Connecting Virtual Machines to Virtual Networks
In Parallels Cloud Server, you can connect virtual machines to virtual networks of the following types:
-
Bridged
. This type of virtual network allows the virtual machine to use one of the physical server's network adapters, which makes it appear as a separate computer on the network the corresponding adapter belongs to.
-
Host-only
. This type of virtual network allows the virtual machine to access only the Parallels server and the virtual machines joined to this network.
By default, any newly created adapter is connected to the
Bridged
network. To join a virtual machine to another network, use the
prlctl set
command. For example, the following session demonstrates how you can connect the
net0
adapter of the
MyVM
virtual machine to the
pcsnet1
virtual network.
Before connecting the
MyVM
virtual machine to the
pcsnet1
virtual network, you may wish to check the network adapter associated with this virtual network. You can do it, for example, using the following command:
# prlsrvctl net list
Network ID Type Bound To
Host-Only host-only
Bridged bridged eth0
pcsnet1 bridged eth1
From the command output, you can see that the
pcsnet1
virtual network is attached to the
eth1
physical adapter on the Parallels server. That means that, after connecting the
MyVM
virtual machine to the
pcsnet1
virtual network, the virtual machine will be able to access all computers on the network where the
eth1
adapter is connected.
Now you can run the following command to join the
net1
adapter of the
MyVM
virtual machine to the
pcsnet1
virtual network:
# prlctl set MyVM --device-set net0 --network pcsnet1
Creating net0 (+) network=pcsnet1 mac=001C422D7493
The VM has been successfully configured.
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