Create a private network

Private networks are only available within a virtual datacenter. However, your cloud provider may configure an external gateway for your virtual datacenter.

To create a private network:

Go to myCloud → Virtual datacenters
Select a virtual datacenter
Go to Network → Private
Click the + add button and complete the dialog

Create a private network in private cloud

Create a private network in Amazon

Create a private network in AWS

Table: Create a private network with IPv4

Field	Description

Field	Description
Name	Name of the network. The name can contain up to 128 characters
IPv6	Select checkbox for IPv6 network. See table below The Abiquo NSX-T integration does not support IPv6
Network Address	Private address range of the network
Netmask	For IPv4 enter a network mask with an integer value of between 16 and 30
Gateway	Gateway of the network. Must be an IP within the range of the network address and mask
Internet gateway	In AWS, select this option to create a public subnet with a route to an internet gateway
Availability zone	Optionally, in AWS for high availability, select an Availability zone. To deploy a group of VMs separately, use a different availability zone for each VM. To assign a VM to an availability zone, assign a private IP address in the network belonging to the required availability zone
Primary DNS	The primary DNS.
Secondary DNS	The secondary DNS
DNS suffix	The DNS suffix. The Abiquo NSX-T integration does not use this attribute but you can enter it for information purposes.
Excluded from firewall	Select Excluded from firewall to define a network where VM firewalls will not apply
Static Routes	In supported providers, optionally select Define to create static routes. See Configure Static Routes using DHCP
Default network	Select to make this network the default network, replacing the existing default network

You can define static routes when you create or edit a network. But you should check with your systems administrator about when your VM will receive changes to static routes.

Table: Static routes for private networks

Field	Description	Example

Field	Description	Example
Netmask	Destination network mask	255.255.255.0
Network ID	Destination network or host	1.1.1.0
Gateway IP	Next hop (on your network)	10.10.100.1

IPv6 Strict network

IPv6 Non-strict network

Table: Create a private netowrk for IPv6

Field	Description

Field	Description
Name	Name of the network. The name can contain up to 128 characters
IPv6	Select checkbox for IPv6 network
Strict	IPv6 only. If you select Strict, Abiquo will automatically generate the network address (ULA) and also the IP addresses. If you do not select strict, you can enter the network address and IP addresses.
Netmask	Network mask of 48, 56 or 64.
Network Address	Private address range of the network. Only for non-strict networks
Primary DNS	The primary DNS
Secondary DNS	The secondary DNS
DNS suffix	The DNS suffix
Default network	Make this network the default network. In a datacenter, this will override the existing default network