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On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 6:44 AM, Jonathan Proulx <jon at jonproulx.com> wrote:

>
> "provider networks" are created by the service provider.  In my case
> these are layer2 VLANs though again I think they could be overlays in
> other deploys.
>
> "external networks" I don't use so fuzzier than the others, I think
> they are definitionally also "provider networks" but my certainty on
> that is low.  They are definitely networks that have externally routed
> connectivity and are typically used for L3 agents (routers) and
> floating IP pools in my understanding.
>
>
Ah, I didn't realize there was a distinction between the two. From your
description, It does sound like external networks are a subset of provider
networks, but it would be good to get somebody else to chime in on this.
Out of curiosity, what's your use case for using provider networks that
aren't externally routable?

Lorin





> -Jon
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 8:19 PM, lorinh at gmail.com <lorinh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all:
> >
> > (Apologies if this topic has been covered before, it's been a while since
> > I've contributed to OpenStack docs).
> >
> > While looking at the network guide, I noticed some inconsistent
> terminology
> > used to describe the two types of networks you can create using the
> > OpenStack Networking APIs.
> >
> > This section refers to these two networks as "tenant networks" and
> "provider
> > networks":
> >
> http://docs.openstack.org/networking-guide/intro_os_networking_overview.html#openstack-networking-concepts
> >
> > This scenario refers to them as "project networks" and "external
> networks":
> > http://docs.openstack.org/networking-guide/deploy_scenario2.html
> >
> > The install guide uses the terms "tenant networks" and "external
> networks".
> >
> http://docs.openstack.org/kilo/install-guide/install/apt/content/neutron-initial-networks.html
> >
> > I think it would reduce confusion to use the same terminology everywhere,
> > especially within the networking guide, but ultimately across all of the
> > docs.
> >
> >
> > Take care,
> >
> > Lorin
> >
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