Creating virtual routers

Prerequisites

• Compute networks are created, as described in Creating compute networks.
• The compute networks that are to be connected to a router have a gateway specified.

To create a virtual router

1. On the Compute > Network > Routers tab, click Add router.

2. In the Add router window:

   1. Specify a router name.
   2. From the Network drop-down menu, select a physical network through which external access will be provided via an external gateway. The new external gateway will pick an unused IP address from the selected physical network.
   3. In the Add internal interfaces section, select one or more virtual networks to connect to a router via internal interfaces. The new internal interfaces will attempt to use the gateway IP address of the selected virtual networks by default.
   4. (Optional) Select or deselect the SNAT check box to enable or disable SNAT on the external gateway of the router. With SNAT enabled, the router replaces VM private IP addresses with the public IP address of its external gateway.

   

3. Click Create.