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The Virtual Interfaces Extension
About this Extension
The Virtual Interfaces extension lets you view the virtual interfaces used in an instance.
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/extensions.
Extension Overview
- Name
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Virtual Interfaces
- Namespace
- Alias
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MID-VRT
- Contact
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Name <ryu@midokura.jp>
- Status
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Alpha
- Extension Version
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v1.0 (2011-08-18)
- Dependencies
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Compute API 1.1
- Doc Link (PDF)
- Doc Link (WADL)
- Short Description
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This extension enables Virtual Interfaces capabilities for OpenStack Compute servers so that you know the interfaces for the virtual instances running in the 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>
<extension name="VirtualInterfaces"
namespace="http://docs.openstack.org/ext/virtual_interfaces/api/v1.1"
alias="virtual_interfaces" updated="2011-08-17T00:00:00+00:00">
<description>Virtual interface support</description>
</extension>
</extensions>Extension Query Response: JSON:
{"extensions": [{"updated": "2011-08-17T00:00:00+00:00", "name": "VirtualInterfaces", "links": [], "namespace": "http://docs.openstack.org/ext/virtual_interfaces/api/v1.1", "alias": "virtual_interfaces", "description": "Virtual interface support"}]}Document Change History
| Revision Date | Summary of Changes |
| 2011-09-16 | Initial draft |
| 2012-03-30 | Reformat of content |
Summary of Changes
This extension to the OpenStack Compute API enables listing of Virtual Interfaces of running instances.
This support is provided by the addition of new actions.
New Actions
virtual_interfaces
New Faults
None
New Headers
None
New Resources
None
New States
None
Changes to the Cloud Servers Specification
A new action added to the 4.3 Server Actions section.
| Verb | URI |
| POST | /servers/id/virtual_interfaces |
Normal Response Code(s): 202
Error Response Code(s): computeFault (400, 500, …), serviceUnavailable (503), unauthorized (401), forbidden (403), badRequest (400), badMethod (405), overLimit (413), itemNotFound (404), badMediaType (415), buildInProgress (409)