Networking

AceCloud networking provides a full software-defined networking stack for your cloud infrastructure. You can create isolated virtual networks, manage traffic with security groups, expose services with floating IPs, and distribute load across instances.

Resources

Resource	Command	Alias	Description
VPCs	ace vpc	ace network	Virtual private clouds with subnets
Routers	ace vpc router	—	Connect VPCs and attach external gateways
Security Groups	ace security-group	ace sg	Firewall rules for instances
Floating IPs	ace floating-ip	ace fip	Public IP addresses for instances
Load Balancers	ace load-balancer	ace lb	Application and network load balancers

Typical Workflow

A standard networking setup follows this sequence:

# 1. Create a VPC with a subnet
ace vpc create --name prod-vpc \
  --subnet-name prod-subnet \
  --subnet-cidr 10.0.0.0/24

# 2. Create a router and attach the external gateway
ace vpc router create --name prod-router
ace vpc router set-gateway --router <router-id> --network <external-network-id>

# 3. Connect your subnet to the router
ace vpc router add-interface --router <router-id> --subnet <subnet-id>

# 4. Create a security group with SSH and HTTP access
ace sg create --name web-sg
ace sg rule-add --sg <sg-id> --protocol ssh
ace sg rule-add --sg <sg-id> --protocol http

# 5. Launch an instance (using the VPC and security group)
ace instance create --name web-server \
  --flavor C4i.medium \
  --image Ubuntu-24.04-LTS \
  --network <vpc-id> \
  --security-group <sg-id> \
  --key my-key

# 6. Allocate and associate a floating IP
ace fip create --network <external-network-id>
ace fip associate --ip <floating-ip> --instance <instance-id>

# 7. (Optional) Set up a load balancer
ace lb create --name web-lb --subnet <subnet-id> --type ALB
ace lb listener create --name http-listener --protocol HTTP --port 80 --lb <lb-id>
ace lb pool create --name web-pool --protocol HTTP --algorithm ROUND_ROBIN --listener <listener-id>

Global Flags

All networking commands support the standard global flags:

Flag	Short	Description
--output	-o	Output format: table (default), json, yaml
--verbose	-v	Enable verbose output
--project		Override project ID
--region		Override region