---
title: "PrivateNetwork"
description: "the private network the machines share: its address range and the machines on it"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/privatenetwork
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# PrivateNetwork

the private network the machines share: its address range and the machines on it

[figure: PrivateNetwork is a definition at platform scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | definition |
| scope | platform |
| key | its name |
| store | postgres |
| family | network |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `text` | yes |  |
| `cidr` | `text` | yes | 10.60.0.0/24 on the three machines |
| `members` | [MachineAddress](/concepts/machineaddress) | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns PrivateNetwork directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.