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The Multinic Extension
About this Extension
This extension enables addFixedIp and removeFixedIp actions on servers. It is used with the OpenStack Compute 1.1 API to add or remove fixed IP addresses on named instances.
To use this extension, you must have configured Compute with more than one Network Interface Card.
To obtain current information the extensions available to you, issue an EXTENSION query on the OpenStack system where it is installed, such as http://example.com/v1.1/tenant/extension.
Extension Overview
- Name
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Multinic
- Namespace
- Alias
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OPS-MLT
- Contact
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Kevin Mitchell <kevin.mitchell@rackspace.com>
- Status
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Alpha
- Extension Version
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v1.0 (2011-09-14)
- Dependencies
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Compute API 1.1
- Doc Link (PDF)
- Doc Link (WADL)
- Short Description
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This extension enables the assignment and removal of fixed IP addresses on virtual servers running in an OpenStack Compute cloud.
Sample Query Responses
As shown below, responses to an EXTENSION query in XML or JSON provide basic information about the extension.
Extension Query Response: XML:
<extensions xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v1.1">
<extension name="Multinic" namespace="http://docs.openstack.org/ext/multinic/api/v1.1" alias="NMN" updated="2011-06-09T00:00:00+00:00"><description>Multiple network support</description></extension>
</extensions>
Extension Query Response: JSON:
{"extensions": [{"updated": "2011-06-09T00:00:00+00:00", "name": "Multinic", "links": [], "namespace": "http://docs.openstack.org/ext/multinic/api/v1.1", "alias": "NMN", "description": "Multiple network support"}]}
Document Change History
Revision Date | Summary of Changes |
2011-09-14 | Initial draft |
2012-03-30 | Reformat of content |
Summary of Changes
This extension to the Compute API allows addition and removal of fixed IP addresses to instances.
This support is provided by the addition of new <actions, faults, headers, resources, states, something else>.
New Actions
This extension uses POST to add or remove fixed IP addresses to instances.
add_fixed_ip remove_fixed_ip
Normal Response Code: 202
Include the response codes, transitions if applicable, and XML and JSON examples.
New Faults
None
New Headers
None
New Resources
None
New States
None
Changes to the Cloud Servers Specification
List the specific changes to the API. For example:
In section 4.1.1 (List Servers) of the Cloud Servers Specification: Examples 4.1 and 4.2 should be replaced with Example 2.7 and Example 2.8 below.
Provide examples in XML and JSON