github.com/hugorut/terraform@v1.1.3/website/docs/language/functions/cidrsubnets.mdx (about) 1 --- 2 page_title: cidrsubnets - Functions - Configuration Language 3 description: |- 4 The cidrsubnets function calculates a sequence of consecutive IP address 5 ranges within a particular CIDR prefix. 6 --- 7 8 # `cidrsubnets` Function 9 10 `cidrsubnets` calculates a sequence of consecutive IP address ranges within 11 a particular CIDR prefix. 12 13 ```hcl 14 cidrsubnets(prefix, newbits...) 15 ``` 16 17 `prefix` must be given in CIDR notation, as defined in 18 [RFC 4632 section 3.1](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4632#section-3.1). 19 20 The remaining arguments, indicated as `newbits` above, each specify the number 21 of additional network prefix bits for one returned address range. The return 22 value is therefore a list with one element per `newbits` argument, each 23 a string containing an address range in CIDR notation. 24 25 For more information on IP addressing concepts, see the documentation for the 26 related function [`cidrsubnet`](/language/functions/cidrsubnet). `cidrsubnet` calculates 27 a single subnet address within a prefix while allowing you to specify its 28 subnet number, while `cidrsubnets` can calculate many at once, potentially of 29 different sizes, and assigns subnet numbers automatically. 30 31 When using this function to partition an address space as part of a network 32 address plan, you must not change any of the existing arguments once network 33 addresses have been assigned to real infrastructure, or else later address 34 assignments will be invalidated. However, you _can_ append new arguments to 35 existing calls safely, as long as there is sufficient address space available. 36 37 This function accepts both IPv6 and IPv4 prefixes, and the result always uses 38 the same addressing scheme as the given prefix. 39 40 -> **Note:** As a historical accident, this function interprets IPv4 address 41 octets that have leading zeros as decimal numbers, which is contrary to some 42 other systems which interpret them as octal. We have preserved this behavior 43 for backward compatibility, but recommend against relying on this behavior. 44 45 -> **Note:** [The Terraform module `hashicorp/subnets/cidr`](https://registry.terraform.io/modules/hashicorp/subnets/cidr) 46 wraps `cidrsubnets` to provide additional functionality for assigning symbolic 47 names to your networks and skipping prefixes for obsolete allocations. Its 48 documentation includes usage examples for several popular cloud virtual network 49 platforms. 50 51 ## Examples 52 53 ``` 54 > cidrsubnets("10.1.0.0/16", 4, 4, 8, 4) 55 [ 56 "10.1.0.0/20", 57 "10.1.16.0/20", 58 "10.1.32.0/24", 59 "10.1.48.0/20", 60 ] 61 62 > cidrsubnets("fd00:fd12:3456:7890::/56", 16, 16, 16, 32) 63 [ 64 "fd00:fd12:3456:7800::/72", 65 "fd00:fd12:3456:7800:100::/72", 66 "fd00:fd12:3456:7800:200::/72", 67 "fd00:fd12:3456:7800:300::/88", 68 ] 69 ``` 70 71 You can use nested `cidrsubnets` calls with 72 [`for` expressions](/language/expressions/for) 73 to concisely allocate groups of network address blocks: 74 75 ``` 76 > [for cidr_block in cidrsubnets("10.0.0.0/8", 8, 8, 8, 8) : cidrsubnets(cidr_block, 4, 4)] 77 [ 78 [ 79 "10.0.0.0/20", 80 "10.0.16.0/20", 81 ], 82 [ 83 "10.1.0.0/20", 84 "10.1.16.0/20", 85 ], 86 [ 87 "10.2.0.0/20", 88 "10.2.16.0/20", 89 ], 90 [ 91 "10.3.0.0/20", 92 "10.3.16.0/20", 93 ], 94 ] 95 ``` 96 97 ## Related Functions 98 99 * [`cidrhost`](/language/functions/cidrhost) calculates the IP address for a single host 100 within a given network address prefix. 101 * [`cidrnetmask`](/language/functions/cidrnetmask) converts an IPv4 network prefix in CIDR 102 notation into netmask notation. 103 * [`cidrsubnet`](/language/functions/cidrsubnet) calculates a single subnet address, allowing 104 you to specify its network number.