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2.201. openstack network create

usage: openstack network create [-h] [-f {json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                                [--share | --no-share] [--enable | --disable]
                                [--project <project>]
                                [--project-domain <project-domain>]
                                [--availability-zone-hint <availability-zone>]
                                [--enable-port-security | --disable-port-security]
                                [--external | --internal]
                                [--default | --no-default]
                                [--provider-network-type <provider-network-type>]
                                [--provider-physical-network <provider-physical-network>]
                                [--provider-segment <provider-segment>]
                                [--transparent-vlan | --no-transparent-vlan]
                                <name>
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Create new network

Positional arguments

<name>


        New network name

Optional arguments

-h, --help


        show this help message and exit

--share


        Share the network between projects

--no-share


        Do not share the network between projects

--enable


        Enable network (default)

--disable


        Disable network

--project <project>


        Owner's project (name or ID)

--project-domain <project-domain>


      Domain the project belongs to (name or ID). This can
      be used in case collisions between project names
      exist.

--availability-zone-hint <availability-zone>


      Availability Zone in which to create this network
      (Network Availability Zone extension required, repeat
      option to set multiple availability zones)

--enable-port-security


      Enable port security by default for ports created on
      this network (default)

--disable-port-security


      Disable port security by default for ports created on
      this network

--external


        Set this network as an external network (external-net
      extension required)

--internal


        Set this network as an internal network (default)

--default


        Specify if this network should be used as the default
      external network

--no-default


        Do not use the network as the default external network
      (default)

--provider-network-type <provider-network-type>


      The physical mechanism by which the virtual network is
      implemented. The supported options are: flat, geneve,
      gre, local, vlan, vxlan.

--provider-physical-network <provider-physical-network>


      Name of the physical network over which the virtual
      network is implemented

--provider-segment <provider-segment>


      VLAN ID for VLAN networks or Tunnel ID for
      GENEVE/GRE/VXLAN networks

--transparent-vlan


        Make the network VLAN transparent

--no-transparent-vlan


      Do not make the network VLAN transparent

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