Procedure 13.3. Adding an OpenStack Networking (Neutron) Instance for Network Provisioning

1. Select the External Providers entry in the tree pane.
2. Click the Add button to open the Add Provider window.
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   Figure 13.2. The Add Provider Window

3. Enter a Name and Description.
4. From the Type drop-down menu, select OpenStack Network.
5. Click the text field for Networking Plugin and select either Linux Bridge or Open vSwitch in accordance with the plugin set up in your OpenStack environment.
6. Enter the URL or fully qualified domain name of the machine on which the OpenStack Networking instance is installed in the Provider URL text field, followed by the port number.
7. Optionally, select the Requires Authentication check box and enter the Username, Password and Tenant Name for the OpenStack Networking instance. You must use the username and password for the OpenStack Networking user registered in Keystone, and the tenant of which the OpenStack Networking instance is a member.
8. Test the credentials:
   1. Click the Test button to test whether you can authenticate successfully with the Neutron instance using the provided credentials.
   2. If the Neutron instance uses SSL, the Import provider certificates window opens; click OK to import the certificate that the Neutron instance provides.

      Important

      You must import the certificate that the Neutron instance provides to ensure the Manager can communicate with the instance.
9. Click the Agent Configuration tab.
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   Figure 13.3. The Agent Configuration Tab

10. Enter the URL or fully qualified domain name of the host on which the QPID server is hosted in the Host text field.
11. Enter the port number by which to connect to the QPID instance. This port number will be 5762 by default if QPID is not configured to use SSL, and 5761 if QPID is configured to use SSL.
12. Enter the Username and Password of the OpenStack Networking user registered in the QPID instance.
13. Click OK.