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+1 in having this terminology, including the use case where appropriate
(the one in your case is a very valid one imo)



On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Jonathan Proulx <jon at jonproulx.com> wrote:

> There's actually 3 types of networks....hopefully someone can provide
> more correct definitions than I have here:
>
> "tenant networks" and "project networks" are the same and should
> converge (my vote is for "project"), these are networks created by (or
> for) individual projects.  Not sure if this is 100% the case but in my
> world these are overlay networks (VXLAN or GRE)
>
> "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.
>
> -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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