12.4. VNets

A VNet is in its basic form just a Linux bridge that will be deployed locally on the node and used for Virtual Machine communication.

VNet properties are:

ID
a 8 characters ID to name and identify a VNet
Alias
Optional longer name, if the ID isn’t enough
Zone
The associated zone for this VNet
Tag
The unique VLAN or VXLAN id
VLAN Aware
Allow to add an extra VLAN tag in the virtual machine or container vNIC configurations or allow the guest OS to manage the VLAN’s tag.

A sub-network (subnet or sub-net) allows you to define a specific IP network (IPv4 or IPv6). For each VNET, you can define one or more subnets.

A subnet can be used to:

If an IPAM server is associated to the subnet zone, the subnet prefix will be automatically registered in the IPAM.

Subnet properties are: