Learning OpenStack Networking - Third Edition

Creating a subnet pool

To create a subnet pool, you will need the following information at a minimum:

• Subnet pool prefix in CIDR notation
• Subnet pool name

Additional information can be provided based on your environment and can be determined using the openstack subnet pool create -h command.

To demonstrate this command in action, create a subnet pool with the following characteristics:

• Name: MySubnetPool
• Subnet Pool CIDR: 172.31.0.0/16

To create the subnet pool, refer to the following screenshot:

The subnet pool MySubnetPool is now available for use, but only by the project that created it, as shared is False.

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