Creating a network

This section explains how to create a network within a project for the deployment of resources such as a virtual server.

You can create multiple networks within a project.

1. Set the environment variable below as follows:

   $ NW_NAME=<newNetworkName>(any)

   $ AZ=<availabilityZoneName>

2. Execute the following API:

   $ curl -Ss $NETWORK/v2.0/networks -X POST \
   -H "X-Auth-Token: $OS_AUTH_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   -d '{"network":{ "name": "'$NW_NAME'", "availability_zone": "'$AZ'"}}' \
   | jq .

   The following response is output:

   {
     "network": {
       "status": "ACTIVE",
       "subnets": [],
       "name": "<specifiedNetworkName>",
       "admin_state_up": true,
       "tenant_id": "<projId>",
       "shared": false,
       "id": "<newNetworkId>",
       "availability_zone": "<specifiedAvailabilityZone>"
     }
   }
   

   For the availability zones, AZ1 is expressed as "jp-east-1a", and AZ2 is expressed as "jp-east-1b".

3. Execute the following API to confirm that the network was created properly.

   $ curl -Ss $NETWORK/v2.0/networks -X GET \
   -H  "X-Auth-Token: $OS_AUTH_TOKEN" | jq .

   If a list including the network name that you specified is output, as follows, that means the network was created successfully.

   The network names "inf_az1_ext_net01" and "inf_az2_ext_net01" are external networks that exist by default.

   {
     "networks": [
       {
         "status": "ACTIVE",
         "subnets": [
           "5079f324-5db0-44ee-92ac-3a6b7977b23f",
           "a56b6058-0479-43a1-8b27-01c1c05e96a2",
           "c1da3ee7-51c3-4801-bb97-aa03a4383ef0",
           "e96e55b8-84bb-4777-a782-a5d6e8340039",
           "f5e9ec37-88ec-494b-ac55-dae101a54cc1"
         ],
         "name": "inf_az2_ext-net01",
         "router:external": true,
         "tenant_id": "31ceb599e8ff48aeb66f2fd748988960",
         "admin_state_up": true,
         "shared": true,
         "id": "375c49fa-a706-4676-b55b-2d3554e5db6a",
         "availability_zone": "jp-east-1b"
       },
       
       ...
       
       {
         "status": "ACTIVE",
         "subnets": [],
         "name": "<networkName>",
         "router:external": false,
         "tenant_id": "<projId>",
         "admin_state_up": true,
         "shared": false,
         "id": "<networkId>",
         "availability_zone": "<availabilityZone>"
       },
       {
         "status": "ACTIVE",
         "subnets": [
           "37ca5225-6ca6-4ee6-a49d-d479400a632b",
           "3c2419a7-7745-452c-bee5-664db03129bb",
           "7c7feecd-082c-415b-865a-82d4e5de97e5",
           "d96cdd6c-6e1e-4331-9c8e-42b52588b767",
           "ff4a9bd6-37be-4c03-9b87-1f693f807b48"
         ],
         "name": "inf_az1_ext-net01",
         "router:external": true,
         "tenant_id": "31ceb599e8ff48aeb66f2fd748988960",
         "admin_state_up": true,
         "shared": true,
         "id": "af4198a9-b392-493d-80ec-a7c6e5a1c22a",
         "availability_zone": "jp-east-1a"
       }
     ]
   }