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<strong>This article will help you join a virtual machine/instance to a network without pre-creating a network port.</strong>

In the [[Create a network port]] article, we detailed how to provision a network port in advance of creating a virtual machine/instance. This method works for private networks, but does not work for shared networks, like the Public Internet network. Also, sometimes there is no need to provision a network port in advance, even for private networks. In those cases, a virtual machine/instance can simply be joined directly to an available network. In these cases, the DataTenant cloud will create a port for you with a randomly IP address from that network.

'''''NOTE: Be very cautious when assigning a public IP address to your virtual machine! An instance with a public IP address assigned will be accessible to everyone on the internet. Please be sure you have carefully crafted the security group in use on this port and/or instance to prevent unauthorized access!

== Join your instance to a network  ==
Begin creating your instance according to the [[Create a virtual machine]] article.

When you reach the Networking step, select the network you want to connect to.


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Proceed on through the rest of the instance creation process.

When you are done, the DataTenant cloud will select an available IP address at random, create a port for you, and assign it to your instance.