Openstack

Explain these network types:

Difficulty: unrated

Source: bregman-arie/devops-exercises by Arie Bregman

Answer

  • Management Network - used for internal communication between OpenStack components. Any IP address in this network is accessible only within the datacetner
    • Guest Network - used for communication between instances/VMs
    • API Network - used for services API communication. Any IP address in this network is publicly accessible
    • External Network - used for public communication. Any IP address in this network is accessible by anyone on the internet