Neutron and BGP Dynamic Routing
Channel: OpenInfra Foundation
Date: 2015-10-30

With the Liberty release of OpenStack, Neutron will have the ability to act as a BGP speaker on an operator's network.  This functionality enables Neutron to advertise host routes for floating IP's, and next-hops for tenant networks created with Neutron. This can alleviate many of the networking burdens placed on the operator when designing and operating an OpenStack cloud. It also enables new functionality in Neutron such as floating IP mobility and directly routable IPv4 and IPv6 tenant networ