Appendix A. Example network_data file


# Storage
- name: Storage
  vip: true
  name_lower: storage
  ip_subnet: '172.16.0.0/24'
  allocation_pools: [{'start': '172.16.0.4', 'end': '172.16.0.250'}]
- name: Storage1
  vip: false
  name_lower: storage1
  ip_subnet: '172.16.1.0/24'
  allocation_pools: [{'start': '172.16.1.4', 'end': '172.16.1.250'}]
- name: Storage2
  vip: false
  name_lower: storage2
  ip_subnet: '172.16.2.0/24'
  allocation_pools: [{'start': '172.16.2.4', 'end': '172.16.2.250'}]

# StorageMgmt
- name: StorageMgmt
  name_lower: storage_mgmt
  vip: true
  ip_subnet: '172.17.0.0/24'
  allocation_pools: [{'start': '172.17.0.0', 'end': '172.17.0.250'}]
- name: StorageMgmt1
  name_lower: storage_mgmt1
  vip: false
  ip_subnet: '172.17.1.0/24'
  allocation_pools: [{'start': '172.17.1.4', 'end': '172.17.1.250'}]
- name: StorageMgmt2
  name_lower: storage_mgmt2
  vip: false
  ip_subnet: '172.17.2.0/24'
  allocation_pools: [{'start': '172.17.2.4', 'end': '172.17.2.250'}]

# Internal API
- name: InternalApi
  name_lower: internal_api
  vip: true
  ip_subnet: '172.18.0.0/24'
  allocation_pools: [{'start': '172.18.0.4', 'end': '172.18.0.250'}]
- name: InternalApi1
  name_lower: internal_api1
  vip: false
  ip_subnet: '172.18.1.0/24'
  allocation_pools: [{'start': '172.18.1.4', 'end': '172.18.1.250'}]
- name: InternalApi2
  name_lower: internal_api2
  vip: false
  ip_subnet: '172.18.2.0/24'
  allocation_pools: [{'start': '172.18.2.4', 'end': '172.18.2.250'}]

# Tenant
- name: Tenant
  vip: false  # Tenant network does not use VIPs
  name_lower: tenant
  ip_subnet: '172.19.0.0/24'
  allocation_pools: [{'start': '172.19.0.4', 'end': '172.19.0.250'}]
- name: Tenant1
  vip: false  # Tenant network does not use VIPs
  name_lower: tenant1
  ip_subnet: '172.19.1.0/24'
  allocation_pools: [{'start': '172.19.1.4', 'end': '172.19.1.250'}]
- name: Tenant2
  vip: false  # Tenant network does not use VIPs
  name_lower: tenant2
  ip_subnet: '172.19.2.0/24'
  allocation_pools: [{'start': '172.19.2.4', 'end': '172.19.2.250'}]

- name: External
  vip: true
  name_lower: external
  ip_subnet: '10.0.0.0/24'
  allocation_pools: [{'start': '10.0.0.4', 'end': '10.0.0.250'}]
  gateway_ip: '10.0.0.1'
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