diff --git a/modules/ionos-basic-vm-mariadb/main.tf b/modules/ionos-basic-vm-mariadb/main.tf
index 9ab8bc6..3b19490 100644
--- a/modules/ionos-basic-vm-mariadb/main.tf
+++ b/modules/ionos-basic-vm-mariadb/main.tf
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module "basic-vm" {
   server_name                       = var.server_name
   ports                             = var.ports
   create_lan                        = true
-  lan_id                            = ionoscloud_lan.private_lan.id
+  
 
   # Ensure the private LAN is created before the basic VM
   depends_on = [ionoscloud_lan.private_lan]
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ module "basic-vm" {
   initial_uid        = "2215"
   initial_public_key = "../../../provision/sshkeys/technicaluser.pub"
 }
+
+
+resource "ionoscloud_nic" "cluster_nic" {
+  count           = var.cluster_lan_id == "" ? 0 : 1
+  datacenter_id   = var.datacenter_id
+  server_id       = module.basic-vm.basic_vm_server_id
+  dhcp            = true
+  lan             = var.cluster_lan_id
+  ips             = [var.cluster_lan_ip]
+  firewall_active = true
+}
 # creates a new MariaDB cluster and connects it to the private LAN using the CIDR range obtained from the ionos-basic-vm module.
 resource "ionoscloud_mariadb_cluster" "mariadb_cluster" {
   mariadb_version      = var.mariadb_version
diff --git a/modules/ionos-basic-vm-mariadb/output.tf b/modules/ionos-basic-vm-mariadb/output.tf
index 7d210e8..f5d7c1a 100644
--- a/modules/ionos-basic-vm-mariadb/output.tf
+++ b/modules/ionos-basic-vm-mariadb/output.tf
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@ output "dns_name" {
   description = "The DNS name pointing to your cluster."
   value       = ionoscloud_mariadb_cluster.mariadb_cluster.dns_name
 }
+
+output "cluster_lan_id" {
+  value = var.cluster_lan_id
+}
diff --git a/modules/ionos-basic-vm-mariadb/variables.tf b/modules/ionos-basic-vm-mariadb/variables.tf
index 2472a87..de169fd 100644
--- a/modules/ionos-basic-vm-mariadb/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/ionos-basic-vm-mariadb/variables.tf
@@ -127,4 +127,12 @@ variable "mariadb_username" {
 variable "mariadb_password" {
   description = "The password for the initial mariadb user"
   type = string
+}
+variable "cluster_lan_id" {
+  type = number
+  description = "ID of the cluster LAN"
+}
+variable "cluster_lan_ip" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "IP of the NFS server on the cluster LAN"
 }
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