---
title: "Create a VPC"
description: "Create a VPC in MyAccount with an E2E provided or a custom address range, on an hourly or a committed plan."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "vpc"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/vpc/how-to/create-a-vpc/"
topic: ["create"]
---

# Create a VPC

A VPC gives your resources in one region a private network of their own. Create one before you put a
node, load balancer, or database on it; it takes a few minutes to be ready.

## Before you begin

- A MyAccount account, and the project and region the VPC should belong to. A VPC serves one region,
  Delhi or Chennai, and only resources in that region can join it.
- Room for one more VPC. An account has up to three VPCs in each region; to have more, contact E2E
  at cloud-platform@e2enetworks.com.
- On a prepaid account, enough infra credits to cover the VPC. If you are short, the form tells you
  how many more you need.
- If you want your own address range, the range you plan to use. See
  [VPC address ranges](/myaccount/vpc/concepts/vpc-address-ranges/) for what a range can be.

## Name the VPC and choose its range

1. Open **Network > VPC** and click **Create VPC**. **Create Virtual Private Cloud** opens.
2. Keep the suggested **VPC Name**, such as `VPC-482`, or type your own: up to 50 letters, digits,
   underscores, and hyphens, and different from your other VPCs' names in the region. Pick a name
   that says what the network is for, since it stays with the VPC for good.
3. Under **Select CIDR Option**, choose how the VPC gets its addresses:
   - **E2E provided IPv4 CIDR**, selected by default, has E2E pick a range of 512 addresses. Take
     this unless you need subnets or a range of your own.
   - **Custom CIDR** lets you choose the range yourself and split it into subnets. Enter it in
     **IPv4 CIDR**, for example `10.20.0.0/23`, and the form shows its **IP Size** as you type.
     [VPC address ranges](/myaccount/vpc/concepts/vpc-address-ranges/#what-a-custom-range-can-be)
     lists the ranges you can use. Resources that need CDP Backup, Monitoring, Security Compliance,
     or Kubernetes belong on an E2E provided range;
     [VPC address ranges](/myaccount/vpc/concepts/vpc-address-ranges/#e2e-provided-or-custom)
     explains the choice.

## Choose a plan

Under **Select an Hourly / Committed Plan**, pick how the VPC is billed. Prices are on the
[E2E pricing page](https://www.e2enetworks.com/pricing).

- **Hourly** bills for the hours the VPC exists. Choose it for a network you are trying out or may
  delete soon.
- A **Committed** plan pays for a set term, from 30 days to 1,095 days, at a price agreed up front.
  Each plan shows its effective hourly rate, so you can compare it with **Hourly**. Choose it for a
  network you will keep for the whole term. You can also start hourly and
  [convert to committed](/myaccount/vpc/how-to/convert-a-vpc-to-committed/) later.

With a committed plan, choose what happens when the term ends: **Auto-renew the committed period**
starts a new term on the same plan, and **Switch to hourly billing** keeps the VPC at the base
hourly rate. Then tick the box that confirms the full cost of the term: it is charged to your
account, or deducted from your infra credits on a prepaid account.

## Create the VPC

Click **Create VPC Network**. A message confirms that an address range has been generated for the
VPC; close it to return to **Manage Virtual Private Cloud**. Any other message comes with its fix in
[Troubleshooting VPC](/myaccount/vpc/troubleshooting/vpc/).

If the form shows **Request** instead of **Create VPC Network**, the plan is not available at the
moment. Click **Request**, and E2E contacts you once it is available.

## Check that the VPC is ready

The new VPC appears in the list as **Creating**, and turns **Active** after a few minutes. Select it
to see its **VPC Details**: the **CIDR** you chose or E2E picked, the **Available IPv4** addresses,
and the **Network Gateway** that E2E created with it. Its other tabs and actions open once it is
**Active**.

Your VPC is ready for resources. To put a node on it, see
[Attach a node to a VPC](/myaccount/node/how-to/attach-a-node-to-a-vpc/), or pick the VPC under
**VPC** when you [create a node](/myaccount/node/how-to/create-a-node/). With a custom range, you
can [create a subnet](/myaccount/vpc/how-to/create-a-subnet/) first.