Networks

This dashboard page is located under the Manage Compute -> Networks page. This page allows you to create a network and subnetwork, edit the name of a network, and delete a network.

A network is generally a | CIDR network block such as 192.168.0.0/24 or 10.8.8.0/24 or a similar | private network. Using these networks, you can give your instances a default private ip in a specific network or subnet which allows or disallows instances from talking to each other.

Viewing Networks
Once you have logged into the DreamCompute dashboard, click the Networks tab in the left-hand panel under Manage Compute.


 * [[file:NetworksPanel.png]]


 * After you click Networks, a page appears in the main panel that shows you existing networks.
 * The buttons on the top right allow you to create or delete a network.

Creating a Network

 * [[File:CreateNetworkButton.png]]

To create a network, click the + CREATE NETWORK button on the right-hand side to begin the process of creating a new network. A dialog box opens with three tabs (Network, Subnet, and Subnet Detail) which you use to configure the network.

Network tab

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 * 1) Network Name &mdash; Enter an optional name for your network. If one is not specified, it will be given a default name containing the networks key, such as "(1c57afe3)".
 * 2) Admin State &mdash; Make a selection in the checkbox which toggles the admin state for the network. If the admin state is not given to a network, the network will not forward packets.

Subnet tab

 * [[file:DreamComputeNetwork2.png]]


 * 1) Create Subnet &mdash; Make a selection in the checkbox which toggles whether a subnet should be created for this network. A network without a subnet is basically just a label with no IPs defined.  If this box is unchecked, nothing on the "Subnet" tab needs to be filled out.
 * 2) Subnet Name &mdash; Enter an optional name for your subnet. It will show later in the "Subnets Associated" column of the list of networks.
 * 3) Network Address &mdash; If "Create Subnet" is checked, enter a network address. This needs to be filled with a | CIDR network block such as 192.168.0.0/24 or 10.8.8.0/24 or a similar | private network.
 * 4) IP Version &mdash; Make a selection from the drop-down box which allows either IPv4 or IPv6 network protocols.
 * 5) Gateway IP &mdash; Enter an optional value to specify a gateway IP address.
 * 6) Disable Gateway &mdash; Make a selection in the checkbox to specify whether the gateway should be disabled.

Subnet Detail tab

 * [[file:DreamComputeNetwork3.png]]


 * 1) Enable DHCP &mdash; Make a selection in the checkbox. DHCP is enabled by default and allows a DHCP agent running to perform static address assignment.
 * 2) Allocation Pools &mdash; Enter an optional list of ip ranges for DHCP to assign, in the form of ",", with each range on its own line.
 * 3) DNS Name Servers &mdash; Enter an optional list of DNS server ip addresses for DHCP to provide to instances which it assigns static addresses.
 * 4) Host Routes &mdash; Enter an optional list of additional routes for DHCP to assign, in the form of ", ", with each on its own line.

Create a network


Once these entries are filled to your specifications, click Create to complete the network creation.

Editing a network

 * [[file:DreamComputeNetworkEdit.png]]


 * Select EDIT NETWORK in the Actions column.

Deleting a Network

 * [[file:DreamComputeNetworkDelete.png]]


 * To delete a network, Select DELETE NETWORK in the MORE drop-down menu in the Actions column.