Increasing the number of IP addresses in a Network using the Horizon dashboard
We have seen that, as a part of the Network creation, the user also creates a Subnet, which is essentially an IP address range. Consider a situation where a user creates a Subnet with a set of IP addresses. Once all the IP addresses of this Subnet are assigned to instances, any new instance created will not get an appropriate network connectivity. To increase the IP addresses in the same Network, the user will have to create another Subnet on the same Network. This recipe will show you how to do this.
Getting ready
To create another Subnet, the inputs that you will need are as follows:
A range of IP addresses
A name for the Subnet
How to do it…
The following steps will show you how to add another Subnet to a Network:
Log in to the OpenStack Horizon dashboard using the appropriate credentials.
In the left navigation menu, click on Project, then Network | Networks.
Now, click on the drop-down icon (triangle) next to the...