I have same issue in a test deployment with only one node. root@ubuntu01:~# nova-manage service list Binary Host Zone Status State Updated_At nova-scheduler ubuntu01 internal enabled :-) 2013-10-06 16:43:28 nova-conductor ubuntu01 internal enabled :-) 2013-10-06 16:43:28 nova-network ubuntu01 internal enabled :-) 2013-10-06 16:43:24 nova-cert ubuntu01 internal enabled :-) 2013-10-06 16:43:22 nova-consoleauth ubuntu01 internal enabled :-) 2013-10-06 16:43:28 nova-compute ubuntu01 nova enabled :-) 2013-10-06 16:43:29 root@ubuntu01:~# nova network-show dc6cc0b2-bed5-45af-9dbe-6db52dd9579e +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Property | Value | +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ | bridge | br100 | | vpn_public_port | None | | dhcp_start | 192.168.210.2 | | bridge_interface | eth0 | | updated_at | 2013-10-06T15:42:47.000000 | | id | dc6cc0b2-bed5-45af-9dbe-6db52dd9579e | | cidr_v6 | None | | deleted_at | None | | gateway | 192.168.210.1 | | rxtx_base | None | | label | private | | priority | None | | project_id | None | | vpn_private_address | None | | deleted | 0 | | vlan | None | | broadcast | 192.168.210.255 | | netmask | 255.255.255.0 | | injected | False | | cidr | 192.168.210.0/24 | | vpn_public_address | None | | multi_host | False | | dns2 | None | | created_at | 2013-10-06T15:41:01.000000 | | host | ubuntu01 | | gateway_v6 | None | | netmask_v6 | None | | dns1 | 8.8.4.4 | +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ root@ubuntu01:~# ifconfig br100 br100 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 00:0c:29:85:46:af Direc. inet:192.168.210.1 Difus.:192.168.210.255 Másc:255.255.255.0 Dirección inet6: fe80::a007:67ff:fe5e:90e3/64 Alcance:Enlace ACTIVO DIFUSIÓN FUNCIONANDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:12252 errores:0 perdidos:10 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:12463 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 colisiones:0 long.colaTX:0 Bytes RX:1156170 (1.1 MB) TX bytes:6932529 (6.9 MB) My rabbitmq isn't overloaded.