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Create VPCs and Subnets for Instance

Insert excerptSetting up an IBM Cloud Instance for Charon-SSPSetting up an IBM Cloud Instance for Charon-SSPnopaneltrueIf the necessary VPC and the associated subnets do not exist yet, create them before you create your virtual server. A virtual server can be a member of one VPC.

Step 1: go to the VPC section.

Select the Menu at the top left, and then VPC Infrastructure > Network > VPCs. This will open the list of existing VPCs or an empty list as shown in the sample below:

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Step 2: start the VPC creation.

To open the VPC creation window, click on the Create button at the top right of the VPC list.

Step 3: enter the required information for the new VPC and the first subnet.

At the top of the VPC creation window, enter the following information as shown in the sample below:

• VPC Name
• Resource group to which the VPC belongs
• Tags (optional)
• Access allowed by the default security group.

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In the middle of the VPC creation window enter the following information as shown in the sample below:

• Whether a default address prefix should be created for each zone.
• Information for the first subnet in the VPC:
  • Subnet name
  • Resource group for the subnet
  • Location of the subnet

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At the bottom of the VPC creation window enter at least the following information as shown in the sample below:

• IP range for the subnet (the size of the subnet cannot be changed later!)
• Whether a public gateway for Internet traffic should be attached to the subnet (enables outgoing Internet access for systems on this subnet)

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You can add additional subnets later.

Step 4: confirm your data and create VPC and subnet.

To complete the creation of VPC and subnet, click on the blue button Create virtual private cloud on the right pane of the window:

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After this, your new VPC should be visible in the VPC list.

If required, you can now configure the ACL for the subnet (by default, it allows all traffic), or other parameters of the VPC. To get to these options, click on the name of the VPC in the list.

Adding Additional NICs to an Instance

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