Build and manage a network

IX cloud network service offers a scalable system to manage network connection for distributing Ixcloud.

Network service can respond effectively to a request. (e.g. creation and assignment of a new IP address)

*Process

1. How to create a network
2. How to create a router

1. Create a network

1. On the Cloud management console page, click button after Project > Networks.

2. In the ‘Network Create’ dialog box, do the following:

Network tab

Network Name:  Type the distinguishable name of network.

 

Subnet tab

Create subnet: please select the check box to create subnet.
                   

 If you want to create network without subnet, please deselect the ‘create subnet’ check box.

Subnet Name : Specify the name of subnet. In general 192.168.0.0 or 10.0.0.0 is used as private bandwidth.

Network Address: specify IP address of subnet.
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IP Version: select IPv4 or IPv6 as IP version.

Gateway IP: This is optional. If you have a specific gateway, specify the IP address.

If you don’t, just leave it blank.

Disable Gateway: If you don’t want use a gateway, check ‘Disable gateway’ box.

   

Subnet details tab

Enable DHCP: If you want use DHCP, select this check box.

Allocation Pools: Specify IP address pools.
     Each entry is: start_ip_address,end_ip_address (e.g.,168.1.100.192,168.1.120) and one entry per line.

DNS Name Servers: Specify DNS name servers for this subnet.One entry per line. 8.8.8.8 is the name server of Google.

Host Routes: Specify additional routes to the hosts. Each entry is: destination_cidr, nexthop (e.g.,192.168.200.0/24,10.56.1.254) and one entry per line.

  3)   Click button, then you can see the created network with the completion message.

2. Create a router

1. Click button after Project  > Networks> Routers.

2. In the’ Ceate Router’ dialog box, specify the name of routers and click button.

3. Click button of the created router on ‘Router’ page.

4. Select a network in ‘External Network’ tab, to which router connects and then, click .

5. If you want to connect the created router to the private network, please refer to the following steps.

1. Click the 'name of router’ on the Routers page.
    

2. Click button in the interface tab of the ‘Router details’ tab.

3. In the ‘Add an interface’ dialog box, do the following:

     

Subnet: Select subnet.

IP address: Specify an IP address for the interface created.

    - If this lank is not set, generally the first IP address of the subnet will be used.

6. Then, Click button.
   
   

You can see the created router in ‘Network technology’ as well.

                The router, test_plan_routers has been created; this is connected to an external network. (ext-net)

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