9.1. Overview of Setting Up Networking for Users

People using cloud infrastructure have a variety of needs and preferences when it comes to the networking services provided by the cloud. As a CloudStack administrator, you can do the following things to set up networking for your users:

Set up physical networks in zones
Set up several different providers for the same service on a single physical network (for example, both Cisco and Juniper firewalls)
Bundle different types of network services into network offerings, so users can choose the desired network services for any given virtual machine
Add new network offerings as time goes on so end users can upgrade to a better class of service on their network
Provide more ways for a network to be accessed by a user, such as through a project of which the user is a member