A network is an isolated Layer 2 networking segment. There are two types of networks, project and provider networks. Project networks are fully isolated and are not shared with other projects. Provider networks map to existing physical networks in the data center and provide external network access for servers and other resources. Only an OpenStack administrator can create provider networks. Networks can be connected via routers.
Compute v2, Network v2
Create new network
openstack network create
[--project <project> [--project-domain <project-domain>]]
[--enable | --disable]
[--share | --no-share]
[--description <description>]
[--availability-zone-hint <availability-zone>]
[--enable-port-security | --disable-port-security]
[--external [--default | --no-default] | --internal]
[--provider-network-type <provider-network-type>]
[--provider-physical-network <provider-physical-network>]
[--provider-segment <provider-segment>]
[--qos-policy <qos-policy>]
[--transparent-vlan | --no-transparent-vlan]
[--tag <tag> | --no-tag]
<name>
--project
<project>
¶Owner’s project (name or ID)
Network version 2 only
--project-domain
<project-domain>
¶Domain the project belongs to (name or ID). This can be used in case collisions between project names exist.
Network version 2 only
--enable
¶Enable network (default)
Network version 2 only
--disable
¶Disable network
Network version 2 only
Share the network between projects
Do not share the network between projects
--description
<description>
¶Set network description
Network version 2 only
--availability-zone-hint
<availability-zone>
¶Availability Zone in which to create this network (Network Availability Zone extension required, repeat option to set multiple availability zones)
Network version 2 only
--enable-port-security
¶Enable port security by default for ports created on this network (default)
Network version 2 only
--disable-port-security
¶Disable port security by default for ports created on this network
Network version 2 only
--subnet
<subnet>
¶IPv4 subnet for fixed IPs (in CIDR notation)
Compute version 2 only
--external
¶Set this network as an external network (external-net extension required)
Network version 2 only
--internal
¶Set this network as an internal network (default)
Network version 2 only
--default
¶Specify if this network should be used as the default external network
Network version 2 only
--no-default
¶Do not use the network as the default external network (default)
Network version 2 only
--provider-network-type
<provider-network-type>
¶The physical mechanism by which the virtual network is implemented. The supported options are: flat, geneve, gre, local, vlan, vxlan.
Network version 2 only
--provider-physical-network
<provider-physical-network>
¶Name of the physical network over which the virtual network is implemented
Network version 2 only
--provider-segment
<provider-segment>
¶VLAN ID for VLAN networks or Tunnel ID for GENEVE/GRE/VXLAN networks
Network version 2 only
--qos-policy
<qos-policy>
¶QoS policy to attach to this network (name or ID)
Network version 2 only
--transparent-vlan
¶Make the network VLAN transparent
Network version 2 only
--no-transparent-vlan
¶Do not make the network VLAN transparent
Network version 2 only
--tag
<tag>
¶Tag to be added to the network (repeat option to set multiple tags)
Network version 2 only
--no-tag
¶No tags associated with the network
Network version 2 only
<name>
New network name
Delete network(s)
openstack network delete
<network> [<network> ...]
<network>
Network(s) to delete (name or ID)
List networks
openstack network list
[--external | --internal]
[--long]
[--name <name>]
[--enable | --disable]
[--project <project> [--project-domain <project-domain>]]
[--share | --no-share]
[--status <status>]
[--provider-network-type <provider-network-type>]
[--provider-physical-network <provider-physical-network>]
[--provider-segment <provider-segment>]
[--agent <agent-id>]
[--tags <tag>[,<tag>,...]] [--any-tags <tag>[,<tag>,...]]
[--not-tags <tag>[,<tag>,...]] [--not-any-tags <tag>[,<tag>,...]]
--external
¶List external networks
Network version 2 only
--internal
¶List internal networks
Network version 2 only
--long
¶List additional fields in output
Network version 2 only
--name
<name>
¶List networks according to their name
Network version 2 only
--enable
¶List enabled networks
Network version 2 only
--disable
¶List disabled networks
Network version 2 only
--project
<project>
¶List networks according to their project (name or ID)
Network version 2 only
--project-domain
<project-domain>
¶Domain the project belongs to (name or ID). This can be used in case collisions between project names exist.
Network version 2 only
List networks shared between projects
Network version 2 only
List networks not shared between projects
Network version 2 only
--status
<status>
¶List networks according to their status (‘ACTIVE’, ‘BUILD’, ‘DOWN’, ‘ERROR’)
--provider-network-type
<provider-network-type>
¶List networks according to their physical mechanisms. The supported options are: flat, geneve, gre, local, vlan, vxlan.
Network version 2 only
--provider-physical-network
<provider-physical-network>
¶List networks according to name of the physical network
Network version 2 only
--provider-segment
<provider-segment>
¶List networks according to VLAN ID for VLAN networks or Tunnel ID for GENEVE/GRE/VXLAN networks
Network version 2 only
--agent
<agent-id>
¶List networks hosted by agent (ID only)
Network version 2 only
List networks which have all given tag(s)
Network version 2 only
List networks which have any given tag(s)
Network version 2 only
Exclude networks which have all given tag(s)
Network version 2 only
Exclude networks which have any given tag(s)
Network version 2 only
Set network properties
Network version 2 only
openstack network set
[--name <name>]
[--enable | --disable]
[--share | --no-share]
[--description <description>]
[--enable-port-security | --disable-port-security]
[--external [--default | --no-default] | --internal]
[--provider-network-type <provider-network-type>]
[--provider-physical-network <provider-physical-network>]
[--provider-segment <provider-segment>]
[--qos-policy <qos-policy> | --no-qos-policy]
[--tag <tag>] [--no-tag]
<network>
--name
<name>
¶Set network name
--enable
¶Enable network
--disable
¶Disable network
Share the network between projects
Do not share the network between projects
--description
<description>
¶Set network description
--enable-port-security
¶Enable port security by default for ports created on this network
--disable-port-security
¶Disable port security by default for ports created on this network
--external
¶Set this network as an external network. (external-net extension required)
--internal
¶Set this network as an internal network
--default
¶Set the network as the default external network
--no-default
¶Do not use the network as the default external network.
--provider-network-type
<provider-network-type>
¶The physical mechanism by which the virtual network is implemented. The supported options are: flat, gre, local, vlan, vxlan.
--provider-physical-network
<provider-physical-network>
¶Name of the physical network over which the virtual network is implemented
--provider-segment
<provider-segment>
¶VLAN ID for VLAN networks or Tunnel ID for GRE/VXLAN networks
--qos-policy
<qos-policy>
¶QoS policy to attach to this network (name or ID)
--no-qos-policy
¶Remove the QoS policy attached to this network
--tag
<tag>
¶Tag to be added to the network (repeat option to set multiple tags)
--no-tag
¶Clear tags associated with the network. Specify both –tag and –no-tag to overwrite current tags
<network>
Network to modify (name or ID)
Display network details
openstack network show
<network>
<network>
Network to display (name or ID)
Unset network properties
Network version 2 only
openstack network unset
[--tag <tag> | --all-tag]
<network>
--tag
<tag>
¶Tag to be removed from the network (repeat option to remove multiple tags)
--all-tag
¶Clear all tags associated with the network
<network>
Network to modify (name or ID)
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