--- layout: "cloudstack" page_title: "CloudStack: cloudstack_network" sidebar_current: "docs-cloudstack-resource-network" description: |- Creates a network. --- # cloudstack\_network Creates a network. ## Example Usage Basic usage: ``` resource "cloudstack_network" "default" { name = "test-network" cidr = "10.0.0.0/16" network_offering = "Default Network" zone = "zone-1" } ``` ## Argument Reference The following arguments are supported: * `name` - (Required) The name of the network. * `display_text` - (Optional) The display text of the network. * `cidr` - (Required) The CIDR block for the network. Changing this forces a new resource to be created. * `startip` - (Optional) Start of the IP block that will be available on the network. Defaults to the second available IP in the range. * `endip` - (Optional) End of the IP block that will be available on the network. Defaults to the last available IP in the range. * `gateway` - (Optional) Gateway that will be provided to the instances in this network. Defaults to the first usable IP in the range. * `network_offering` - (Required) The name or ID of the network offering to use for this network. * `vlan` - (Optional) The VLAN number (1-4095) the network will use. This might be required by the Network Offering if specifyVlan=true is set. * `vpc` - (Optional) The name or ID of the VPC to create this network for. Changing this forces a new resource to be created. * `aclid` - (Optional) The ID of a network ACL that should be attached to the network. Changing this forces a new resource to be created. * `project` - (Optional) The name or ID of the project to deploy this instance to. Changing this forces a new resource to be created. * `zone` - (Required) The name or ID of the zone where this disk volume will be available. Changing this forces a new resource to be created. ## Attributes Reference The following attributes are exported: * `id` - The ID of the network. * `display_text` - The display text of the network.