11.2. Creating floating IPs

POST /v2.0/floatingips

Create a floating IP.

You can obtain the required floating_network_id and subnet_id from a request to v2.0/networks?provider:physical_network=Public.

The status will change to ACTIVE after a while.

Source: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/network/v2/index.html#create-floating-ip

11.2.1. Request

Name In Type Description
floatingip body object A floatingip object. When you associate a floating IP address with a VM, the instance has the same public IP address each time that it boots, basically to maintain a consistent IP address for maintaining DNS assignment.
tenant_id body string The ID of the project.
project_id body string The ID of the project.
floating_network_id body string The ID of the network associated with the floating IP.
fixed_ip_address (Optional) body string The fixed IP address that is associated with the floating IP. If an internal port has multiple associated IP addresses, the service chooses the first IP address unless you explicitly define a fixed IP address in the fixed_ip_address parameter.
floating_ip_address (Optional) body string The floating IP address.
port_id (Optional) body string The ID of a port associated with the floating IP. To associate the floating IP with a fixed IP at creation time, you must specify the identifier of the internal port.
subnet_id (Optional) body string The subnet ID on which you want to create the floating IP.
description (Optional) body string A human-readable description for the resource. Default is an empty string.
dns_domain (Optional) body string A valid DNS domain.
dns_name (Optional) body string A valid DNS name.

11.2.1.1. Example

# curl -ks -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'X-Auth-Token: gAAAAA<...>' -d '
{
    "floatingip": {
        "floating_network_id": "b4907761-8c0f-447e-9cfe-c688ca6e44a0",
        "port_id": "165d5ff3-d015-4361-9bce-d59054c585cf",
        "subnet_id": "351884c7-ee37-4a7d-9dcb-4cff4a1bba27"
    }
}' https://<node_IP_addr>:9696/v2.0/floatingips

11.2.2. Response

Name In Type Description
floatingip body object A floatingip object. When you associate a floating IP address with a VM, the instance has the same public IP address each time that it boots, basically to maintain a consistent IP address for maintaining DNS assignment.
router_id body string The ID of the router for the floating IP.
status body string The status of the floating IP. Values are ACTIVE, DOWN and ERROR.
description body string A human-readable description for the resource.
dns_domain body string A valid DNS domain.
dns_name body string A valid DNS name.
port_details body string The information of the port that this floating IP associates with. In particular, if the floating IP is associated with a port, this field contains some attributes of the associated port, including name, network_id, mac_address, admin_state_up, status, device_id and device_owner. If the floating IP is not associated with a port, this field is null.
tenant_id body string The ID of the project.
created_at body string Time at which the resource has been created (in UTC ISO8601 format).
updated_at body string Time at which the resource has been updated (in UTC ISO8601 format).
revision_number body integer The revision number of the resource.
project_id body string The ID of the project.
floating_network_id body string The ID of the network associated with the floating IP.
fixed_ip_address body string The fixed IP address that is associated with the floating IP address.
floating_ip_address body string The floating IP address.
port_id body string The ID of a port associated with the floating IP.
id body string The ID of the floating IP address.
tags body array The list of tags on the resource.
port_forwardings body array The associated port forwarding resources for the floating IP. If the floating IP has multiple port forwarding resources, this field has multiple entries. Each entry consists of network IP protocol (protocol), the fixed IP address of internal neutron port (internal_ip_address), the TCP or UDP port used by internal neutron port (internal_port) and the TCP or UDP port used by floating IP (external_port).

11.2.2.1. Status codes

11.2.2.1.1. Success

Code Reason
201 - Created Resource was created and is ready to use.

11.2.2.1.2. Error

Code Reason
400 - Bad Request Some content in the request was invalid.
401 - Unauthorized User must authenticate before making a request.
404 - Not Found The requested resource could not be found.
409 - Conflict This operation conflicted with another operation on this resource.

The operation returns the Bad Request (400) response code for one of reasons:

  • The network is not external, such as router:external=False.
  • The internal OpenStack Networking port is not associated with the floating IP address.
  • The requested floating IP address does not fall in the subnet range for the external network.
  • The fixed IP address is not valid.

If the port ID is not valid, this operation returns 404 response code.

The operation returns the Conflict (409) response code for one of reasons:

  • The requested floating IP address is already in use.
  • The internal OpenStack Networking port and fixed IP address are already associated with another floating IP.

11.2.2.2. Example

{
  "floatingip": {
    "router_id": "02542148-44cb-470d-a551-58f370c47b83",
    "status": "DOWN",
    "description": "",
    "tags": [],
    "tenant_id": "f5d834d636c642c7bfe8af86139c6f26",
    "created_at": "2020-03-05T11:40:28Z",
    "updated_at": "2020-03-05T11:40:28Z",
    "floating_network_id": "b4907761-8c0f-447e-9cfe-c688ca6e44a0",
    "port_details": {
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "name": "",
      "admin_state_up": true,
      "network_id": "c4e2f31b-fe3b-402b-ac1b-b182693f72f7",
      "device_owner": "compute:nova",
      "mac_address": "fa:16:3e:66:ab:b3",
      "device_id": "e1ae6f7e-c35d-4656-a4fd-2371f9a791d4"
    },
    "fixed_ip_address": "192.168.0.112",
    "floating_ip_address": "10.94.139.174",
    "revision_number": 0,
    "project_id": "f5d834d636c642c7bfe8af86139c6f26",
    "port_id": "165d5ff3-d015-4361-9bce-d59054c585cf",
    "id": "f32947e7-8844-4eb2-a496-ef5653380584"
  }
}