I am following this guide to install Openstack.

I ran into trouble at the following line in the documentation:

Make /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

resemble (no BOOTPROTO!):

Note: if on Centos7, the file is

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/enp2s0

DEVICE=eth0 # or enp2s0 if on CentOS 7

HWADDR=52:54:00:92:05:AE # your hwaddr

TYPE=OVSPort DEVICETYPE=ovs

OVS_BRIDGE=br-ex ONBOOT=yes

The closest file I have is ifcfg-enp6s0f0 and its contents are as follows:

DEVICE="enp6s0f0"

HWADDR="00:15:17:BD:B1:1C"

TYPE="Ethernet"

BOOTPROTO="dhcp"

DEFROUTE="yes"

PEERDNS="yes"

PEERROUTES="yes"

IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL="no"

IPV6INIT="yes"

IPV6_AUTOCONF="yes"

IPV6_DEFROUTE="yes"

IPV6_PEERDNS="yes"

IPV6_PEERROUTES="yes"

IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL="no"

NAME="enp6s0f0"

UUID="52cc819b-ffd9-4828-a7af-5031680c63a8"

ONBOOT="yes"

When I change the original file to "resemble" the documented file and restart network service, I'm booted off ssh and sftp until I physically goto computer and revert changes by console.

Why do I have to configure these files by hand? Is "internet" a special use case for computers in 2015, that requires a separate documentation and non-default install? Is this necessary, shouldn't I be able to configure networks from within Horizon? I am running CentOS 7, what should I be running? What should ifcfg-enp6s0f0 look like?

When I am the dashboard, it errors every time I try to setup a new network. No VM of mine has ever pinged anything from anywhere. I got firewall open open open.

Why does packstack documentation change without dates or version numbers or comments or threaded discussion? Why does "internet" need a seperate doc? Why does DEVSTACK work out of the box for networks, and I have spent 6 months with packstack?