Default templates values: [stack@instack ~]$ grep NeutronExternalNetworkBridge /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/* /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/net-bond-with-vlans.yaml: NeutronExternalNetworkBridge: "''" /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/net-single-nic-with-vlans.yaml: NeutronExternalNetworkBridge: "''" Resulting l3_agent.ini after deploying using the default environment files: [root@overcloud-controller-1 ~]# grep external_network_bridge /etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini | grep -v '^#' external_network_bridge =