Networks

What are networks?

Some resources such as database servers cannot exist without a network. Whenever you create one such resource on a region without a network, Ymir will ask you to create one. For most, that will be the extent of their interaction with networks.

Subnets

Ymir creates your network with a public and private subnetwork (opens new window) (also called subnet). A public subnet has access to the internet by default while a private one doesn't. If you want your private subnet to have access to the internet, you need to add a NAT gateway to the private subnet. This NAT gateway costs ~$32/month plus data transfer fees.

Because NAT gateways are so expensive, Ymir will try to use your public subnet by default. If you configure your project environment to use a private subnet resource such as a private database, Ymir will automatically add a NAT gateway to your network for you if there isn't one.

Not removed automatically

While Ymir will add a NAT gateway automatically, it won't remove it if you stop using a private subnet resource. You'll need to remove it using the network:nat:remove command. This is to prevent issues if you add custom private subnet resources that aren't managed by Ymir.

Managing networks

There are scenarios where you might want to create additional networks within the same region. You can use the network:create command to do so. You can also delete existing networks using the network:delete command.

NAT gateway management

If you want to add custom private subnet resources such as ElasticSearch, you can add a NAT gateway to your network using the network:nat:add command. To delete that NAT gateway, you can just use the network:nat:delete command.

Connect a network to an environment

For similar reasons, you might want to connect a network to your project environment so that you can access private resources. To do so, add the network option to your environment configuration in the ymir.yml file. This will tell Ymir to connect that network to your environment during deployment.

id: 1
name: project-name
type: wordpress
environments:
  environment-name:
    network: network-name

Can create a NAT gateway

If the configured network doesn't have a NAT gateway, a NAT gateway will be configured during deployment.