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Creating an AWS subnet

Use the Edge Services portal to create an Amazon Web Services (AWS) subnet. A subnet is a range of IP addresses used with your AWS virtual private cloud (VPC). After you create the subnet, you can view details and perform actions such editing or deleting.

To create an AWS subnet:

  1. Click Infrastructure, then click Network.

    The Edge Services portal shows the networks created for your organization.
Edge Service Manager network view
  1. Click + ADD, then select Amazon Subnet.  
     
    The Edge Services portal shows the Create Network window.
Create Network window
  1. In the Create Network window, complete the following fields:
Field Description

GROUP

 Select the group assigned to the subnet. 

CLOUD

Select the cloud assigned to the subnet.

NAME

 Type a unique name for the AWS subnet.

DISPLAY NAME

 Type a unique name for the AWS subnet as it will be displayed in the Networks list.

DESCRIPTION

 Type a brief description of the AWS subnet. 

CIDR

 Classless inter-domain routing (CIDR) is a method of assigning IP addresses designed to improve the efficiency of address distribution. Type the range of IP addresses that are reserved to prevent AWS from assigning them to your network interfaces.

VPC

 Select the VPC associated with this subnet.

AVAILABILITY ZONE

 Select the location within an AWS region to be isolated from failures in other availability zones.

ASSIGN PUBLIC IP

 Select this option to assign a public IP address to the subnet.

ACTIVE

 Select this option to mark this subnet as active.

DHCP SERVER

 Select this option if the subnet has a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server assigning IP addresses to hosts.

ALLOW IP OVERRIDE

 Select this option if the AWS subnet has the same IP address space within its parent network.

DOMAIN

 Select the domain to associate with this subnet.
  1. In the Advanced Options section, complete the following fields:
Field Description

SEARCH DOMAINS

 Enter a comma-separated list of domains to add to the subnet DNS configuration.

SCAN NETWORK

Select this option to enable the subnet to ping the IP addresses in the specified range.

PROXY

 This field is unavailable.

BYPASS PROXY FOR APPLIANCE URL

 This field is unavailable.

NO PROXY

 This field is unavailable.
  1. In the Guest Console SSH Tunnel section, complete the following fields:
Field Description

GUEST CONSOLE JUMP HOST

 Type the DNS hostname or IP address of the jump host.

GUEST CONSOLE JUMP PORT

Type the port for Secure Socket Shell (SSH) if you are using a port other than port 22.

GUEST CONSOLE JUMP USERNAME

 Type the username to authenticate to the jump host.

GUEST CONSOLE JUMP PASSWORD

 Type the password to authenticate to the jump host.

GUEST CONSOLE JUMP KEYPAIR

 Enter the keypair saved in the Edge Services portal to be used in lieu of, or in addition to, the password to the jump host.
  1. In the Group Access section, complete the following fields:
Field Description

all

 Select this option to grant all groups access to this subnet.

Group Name

The groups you created will be listed here.

  • All—Select this option to grant all groups access to this AWS subnet. 
  • Access—Select this option to grant individual groups access to the AWS subnet.
  • Default—Select this option to assign the default group for the AWS subnet.
  1. Click SAVE CHANGES.

    The Edge Services portal creates the AWS subnet.