugins, VMware integration, and network management products. He is a technologist with a passion for virtualization and cloud networking. Sriram blogs regularly at http://www.innervoice.in/blogs and loves experimenting with new technologies and programming. He is the author of OpenStack Networking Cookbook, Packt.

I would like to dedicate this book to my family. I want to thank my wife, Kala, for her support during this entire project. Her give your best attitude motivates me to strive harder in managing my time and energy effectively. I also want to thank Appa and Amma for their patience and blessings. And a special thank you to my daughter Navya and our labrador Neige for the joie de vivre they bring to my life.

I extend a special thank you to my employer, Juniper Networks, and specifically my manager, Rakesh Manocha. The leadership team at Juniper has created an environment where individuals can pursue excellence through innovation. It has helped me expand my knowledge and capabilities beyond my imagination.

I would like to express my gratitude to my publishers, Packt and the reviewers, who provided invaluable feedback. Thanks to Divij Kotian, our editor, who played a crucial role keeping this book project on track. Finally, a big thank you to Sreeni for being a great co-author and partner on this exciting book journey.

Sreenivas Voruganti is presently driving IoT solutions at Aricent. He previously led engineering teams responsible for building networking, wireless LAN, and SDN products at Juniper Networks. He has contributed to building a range of IP and ATM-based Telco products at Lucent Technologies, Tellabs, and BHEL.

He is an avid student of emerging trends in networking and virtualization technologies and is passionate about integrating them to deliver solutions. His current interests include IoT, SDN, and NFV.

He is an inventor and has US Patent grants on networking, QoS, and wireless.

What started as an idea over coffee has come to form thanks to Sriram's drive and insightful ideas on book writing. Thanks, Sriram, for all the fun times working together.

I would like to dedicate this book to my parents for their blessings and wishes, to my wife, Nimmi, and sons, Aaditya and Arjun, for unstinting support through this endeavor.

Thanks to Alberto for valuable review comments, Divij Kotian, our editor, for fantastic support, Shivani for great job in editing the content, and our publishers Packt.

Finally, a big thank you to all the folks who contributed to the SDN open source implementations and friends who helped refine my understanding.

About the Reviewer

Alberto Morgante Medina is an engineer who's passionate about cloud computing. He loves new technologies, and he thinks that SecDevOps is the way to improve and apply them. He's always looking for new challenges. He has been working on OpenStack, several SDN solutions, information security, and other related IT areas since 2010. He is currently working at BBVA Bank as an innovation engineer. Before that, he worked at Telefónica as a cloud computing and security engineer.

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Preface

OpenStack is rapidly becoming the prominent open source platform for building public and private clouds. OpenStack-based clouds are built on three important pillars, namely, compute, storage, and networking. The strength of these pillars determines the robustness, scale, and performance of your OpenStack cloud.

The classic networking landscape is changing, with SDN approach to building networks becoming mainstream, backed by superior economics and the fact that it is a platform for innovation. We believe that the SDN application space will only grow bigger, with innovative applications that are currently in their infancy and it is essentially replacing the conventional network application with the SDN approach.

With both OpenStack and SDN poised for rapid adoption, it