| Verb | URI | Description |
| POST | /networks | Creates a network. |
Normal Response Code: 201
Error Response Codes: Bad Request (400) Unauthorized (401)
This operation does not require a request body. If specified, the body might include one or more of the following attributes:
name: a string specifying a symbolic name for the network, which is not required to be unique;
admin_state_up: a bool value specifying the administrative status of the network;
shared: a bool value specifying whether this network should be shared across all tenants or not. Note that the default policy setting restrict usage of this attribute to administrative users only;
tenant_id: a uuid identifying the tenant which will own the network. Only administrative users can set the tenant identifier; this cannot be changed using authorization policies;
Example 4.7. Create Network: JSON Request
POST v2.0/networks.json Content-Type: application/json Accept: application/json
{
"network":
{
"name": "sample_network",
"admin_state_up": true
}
}
Example 4.8. Create Network: JSON Response
'status': '201'
'content-length': '194'
'content-type': 'application/json;
{
"network": {
"admin_state_up": true,
"id": "850d3f2c-f0a5-4f8b-b1cf-5836fc0be940",
"name": "sample_network",
"shared": false,
"status": "ACTIVE",
"subnets": [],
"tenant_id": "f667b69e4d6749749ef3bcba7251d9ce"
}
}
