openstack/neutron

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1470 stars · 1485 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Neutron is OpenStack's Networking service, providing 'network connectivity as a service' for interface devices (vNICs) managed by other OpenStack services such as Nova. It exposes APIs for creating and managing virtual networks, subnets, routers, IP addresses, security groups, and load balancers, backed by pluggable agents like Open vSwitch and OVN.

Use cases

• provide virtual networks for OpenStack VMs
• manage subnets routers and floating IPs in a cloud
• implement security groups and firewall rules for instances
• set up SDN with Open vSwitch or OVN backend
• offer load balancing as a service in a private cloud
• automate tenant network provisioning via API

When to choose

• you are running or building an OpenStack cloud and need tenant networking
• you need a multi-tenant, API-driven network virtualization layer
• you want pluggable SDN backends like OVN or Open vSwitch

When to avoid

• you need networking for a single host or simple container setups
• you are not using OpenStack and just want a lightweight virtual network tool
• you need a standalone SDN controller rather than an OpenStack integrated service

Facets

service · maturity active

networking api-framework deployment security networking cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code self-hosted python cloud self-hosted openstack sdn network-as-a-service virtual-networking ovn openvswitch dhcp routing load-balancing firewall-as-a-service virtualization linux docker

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