# Life cycle operations of a network instance
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AWS TNB allows you to easily manage your network using standardized management operations inline with ETSI SOL003 and SOL005. You can perform the following life-cycle operations:
+ Create the network
+ Instantiate the network
+ Update the network function
+ Update the network instance
+ View network details and status
+ Terminate the network

The following image shows the network management operations:

![\[Shows network instance life-cycle operations and sequence.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/tnb/latest/ug/images/tnb-ns_state_transitions.png)