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Create Network

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To learn about Networks and Subnets, see Networks and Subnets.

A Network is one logical network, such as a VPC or a VRF. Examples: prod, staging, management, storage.

Create a Network

  1. Navigate to Networking → tab NetworksCreate Network.
  2. Provide a name, unique within your organization.
  3. Click Create.

A Network itself doesn't hold much, so you want to add a Subnet next.

Terraform

Reference

Stretched L2

terraform
# stretched L2: one subnet, used by machines on both sites
resource "meltcloud_network" "stretched" {
  name = "wl-prd"
}

resource "meltcloud_subnet" "stretched" {
  network_id = meltcloud_network.stretched.id
  name       = "wl-prd"
  addressing = "dhcp"
  vlan       = 10
}

Subnet per rack or zone

terraform
# subnet per rack or zone: one subnet per segment, in the same network
resource "meltcloud_network" "per_zone" {
  name = "wl-prd-zoned"
}

resource "meltcloud_subnet" "az1" {
  network_id = meltcloud_network.per_zone.id
  name       = "wl-prd-az1"
  addressing = "dhcp"
  vlan       = 10
}

resource "meltcloud_subnet" "az2" {
  network_id = meltcloud_network.per_zone.id
  name       = "wl-prd-az2"
  addressing = "dhcp"
  vlan       = 20
}