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Create a network in the public cloud

The network is created within an Edge router. Without using an Edge router, you can connect a virtual data center to the internet only via a Direct Connected subnet; for details, see the Public cloud networks manual.

  1. From the Control Panel, open the Cloud Director panel: in the top menu, click Products → Cloud powered by VMware → the Cloud Director section.

  2. Open the Networking → Networks tab.

  3. Click New. The network creation wizard will start.

  4. At the Scope step, select a data center or a data center group.

  5. Click Next.

  6. At the Network Type step, select the network type. To provide access from the internet, a network of the Routed type is required.

  7. Click Next.

  8. At the Edge Connection step, select an Edge router.

  9. In the Connection Type field, select the interface type Internal.

  10. Click Next.

  11. At the General step, enter the network name.

  12. In the Gateway CIDR field, specify the gateway in the CIDR format. CIDR is a format where the IP address and the number of subnet mask bits are specified (for example, 10.10.1.1/24).

  13. Optional: to allow the network to be used in other virtual data centers within the same organization, enable the Shared toggle switch.

  14. Click Next.

  15. At the Static IP pool step, specify the range of addresses that will be automatically assigned to virtual machines in the format <ip_address_1> — <ip_address_2>. Specify:

    • <ip_address_1> — start subnet address;
    • <ip_address_2> — end subnet IP address.

    The number of available IPs (total:20) will be displayed at the bottom.

  16. Optional: in the DNS section, specify a DNS for your network (for example, 8.8.8.8). By default, the gateway address is specified, but it must be configured separately.

  17. Click Finish.