Join an virtual machine to a network (Advanced Console)

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

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.

Join your instance to a network

Begin creating your instance according to the Create a virtual machine article.

When you reach the Networking step,