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Status Delivered
Workspace PowerVC
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 27, 2017

Specify IP range in deploy templates

When defining deploy templates for self service usage. While we can specify a network to use, we cannot limit deployment to a range of IP addresses within the network.

The reason we need this is because currently multiple projects can be configured with the same network, but the reservations are not cross polinated. As a result IP addresses allocations during self service deployments needs more granular control.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Jun 23, 2017

    PowerVC 1.3.3 now supports the concept of shared networks across tenants.

  • Guest
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    Mar 27, 2017

    Hey Barry - thanks for the request. I've marked this as "planned for the future" as the pain point you describe will be solved in an upcoming release, although not exactly by specifying an IP range in the deploy templates. The issue you call out stems from the fact that, at present, PowerVC networks can't be shared across multiple projects. Once you can share a network across the various projects, you won't run into the overlap concerns that you call out and this should then be non-existent... and in fact, less administrator work since you just define the network once, and you're done!

    Hope this helps!