Allocate Flexible IP

A Flexible IP address is a static IP address that can be bound to any single Server. When you associate a flexible IP with a Server the IP is bound to that Server's network interface. You will use your flexible IP to connect to your Server. You can allocate IPs and release IPs from your account as needed.

POST /os-floating-ips

This operation will allocate a new flexible IP.

Request

{
    "zone": "AUS001"
}

Response

JSON

{
   "floating_ip" : {
      "instance_id" : "{instance_id}", 
      "ip" : "{ip_address}", 
      "fixed_ip" : null, 
      "links" : [
         {
            "href" : "http://{api_server}/os-floating-ips/{ip_address}/", 
            "rel" : "self"
         }
      ], 
      "pool" : "default"
   }
}

floating_ip

instance_id - string

Unique instance identifier floating IP is assigned to.

ip - string

IP address allocated.

fixed_ip - string

Fixed IP address.

links - list

Hypermedia for this resource.

pool - string

Name of the pool IP address belongs to.

Response Codes

Success

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted

Failure

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized : This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document you requested. Either you supplied incorrect credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser does not understand how to supply the credentials required.

Examples

Successfully allocate a flexible IP

POST http(s)://{api_server}/os-floating-ips

Request Headers:

   Content-Type:application/json
   Charset=UTF-8
   Authorization:Base64-encoded username & password string

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted

Response Body:

{
   "floating_ip" : {
      "instance_id" : null, 
      "ip" : "{ip_address}", 
      "fixed_ip" : null, 
      "links" : [
         {
            "href" : "http://{api_server}/os-floating-ips/{ip_address}/", 
            "rel" : "self"
         }
      ], 
      "pool" : "default"
   } 
}

Unauthorized access

POST http://{api_server}/os-floating-ips

Request Headers:

   Content-Type:application/json
   Charset=UTF-8
   Authorization:Base64-encoded fake_authentication_string

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

Response Body:

    401 Unauthorized
    This server could not verify that you are authorized to
    access the document you requested.  Either you supplied the
    wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser
    does not understand how to supply the credentials required.