Floodlight can be run as a network plugin for OpenStack using Neutron. The Neutron plugin exposes a Networking-as-a-Service (NaaS) model via a REST API that is implemented by Floodlight. This solution has two components: a virtual network filter module in Floodlight (that implements the Neutron API) and the Neutron RestProxy plugin that connects Floodlight to Neutron.

Once a Floodlight controller is integrated into OpenStack, network engineers can dynamically provision network resources alongside other virtual and physical computer resources. This improves the overall flexibility and performance.