Use NICs in restricted networks

Restricted networks may be external, unmanaged, or public networks. Customers can use them for VM maintenance and control purposes.

Users with the appropriate privileges can attach or detach NICs in restricted networks to VMs. The privileges are as follows:

• Attach NICs in restricted networks to VMs
• Detach NICs in restricted networks from VMs

By default, only the cloud administrator role has these privileges.

To restrict access to a network, edit the network and select the Restricted option.

This functionality is available in the API, using the "restricted" attribute of the VLANNetwork media type. 

If the user has the privilege to attach or detach NICs in these networks, then they will be able to manage the network IP addresses when configuring the VM. See VM network.