The options and descriptions listed in this introduction are autogenerated from the code in the Networking service project, which provides software-defined networking between VMs run in Compute. The list contains common options, while the subsections list the options for the various networking plug-ins.
| Configuration option=Default value | Description |
| admin_password=None | (StrOpt) Admin password |
| admin_tenant_name=None | (StrOpt) Admin tenant name |
| admin_user=None | (StrOpt) Admin user |
| allowed_rpc_exception_modules=neutron.openstack.common.exception,nova.exception,cinder.exception,exceptions | (ListOpt) Modules of exceptions that are permitted to be recreatedupon receiving exception data from an rpc call. |
| auth_region=None | (StrOpt) Authentication region |
| auth_strategy=keystone | (StrOpt) The type of authentication to use |
| auth_url=None | (StrOpt) Authentication URL |
| base_mac=fa:16:3e:00:00:00 | (StrOpt) The base MAC address Neutron will use for VIFs |
| bind_host=0.0.0.0 | (StrOpt) The host IP to bind to |
| bind_port=9696 | (IntOpt) The port to bind to |
| core_plugin=None | (StrOpt) The core plugin Neutron will use |
| dhcp_agent_notification=True | (BoolOpt) Allow sending resource operation notification to DHCP agent |
| dhcp_lease_duration=86400 | (IntOpt) DHCP lease duration |
| disable_process_locking=False | (BoolOpt) Whether to disable inter-process locks |
| force_gateway_on_subnet=False | (BoolOpt) Ensure that configured gateway is on subnet |
| host=docwork | (StrOpt) The hostname Neutron is running on |
| interface_driver=None | (StrOpt) The driver used to manage the virtual interface. |
| lock_path=None | (StrOpt) Directory to use for lock files. Default to a temp directory |
| mac_generation_retries=16 | (IntOpt) How many times Neutron will retry MAC generation |
| max_dns_nameservers=5 | (IntOpt) Maximum number of DNS nameservers |
| max_fixed_ips_per_port=5 | (IntOpt) Maximum number of fixed ips per port |
| max_subnet_host_routes=20 | (IntOpt) Maximum number of host routes per subnet |
| meta_flavor_driver_mappings=None | (StrOpt) Mapping between flavor and LinuxInterfaceDriver |
| network_device_mtu=None | (IntOpt) MTU setting for device. |
| ovs_integration_bridge=br-int | (StrOpt) Name of Open vSwitch bridge to use |
| ovs_use_veth=False | (BoolOpt) Uses veth for an interface or not |
| periodic_fuzzy_delay=5 | (IntOpt) Range of seconds to randomly delay when starting the periodic task scheduler to reduce stampeding. (Disable by setting to 0) |
| periodic_interval=40 | (IntOpt) Seconds between running periodic tasks |
| root_helper=sudo | (StrOpt) Root helper application. |
| root_helper=sudo | (StrOpt) Root helper application. |
| state_path=/var/lib/neutron | (StrOpt) Where to store Neutron state files. This directory must be writable by the agent. |
