Updating network attributes

Network attributes can be updated using the openstack network set and openstack network unset commands.

Getting ready

When updating a network, ensure that you are authenticated as an administrator or are the owner of the network. You will need the following details:

• Network name or ID

• Attribute to update

For our example, the following will be used:

• Network name: COOKBOOK_PROVIDER_NET

• Attribute to update: router:external

How to do it…

With the OpenStack client installed on our system, we are now able to update the network with the following command:

openstack network set COOKBOOK_PROVIDER_NET --external

No output is returned.

How it works...

Networks are updated with the following syntax:

openstack network set NETWORK \
[--share | --no-share] \
[--description <description>] \
[--external | --internal] 

openstack network unset [--tag <tag> | --all-tag] NETWORK

The share and no-share parameters dictate whether the network can be shared among projects or is limited...