Cisco Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.3.1 User Guide

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Using OpenStack with the GBP Plug-in

Prerequisites: Preparing Cisco IAC for Working with Policy Rules

Close the Manage Policy Target Groups form.

Prerequisites: Preparing Cisco IAC for Working with Policy Rules

To prepare Cisco IAC for using GBP policies, you must first complete the following workflow:

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Create APIC- and GBP-Enabled OpenStack PE

Discover and register APIC PE

Discover and register OpenStack PE

Create APIC- and GBP-Enabled OpenStack PE

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Discover and Register 

Discovering Policy Objects

Register Policy Objects

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Create the APIC- and GBP-Enabled VDC

Create the associated Tenants and Organizations

These steps are explained below, in workflow order. Note that some or all of these steps may already be in place. You 
do not need to redo anything.

Creating APIC- and GBP-Enabled OpenStack Platform Elements (PEs)

Discovering and Registering the APIC PE

See 

 for more 

information. 

For more information, refer to detailed Cisco APIC documentation located here: 

Discovering and Registering the OpenStack PE

See 

Creating APIC- and GBP-Enabled OpenStack PE

See 

 for information on how to install platform elements and objects.

Discovering and Registering Policy Objects

Discovering Policy Objects

The following objects are discoverable objects within Cisco IAC. Their relevant information is discovered in Cisco IAC 
and needs to be registered for use. You discover these objects in the same way that you would set up and discover 
platform elements (PEs). See 

 for information on installing PEs and objects.

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Policy Actions

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Policy Classifiers