Description of common configuration options

Configuration option = Default value	Description
[DEFAULT]
admin_password = None	(StrOpt) Admin password
admin_tenant_name = None	(StrOpt) Admin tenant name
admin_user = None	(StrOpt) Admin username
agent_down_time = 75	(IntOpt) Seconds to regard the agent is down; should be at least twice report_interval, to be sure the agent is down for good.
api_workers = 0	(IntOpt) Number of separate worker processes for service
auth_ca_cert = None	(StrOpt) Certificate Authority public key (CA cert) file for ssl
auth_insecure = False	(BoolOpt) Turn off verification of the certificate for ssl
auth_region = None	(StrOpt) Authentication region
auth_strategy = keystone	(StrOpt) The type of authentication to use
auth_url = None	(StrOpt) Authentication URL
base_mac = fa:16:3e:00:00:00	(StrOpt) The base MAC address Neutron will use for VIFs
bind_host = 0.0.0.0	(StrOpt) The host IP to bind to
bind_port = 9696	(IntOpt) The port to bind to
ca_certs = None	(StrOpt) CA certificates
core_plugin = None	(StrOpt) The core plugin Neutron will use
ctl_cert = None	(StrOpt) controller certificate
ctl_privkey = None	(StrOpt) controller private key
dhcp_agent_notification = True	(BoolOpt) Allow sending resource operation notification to DHCP agent
dhcp_agents_per_network = 1	(IntOpt) Number of DHCP agents scheduled to host a network.
dhcp_confs = $state_path/dhcp	(StrOpt) Location to store DHCP server config files
dhcp_delete_namespaces = False	(BoolOpt) Delete namespace after removing a dhcp server.
dhcp_domain = openstacklocal	(StrOpt) Domain to use for building the hostnames
dhcp_driver = neutron.agent.linux.dhcp.Dnsmasq	(StrOpt) The driver used to manage the DHCP server.
dhcp_lease_duration = 86400	(IntOpt) DHCP lease duration (in seconds). Use -1 to tell dnsmasq to use infinite lease times.
disable_process_locking = False	(BoolOpt) Whether to disable inter-process locks
endpoint_type = adminURL	(StrOpt) Network service endpoint type to pull from the keystone catalog
force_gateway_on_subnet = True	(BoolOpt) Ensure that configured gateway is on subnet. For IPv6, validate only if gateway is not a link local address. Deprecated, to be removed during the K release, at which point the check will be mandatory.
host = localhost	(StrOpt) The hostname Neutron is running on
interface_driver = None	(StrOpt) The driver used to manage the virtual interface.
ip_lib_force_root = False	(BoolOpt) Force ip_lib calls to use the root helper
lock_path = None	(StrOpt) Directory to use for lock files.
mac_generation_retries = 16	(IntOpt) How many times Neutron will retry MAC generation
max_allowed_address_pair = 10	(IntOpt) Maximum number of allowed address pairs
max_dns_nameservers = 5	(IntOpt) Maximum number of DNS nameservers
max_fixed_ips_per_port = 5	(IntOpt) Maximum number of fixed ips per port
max_subnet_host_routes = 20	(IntOpt) Maximum number of host routes per subnet
periodic_fuzzy_delay = 5	(IntOpt) Range of seconds to randomly delay when starting the periodic task scheduler to reduce stampeding. (Disable by setting to 0)
periodic_interval = 40	(IntOpt) Seconds between running periodic tasks
report_interval = 300	(IntOpt) Interval between two metering reports
root_helper = sudo	(StrOpt) Root helper application.
state_path = /var/lib/neutron	(StrOpt) Where to store Neutron state files. This directory must be writable by the agent.
[AGENT]
root_helper = sudo	(StrOpt) Root helper application.
[PROXY]
admin_password = None	(StrOpt) Admin password
admin_tenant_name = None	(StrOpt) Admin tenant name
admin_user = None	(StrOpt) Admin user
auth_region = None	(StrOpt) Authentication region
auth_strategy = keystone	(StrOpt) The type of authentication to use
auth_url = None	(StrOpt) Authentication URL
[heleos]
admin_password = None	(StrOpt) ESM admin password.