---
id: lionsnet:getting-started
title: Getting Started ∙ Lionsnet
---

# Getting Started

1. Create CloudFormation Stack using the provided template (cloudformation-template.yaml)
2. Make a HTTP POST request to /configuration before you start creating VPCs

#### Configuring Lionsnet:

POST: https://<API_GATEWAY_URL>/configuration

```json
{
  "DefaultWorkspace": "100.64.0.0/10"
}
```


|    Properties    |                                                        Description                                                        | Required |
|:----------------:|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:|:--------:|
| DefaultWorkspace | An IPV4 global address the with a valid CIDR prefix which will be used to sequentially generate VPCs. Ex. "100.64.0.0/10" |    yes   |
    

#### More Documentation:

* [Getting Started](getting-started.md)
* [Creating a VPC](recipes/create-vpc.md)
* [Deleting a VPC](recipes/delete-vpc.md)
* [Creating Subnets within a VPC](recipes/create-subnet.md)
* [Deleting Subnets within a VPC](recipes/delete-subnet.md)