Openstack and networking Options
Introduction –
Before we start talking about Openstack and Networking options lets compare few Cloud and there terms..
| Openstack | AWS | Azure | |
| Cloud virtual networking | Project | VPC(Virtual Private Cloud) | Azure VNet (Virtual Network) |
| Identity Mgmt | Keystone | AWS Key Management Service | Azure KeyVault |
| Block Storage (Virtual Disk) | Glance | Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS) | Azure Page Blobs / Premium Storage |
| Object Storage | Swift | Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) | Azure Blob Storage |
| Shared File System | Manila | Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) | Azure File Storage |
| DNS | Designate | Route 53 | Azure DNS |
| Private IP Address + DHCP/DNS | Private IP | Private IP | DIP(Dynamic IP address) |
| External (NATed IPAddress) | Floating IP NATed | Elastic IP NATed | VIP(Virtual IP address) NATed and PIP (instance-level Public IP address) Directly attached to VM |
This document will help you to understand what the are different types of network option available in Openstack and how to use them.