--- layout: "cloudstack" page_title: "CloudStack: cloudstack_nic" sidebar_current: "docs-cloudstack-resource-nic" description: |- Creates an additional NIC to add a VM to the specified network. --- # cloudstack\_nic Creates an additional NIC to add a VM to the specified network. ## Example Usage Basic usage: ``` resource "cloudstack_nic" "test" { network_id = "6eb22f91-7454-4107-89f4-36afcdf33021" ip_address = "192.168.1.1" virtual_machine_id = "f8141e2f-4e7e-4c63-9362-986c908b7ea7" } ``` ## Argument Reference The following arguments are supported: * `network_id` - (Required) The ID of the network to plug the NIC into. Changing this forces a new resource to be created. * `ip_address` - (Optional) The IP address to assign to the NIC. Changing this forces a new resource to be created. * `virtual_machine_id` - (Required) The ID of the virtual machine to which to attach the NIC. Changing this forces a new resource to be created. ## Attributes Reference The following attributes are exported: * `id` - The ID of the NIC. * `ip_address` - The assigned IP address.