openstack-manuals/doc/install-guide/section_neutron-ml2-network-node.xml

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<section xml:id="neutron-ml2-network-node"
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  <title>Configure network node</title>
  <procedure>
    <title>Prerequisites</title>
    <para>Before you configure OpenStack Networking, you must enable certain
      kernel networking functions.</para>
    <step>
      <para>Edit <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</filename> to contain the
        following:</para>
      <programlisting>net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=0
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter=0</programlisting>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>Implement the changes:</para>
      <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>sysctl -p</userinput></screen>
    </step>
  </procedure>
  <procedure>
    <title>To install the Networking components</title>
    <step>
      <screen os="ubuntu;debian"><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>apt-get install neutron-plugin-ml2 neutron-plugin-openvswitch-agent openvswitch-datapath-dkms \
  neutron-l3-agent neutron-dhcp-agent</userinput></screen>
      <screen os="rhel;centos;fedora"><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>yum install openstack-neutron openstack-neutron-ml2 \
  openstack-neutron-openvswitch</userinput></screen>
      <screen os="sles;opensuse"><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>zypper install openstack-neutron-openvswitch-agent openstack-neutron-l3-agent \
  openstack-neutron-dhcp-agent openstack-neutron-metadata-agent</userinput></screen>
      <note os="ubuntu">
        <para>Ubuntu installations using Linux kernel version 3.11 or newer
          do not require the <emphasis>openvswitch-datapath-dkms</emphasis>
          package.</para>
      </note>
      <note os="sles;opensuse">
        <para>SUSE does not use a separate ML2 plug-in package.</para>
      </note>
    </step>
  </procedure>
  <procedure>
    <title>To configure the Networking common components</title>
    <para>The Networking common component configuration includes the
      authentication mechanism, message broker, and plug-in.</para>
    <step os="debian">
      <para>Respond to prompts for
        <link linkend="debconf-dbconfig-common">database management</link>,
        <link linkend="debconf-keystone_authtoken">Identity service
        credentials</link>,
        <link linkend="debconf-api-endpoints">service endpoint
        registration</link>, and
        <link linkend="debconf-rabbitqm">message broker
        credentials</link>.</para>
    </step>
    <step os="rhel;centos;fedora;sles;opensuse">
      <para>Configure Networking to use the Identity service for
        authentication:</para>
      <para>Replace <replaceable>NEUTRON_PASS</replaceable> with the
        password you chose for the <literal>neutron</literal> user
        in the Identity service.</para>
      <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf DEFAULT \
  auth_strategy keystone</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf keystone_authtoken \
  auth_uri http://<replaceable>controller</replaceable>:5000</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf keystone_authtoken \
  auth_host <replaceable>controller</replaceable></userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf keystone_authtoken \
  auth_protocol http</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf keystone_authtoken \
  auth_port 35357</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf keystone_authtoken \
  admin_tenant_name service</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf keystone_authtoken \
  admin_user neutron</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf keystone_authtoken \
  admin_password <replaceable>NEUTRON_PASS</replaceable></userinput></screen>
    </step>
    <step os="ubuntu">
      <para>Configure Networking to use the Identity service for
        authentication:</para>
      <substeps>
        <step>
          <para>Edit the <filename>/etc/neutron/neutron.conf</filename>
            file and add the following key to the
            <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal> section:</para>
            <programlisting language="ini">[DEFAULT]
...
auth_strategy = keystone</programlisting>
          <para>Add the following keys to the
            <literal>[keystone_authtoken]</literal> section:</para>
          <para>Replace <replaceable>NEUTRON_PASS</replaceable> with the
            password you chose for the <literal>neutron</literal> user
            in the Identity service.</para>
          <programlisting language="ini">[keystone_authtoken]
...
auth_uri = http://<replaceable>controller</replaceable>:5000
auth_host = <replaceable>controller</replaceable>
auth_protocol = http
auth_port = 35357
admin_tenant_name = service
admin_user = neutron
admin_password = <replaceable>NEUTRON_PASS</replaceable></programlisting>
        </step>
      </substeps>
    </step>
    <step os="sles;opensuse">
      <para>Configure Networking to use the message broker:</para>
      <para>Replace <replaceable>RABBIT_PASS</replaceable> with the password
        you chose for the <literal>guest</literal> account in
        <application>RabbitMQ</application>.</para>
      <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf DEFAULT \
  rpc_backend neutron.openstack.common.rpc.impl_kombu</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf DEFAULT \
  rabbit_host <replaceable>controller</replaceable></userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf DEFAULT \
  rabbit_userid guest</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf DEFAULT \
  rabbit_password <replaceable>RABBIT_PASS</replaceable></userinput></screen>
    </step>
    <step os="rhel;centos;fedora">
      <para>Configure Networking to use the message broker:</para>
      <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf DEFAULT \
  rpc_backend neutron.openstack.common.rpc.impl_qpid</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf DEFAULT \
  qpid_hostname <replaceable>controller</replaceable></userinput></screen>
    </step>
    <step os="ubuntu">
      <para>Configure Networking to use the message broker:</para>
      <substeps>
        <step>
          <para>Edit the <filename>/etc/neutron/neutron.conf</filename> file
            and add the following keys to the <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal>
            section:</para>
          <para>Replace <replaceable>RABBIT_PASS</replaceable> with the
            password you chose for the <literal>guest</literal> account in
            <application>RabbitMQ</application>.</para>
          <programlisting language="ini">[DEFAULT]
...
rpc_backend = neutron.openstack.common.rpc.impl_kombu
rabbit_host = <replaceable>controller</replaceable>
rabbit_password = <replaceable>RABBIT_PASS</replaceable></programlisting>
        </step>
      </substeps>
    </step>
    <step os="rhel;centos;fedora;sles;opensuse">
      <para>Configure Networking to use the Modular Layer 2 (ML2) plug-in
        and associated services:</para>
        <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf DEFAULT \
  core_plugin ml2</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/neutron.conf DEFAULT \
  service_plugins router</userinput></screen>
      <note>
        <para>We recommend adding <literal>verbose = True</literal> to
          the <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal> section in
          <filename>/etc/neutron/neutron.conf</filename> to assist with
          troubleshooting.</para>
      </note>
    </step>
    <step os="ubuntu;debian">
      <para>Configure Networking to use the Modular Layer 2 (ML2) plug-in
        and associated services:</para>
      <substeps>
        <step>
          <para>Edit the <filename>/etc/neutron/neutron.conf</filename> file
            and add the following keys to the <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal>
            section:</para>
          <programlisting language="ini">[DEFAULT]
...
core_plugin = ml2
service_plugins = router
allow_overlapping_ips = True</programlisting>
          <note>
            <para>We recommend adding <literal>verbose = True</literal> to
              the <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal> section in
              <filename>/etc/neutron/neutron.conf</filename> to assist with
              troubleshooting.</para>
          </note>
        </step>
      </substeps>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>Comment out any lines in the
          <literal>[service_providers]</literal> section.</para>
    </step>
  </procedure>
  <procedure>
    <title>To configure the Layer-3 (L3) agent</title>
    <para>The <glossterm>Layer-3 (L3) agent</glossterm> provides routing
      services for instance virtual networks.</para>
    <step os="rhel;centos;fedora;sles;opensuse">
      <para>Run the following commands:</para>
      <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini DEFAULT \
  interface_driver neutron.agent.linux.interface.OVSInterfaceDriver</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini DEFAULT \
  use_namespaces True</userinput></screen>
      <note>
        <para>We recommend adding <literal>verbose = True</literal> to
          the <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal> section in
          <filename>/etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini</filename> to assist with
          troubleshooting.</para>
      </note>
    </step>
    <step os="ubuntu;debian">
      <para>Edit the <filename>/etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini</filename> file
        and add the following keys to the <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal>
        section:</para>
      <programlisting language="ini">[DEFAULT]
...
interface_driver = neutron.agent.linux.interface.OVSInterfaceDriver
use_namespaces = True</programlisting>
      <note>
        <para>We recommend adding <literal>verbose = True</literal> to
          the <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal> section in
          <filename>/etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini</filename> to assist with
          troubleshooting.</para>
      </note>
    </step>
  </procedure>
  <procedure>
    <title>To configure the DHCP agent</title>
    <para>The <glossterm>DHCP agent</glossterm> provides
      <glossterm>DHCP</glossterm> services for instance virtual
      networks.</para>
    <step os="rhel;centos;fedora;sles;opensuse">
      <para>Run the following commands:</para>
      <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/dhcp_agent.ini DEFAULT \
  interface_driver neutron.agent.linux.interface.OVSInterfaceDriver</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/dhcp_agent.ini DEFAULT \
  dhcp_driver neutron.agent.linux.dhcp.Dnsmasq</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/dhcp_agent.ini DEFAULT \
  use_namespaces True</userinput></screen>
      <note>
        <para>We recommend adding <literal>verbose = True</literal> to
          the <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal> section in
          <filename>/etc/neutron/dhcp_agent.ini</filename> to assist with
          troubleshooting.</para>
      </note>
    </step>
    <step os="ubuntu;debian">
      <para>Edit the <filename>/etc/neutron/dhcp_agent.ini</filename> file
        and add the following keys to the <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal>
        section:</para>
      <programlisting language="ini">[DEFAULT]
...
interface_driver = neutron.agent.linux.interface.OVSInterfaceDriver
dhcp_driver = neutron.agent.linux.dhcp.Dnsmasq
use_namespaces = True</programlisting>
      <note>
        <para>We recommend adding <literal>verbose = True</literal> to
          the <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal> section in
          <filename>/etc/neutron/dhcp_agent.ini</filename> to assist with
          troubleshooting.</para>
      </note>
    </step>
  </procedure>
  <procedure>
    <title>To configure the metadata agent</title>
    <para>The <glossterm>metadata agent</glossterm> provides configuration
      information such as credentials for remote access to instances.</para>
    <step os="rhel;centos;fedora;sles;opensuse">
      <para>Run the following commands:</para>
      <para>Replace <replaceable>NEUTRON_PASS</replaceable> with the
        password you chose for the <literal>neutron</literal> user
        in the Identity service. Replace
        <replaceable>METADATA_SECRET</replaceable> with a suitable
        secret for the metadata proxy.</para>
      <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini DEFAULT \
  auth_url http://<replaceable>controller</replaceable>:5000/v2.0</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini DEFAULT \
  auth_region regionOne</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini DEFAULT \
  admin_tenant_name service</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini DEFAULT \
  admin_user neutron</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini DEFAULT \
  admin_password <replaceable>NEUTRON_PASS</replaceable></userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini DEFAULT \
  nova_metadata_ip <replaceable>controller</replaceable></userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini DEFAULT \
  metadata_proxy_shared_secret <replaceable>METADATA_SECRET</replaceable></userinput></screen>
      <note>
        <para>We recommend adding <literal>verbose = True</literal> to
          the <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal> section in
          <filename>/etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini</filename> to assist with
          troubleshooting.</para>
      </note>
    </step>
    <step os="ubuntu;debian">
      <para>Edit the <filename>/etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini</filename> file
        and add the following keys to the <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal>
        section:</para>
      <para>Replace <replaceable>NEUTRON_PASS</replaceable> with the
        password you chose for the <literal>neutron</literal> user
        in the Identity service. Replace
        <replaceable>METADATA_SECRET</replaceable> with a suitable
        secret for the metadata proxy.</para>
      <programlisting language="ini">[DEFAULT]
...
auth_url = http://<replaceable>controller</replaceable>:5000/v2.0
auth_region = regionOne
admin_tenant_name = service
admin_user = neutron
admin_password = <replaceable>NEUTRON_PASS</replaceable>
nova_metadata_ip = <replaceable>controller</replaceable>
metadata_proxy_shared_secret = <replaceable>METADATA_SECRET</replaceable></programlisting>
      <note>
        <para>We recommend adding <literal>verbose = True</literal> to
          the <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal> section in
          <filename>/etc/neutron/metadata_agent.ini</filename> to assist with
          troubleshooting.</para>
      </note>
    </step>
    <step>
      <note>
        <para>Perform the next two steps on the
        <emphasis>controller</emphasis> node.</para>
      </note>
    </step>
    <step os="rhel;centos;fedora;sles;opensuse">
      <para>On the <emphasis>controller</emphasis> node, configure Compute to
        use the metadata service:</para>
      <para>Replace
        <replaceable>METADATA_SECRET</replaceable> with the secret you chose
        for the metadata proxy.</para>
      <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/nova/nova.conf DEFAULT \
  service_neutron_metadata_proxy true</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/nova/nova.conf DEFAULT \
  neutron_metadata_proxy_shared_secret <replaceable>METADATA_SECRET</replaceable></userinput></screen>
    </step>
    <step os="ubuntu;debian">
      <para>On the <emphasis>controller</emphasis> node, edit the
        <filename>/etc/nova/nova.conf</filename> file and add the following
        keys to the <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal> section:</para>
      <para>Replace
        <replaceable>METADATA_SECRET</replaceable> with the secret you chose
        for the metadata proxy.</para>
      <programlisting language="ini">[DEFAULT]
...
service_neutron_metadata_proxy = true
neutron_metadata_proxy_shared_secret = <replaceable>METADATA_SECRET</replaceable></programlisting>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>On the <emphasis>controller</emphasis> node, restart the Compute
        <glossterm>API</glossterm> service:</para>
      <screen os="rhel;centos;fedora;sles;opensuse"><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service openstack-nova-api restart</userinput></screen>
      <screen os="ubuntu;debian"><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service nova-api restart</userinput></screen>
    </step>
  </procedure>
  <procedure>
    <title>To configure the Modular Layer 2 (ML2) plug-in</title>
    <para>The ML2 plug-in uses the Open vSwitch (OVS) mechanism (agent) to
      build virtual networking framework for instances.</para>
    <step os="rhel;centos;fedora;sles;opensuse">
      <para>Run the following commands:</para>
      <para>Replace
        <replaceable>INSTANCE_TUNNELS_INTERFACE_IP_ADDRESS</replaceable>
        with the IP address of the instance tunnels network interface
        on your network node. This guide uses
        <literal>10.0.1.21</literal> for the IP address of the
        instance tunnels network interface on the network
        node.</para>
      <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini ml2 \
  type_drivers gre</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini ml2 \
  tenant_network_types gre</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini ml2 \
  mechanism_drivers openvswitch</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini ml2_type_gre \
  tunnel_id_ranges 1:1000</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini ovs \
  local_ip <replaceable>INSTANCE_TUNNELS_INTERFACE_IP_ADDRESS</replaceable></userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini ovs \
  tunnel_type gre</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini ovs \
  enable_tunneling True</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini securitygroup \
  firewall_driver neutron.agent.linux.iptables_firewall.OVSHybridIptablesFirewallDriver</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini securitygroup \
  enable_security_group True</userinput></screen>
    </step>
    <step os="ubuntu;debian">
      <para>Edit the
        <filename>/etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini</filename>
        file.</para>
      <para>Add the following keys to the <literal>[ml2]</literal>
        section:</para>
      <programlisting language="ini">[ml2]
...
type_drivers = gre
tenant_network_types = gre
mechanism_drivers = openvswitch</programlisting>
      <para>Add the following keys to the
        <literal>[ml2_type_gre]</literal> section:</para>
      <programlisting language="ini">[ml2_type_gre]
...
tunnel_id_ranges = 1:1000</programlisting>
      <para>Add the <literal>[ovs]</literal> section and the following
        keys to it:</para>
      <para>Replace
        <replaceable>INSTANCE_TUNNELS_INTERFACE_IP_ADDRESS</replaceable>
        with the IP address of the instance tunnels network interface on
        your network node.</para>
      <programlisting language="ini">[ovs]
...
local_ip = <replaceable>INSTANCE_TUNNELS_INTERFACE_IP_ADDRESS</replaceable>
tunnel_type = gre
enable_tunneling = True</programlisting>
      <para>Add the <literal>[securitygroup]</literal> section and the
        following keys to it:</para>
      <programlisting language="ini">[securitygroup]
...
firewall_driver = neutron.agent.linux.iptables_firewall.OVSHybridIptablesFirewallDriver
enable_security_group = True</programlisting>
    </step>
  </procedure>
  <procedure>
    <title>To configure the Open vSwitch (OVS) service</title>
    <para>The OVS service provides the underlying virtual networking framework
      for instances. The integration bridge <literal>br-int</literal> handles
      internal instance network traffic within OVS. The external bridge
      <literal>br-ex</literal> handles external instance network traffic
      within OVS. The external bridge requires a port on the physical external
      network interface to provide instances with external network access.
      In essence, this port bridges the virtual and physical external
      networks in your environment.</para>
    <step os="rhel;centos;fedora">
      <para>Start the OVS service and configure it to start when the system
        boots:</para>
        <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service openvswitch start</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>chkconfig openvswitch on</userinput></screen>
    </step>
    <step os="sles;opensuse">
      <para>Start the OVS service and configure it to start when the system
        boots:</para>
        <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service openvswitch-switch start</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>chkconfig openvswitch-switch on</userinput></screen>
    </step>
    <step os="ubuntu">
      <para>Restart the OVS service:</para>
        <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service openvswitch-switch restart</userinput></screen>
    </step>
    <step os="debian">
      <para>Restart the OVS service:</para>
        <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service openvswitch restart</userinput></screen>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>Add the integration bridge:</para>
      <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>ovs-vsctl add-br br-int</userinput></screen>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>Add the external bridge:</para>
      <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>ovs-vsctl add-br br-ex</userinput></screen>
    </step>
    <step>
      <para>Add a port to the external bridge that connects to the physical
        external network interface:</para>
      <para>Replace <replaceable>INTERFACE_NAME</replaceable> with the
        actual interface name. For example, <emphasis>eth2</emphasis> or
        <emphasis>ens256</emphasis>.</para>
      <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>ovs-vsctl add-port br-ex <replaceable>INTERFACE_NAME</replaceable></userinput></screen>
      <note>
        <para>Depending on your network interface driver, you may need to
          disable <glossterm>Generic Receive Offload (GRO)</glossterm> to
          achieve suitable throughput between your instances and the external
          network.</para>
        <para>To temporarily disable GRO on the external network interface
          while testing your environment:</para>
        <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>ethtool -K <replaceable>INTERFACE_NAME</replaceable> gro off</userinput></screen>
      </note>
    </step>
  </procedure>
  <procedure>
    <title>To finalize the installation</title>
    <step os="rhel;centos;fedora">
      <para>The Networking service initialization scripts expect a symbolic
        link <filename>/etc/neutron/plugin.ini</filename> pointing to the
        configuration file associated with your chosen plug-in. Using
        the ML2 plug-in, for example, the symbolic link must point to
        <filename>/etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini</filename>.
        If this symbolic link does not exist, create it using the
        following commands:</para>
    <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>ln -s plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini /etc/neutron/plugin.ini</userinput></screen>
<!-- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087647 -->
      <para>Due to a packaging bug, the Open vSwitch agent initialization
        script explicitly looks for the Open vSwitch plug-in configuration
        file rather than a symbolic link
        <filename>/etc/neutron/plugin.ini</filename> pointing to the ML2
        plug-in configuration file. Run the following commands to resolve this
        issue:</para>
      <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>cp /etc/init.d/neutron-openvswitch-agent /etc/init.d/neutron-openvswitch-agent.orig</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>sed -i 's,plugins/openvswitch/ovs_neutron_plugin.ini,plugin.ini,g' /etc/init.d/neutron-openvswitch-agent</userinput></screen>
    </step>
    <step os="sles;opensuse">
      <para>The Networking service initialization scripts expect the variable
        <literal>NEUTRON_PLUGIN_CONF</literal> in the
        <filename>/etc/sysconfig/neutron</filename> file to reference the
        configuration file associated with your chosen plug-in. Using
        ML2, for example, edit the
        <filename>/etc/sysconfig/neutron</filename> file and add the
        following:</para>
      <programlisting>NEUTRON_PLUGIN_CONF="/etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini"</programlisting>
    </step>
    <step os="rhel;centos;fedora;sles;opensuse">
      <para>Start the Networking services and configure them to start when
        the system boots:</para>
      <screen os="rhel;centos;fedora"><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service neutron-openvswitch-agent start</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service neutron-l3-agent start</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service neutron-dhcp-agent start</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service neutron-metadata-agent start</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>chkconfig neutron-openvswitch-agent on</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>chkconfig neutron-l3-agent on</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>chkconfig neutron-dhcp-agent on</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>chkconfig neutron-metadata-agent on</userinput></screen>
      <screen os="sles;opensuse"><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service openstack-neutron-openvswitch-agent start</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service openstack-neutron-l3-agent start</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service openstack-neutron-dhcp-agent start</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service openstack-neutron-metadata-agent start</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>chkconfig openstack-neutron-openvswitch-agent on</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>chkconfig openstack-neutron-l3-agent on</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>chkconfig openstack-neutron-dhcp-agent on</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>chkconfig openstack-neutron-metadata-agent on</userinput></screen>
    </step>
    <step os="ubuntu;debian">
      <para>Restart the Networking services:</para>
      <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service neutron-plugin-openvswitch-agent restart</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service neutron-l3-agent restart</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service neutron-dhcp-agent restart</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service neutron-metadata-agent restart</userinput></screen>
    </step>
  </procedure>
</section>