Install the packages: # apt-get install openvswitch-switch # yum install openvswitch-switch # zypper install openvswitch-switch Start Open vSwitch service # service openvswitch-switch start # service openvswitch-switch start # chkconfig openvswitch-switch on # systemctl start openvswitch-switch # systemctl enable openvswitch-switch Create an internal bridge. Just as described in the Introduction to this guide, the Compute Node does not provide an external bridge. This enforces all instances' network traffic to go through the Network Controller. This is known as a "single-node" networking setup. # ovs-vsctl add-br br-int

Install the packages: # apt-get install neutron-plugin-openvswitch-agent # yum install openstack-neutron-openvswitch # zypper install openstack-neutron-openvswitch-agent Edit /etc/neutron/neutron.conf: [DEFAULT] rabbit_host = 10.10.10.10 rabbit_password = password verbose = True verbose = True rpc_backend=neutron.openstack.common.rpc.impl_qpid [DEFAULT] rabbit_host = 10.10.10.10 rabbit_password = password verbose = True Edit /etc/neutron/plugins/openvswitch/ovs_neutron_plugin.ini: [database] connection = mysql://neutron:password@10.10.10.1/neutron [ovs] tenant_network_type = gre tunnel_id_ranges = 1:1000 local_ip = 10.10.10.11 enable_tunneling = True [securitygroup] firewall_driver = \ neutron.agent.linux.iptables_firewall.OVSHybridIptablesFirewallDriver # ln -s /etc/neutron/plugins/openvswitch/ovs_neutron_plugin.ini \ /etc/neutron/plugin.ini # ln -s /etc/neutron/plugins/openvswitch/ovs_neutron_plugin.ini \ /etc/neutron/plugin.ini Start the Agent: # service neutron-plugin-openvswitch-agent restart # service neutron-openvswitch-agent restart # chkconfig neutron-openvswitch-agent on # systemctl restart openstack-neutron-openvswitch-agent # systemctl enable openstack-neutron-openvswitch-agent Ensure the cleanup utility is started on future boots: # chkconfig neutron-ovs-cleanup on Check the /var/log/neutron/openvswitch-agent.log file for errors that would prevent the Networking service from successfully starting.