This section covers deployment of a simple flat network that provides IP addresses to your instances via DHCP. If your environment includes multiple compute nodes, the multi-host feature provides redundancy by spreading network functions across compute nodes. # apt-get install nova-network nova-api-metadata # apt-get install nova-network nova-api # yum install openstack-nova-network openstack-nova-api # zypper install openstack-nova-network openstack-nova-api Edit the /etc/nova/nova.conf file and complete the following actions: In the [DEFAULT] section, configure the network parameters: [DEFAULT] ... network_api_class = nova.network.api.API security_group_api = nova firewall_driver = nova.virt.libvirt.firewall.IptablesFirewallDriver network_manager = nova.network.manager.FlatDHCPManager network_size = 254 allow_same_net_traffic = False multi_host = True send_arp_for_ha = True share_dhcp_address = True force_dhcp_release = True flat_network_bridge = br100 flat_interface = INTERFACE_NAME public_interface = INTERFACE_NAME Replace INTERFACE_NAME with the actual interface name for the external network. For example, eth1 or ens224. Restart the services: # service nova-network restart # service nova-api-metadata restart Start the services and configure them to start when the system boots: # systemctl enable openstack-nova-network.service openstack-nova-metadata-api.service # systemctl start openstack-nova-network.service openstack-nova-metadata-api.service On SLES: # service openstack-nova-network start # service openstack-nova-api-metadata start # chkconfig openstack-nova-network on # chkconfig openstack-nova-api-metadata on On openSUSE: # systemctl enable openstack-nova-network.service openstack-nova-metadata-api.service # systemctl start openstack-nova-network.service penstack-nova-metadata-api.service