Overview

This article provides information regarding the Exinda CLI command network-object.

You can use the network-object command to create a new network object or modify the properties of an existing network object.

A network-object is a logical definition created and stored in the Exinda library, which can represent any network component.

Information

NOTE: The following syntax convention is used:

{}: Options are enclosed in braces and are separated by '|'
[]: Optional keywords are enclosed in brackets
<>: User input is required where variables are enclosed in greater-than and less-than symbols

The following table describes the commands used for performing common actions related to network-objects:

Action Description	Command	Parameter Description
To create a new network object	`[no] network-object <name>`	This creates a network object if it does not already exist
To add a subnet to a network object	`network-object <name> subnet <ip-address> <netmask or mask length>`	<name> - The name of the network object <ip-address> - The IPv4 or IPv6 address <netmask or mask length> - The IPv4 netmask or mask length. E.g. 255.255.255.0 or /24
To set the location of the network object with respect to the appliance	`network-object <name> location {internal, external, inherit}`	location internal - Specify that IP addresses in this network object are on the internal (LAN) side of the appliance location external - Specify that IP addresses in this network object are on the external (WAN) side of the appliance. location inherit - Specify that the location is automatically inherited from parent network objects. For, if all subnets in this network object fall within an existing network object that is has a location of internal, this network object will also be internal.
To include this network object in the subnet report	`network-object <name> subnet-report`	Not Applicable
To see whether inherit resolved to internal or external	`show network-object <name>`	Not Applicable

Create a network object called 'localServer' that is an internal host on 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.255, and enable subnet reporting:

network-object localServer subnet 192.168.1.1 /32

network-object localServer location internal

network-object localServer subnet-report

Create a network object called 'IPv6 Server' that is an external host on 2001:db8::1234:5678/128

network-object "IPv6 Server" subnet 2001:db8::1234:5678 /128

network-object "IPv6 Server" location external