Neutron agents

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Neutron agents are modular network service processes in OpenStack Neutron that implement and manage virtual networking functions such as L2/L3 routing, DHCP, and security groups on compute and network nodes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Neutron agents canonical 1
neutron-l3-agent 1
neutron-metadata-agent 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf OpenStack Neutron component
network service process
architectureStyle modular
canBe DHCP agent
FWaaS agent
L2 agent
L3 agent
LBaaS agent
VPNaaS agent
metadata agent
metering agent
communicatesVia RPC
message queue
configuredBy Neutron configuration files
dependsOn Linux networking stack
linked to: Linux kernel

message broker
executes networking tasks delegated by Neutron server
implements virtual networking functions
implementsConcept distributed virtual networking
software-defined networking
introducedIn OpenStack Neutron project
linked to: OpenStack Neutron
logsTo Neutron agent log files
managedBy Neutron server
linked to: OpenStack Neutron
monitoredBy OpenStack operators
partOf OpenStack Neutron
persistsStateIn local host configuration
replaced some legacy Nova-network functions
responsibleFor applying Neutron network state locally
configuring virtual networking on hosts
runsOn compute nodes
network nodes
supportsBackend Linux bridge
OVN
Open vSwitch
supportsFeature DHCP namespace management
QoS policy enforcement
floating IP configuration
network namespace creation
port binding
router namespace management
security group rules application
supportsFunction DHCP service
Layer 2 networking
Layer 3 routing
security groups enforcement
supportsPlugin ML2 plugin
usedIn OpenStack cloud
linked to: OpenStack

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OpenStack Neutron hasComponent Neutron agents
Neutron hasComponent neutron-l3-agent
linked to: Neutron agents
Neutron hasComponent neutron-metadata-agent
linked to: Neutron agents