vRack

1. Creating new vRack instance

In the manager in section Network click on Private Network.

You will be greeted with message that this project has no vRack networks yet so click on Create vRack and confirm the message in popup message. The operation may take several minutes

2. Add new vRack network

After new vRack instance has been created you can create new vRack network. Click on Add Private Network.

Region: Choose the same region where you have your instances.

Name: pick any.

3. Add private network to instance

In section Compute click on Instances.

Next click on instance name you wish to add private network to.

In the right hand side in column Network in section Private networks click on three dots and click on Attach a network.

4. Seting up vRack NIC inside the instance

To display all NICs inside the instance issue:

ip link

To manually bring up network interface and receive IP allocation via DHCP issue:

sudo dhclient ens7

Check if private network and IP allocated by DHCP is visible

sudo ip route

For the changes to be permanent you need to add them to network configuration in /etc/netplan/ directory.