A system and a method are disclosed for configuring hosts of virtual machines. The system and method include receiving, by a management server, a network configuration of a first host, wherein the first host is associated with a network identified by a network label, storing the network configuration of the first host in a template record, in response to a request to configure a second host, determining if the second host is to join the network identified by the network label, and configuring the second host using the template record.