Manage unmanaged networks

In private cloud datacenters, unmanaged networks are a special type of external network with IP addresses that are allocated outside of the platform. Abiquo does not manage the IP addresses for VMs attached to these networks.

Before you begin, obtain the details of your network in the infrastructure, including the VLAN tag, network address, and gateway.

To create unmanaged networks do these steps:

1. Go to Infrastructure → Private → select Datacenter → Datacenter details → Network → External.
2. At the top of the External page, click the Add + button  
3. Complete the dialog as described, marking the Unmanaged checkbox.

To display IP addresses of NICS in unmanaged networks, add them:

• using the API; or
• during VM capture using the UI or API 

For strict IPv6 networks, you cannot add IP addresses, but the platform retrieves the MAC address from the hypervisor and uses that to generate an IPv6 address for display, which should be the same as the one allocated by the router system.

Screenshot: adding IP addresses during the capture process. 

Networking pages

• Introduction to Abiquo Networking
• Administrator guide to configuring networks: Network
• Platform network administration: Networks, including Abiquo virtual networks
  • Private networks in virtual datacenters: Manage Networks
  • Manage External Networks
  • Manage Public Networks