Creating a Load Balancer

Function

This API is used to create a private network load balancer. After the load balancer is created, its details, such as load balancer ID, IP address, and subnet ID, are returned.

To create a public network load balancer, you also need to call the API for assigning an EIP and associate this IP address to the port bound to the IP address of the private network load balancer.

You can set the enterprise_project_id parameter to perform fine-grained authorization for resources.

URI

POST /v2/{project_id}/elb/loadbalancers

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Specifies the project ID.

Request

**Table 2** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
loadbalancer	Yes	Loadbalancer object	Specifies the load balancer. For details, see Table 3.

**Table 3** **loadbalancer** parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	No	String	Specifies the load balancer name. The value contains a maximum of 255 characters.
description	No	String	Provides supplementary information about the load balancer. The value contains a maximum of 255 characters.
tenant_id	No	String	Specifies the ID of the project where the load balancer is used. The value contains a maximum of 255 characters. The value must be the same as the value of project_id in the token.
vip_subnet_id	Yes	String	Specifies the ID of the IPv4 subnet where the load balancer works. Obtain the value by listing the subnets (The parameter is neutron_subnet_id). The private IP address of the load balancer is in this subnet. Only IPv4 subnets are supported.
provider	No	String	Specifies the provider of the load balancer. The value can only be vlb.
vip_address	No	String	Specifies the private IP address of the load balancer. This IP address must be the one in the subnet specified by vip_subnet_id. If this parameter is not specified, an IP address is automatically assigned to the load balancer from the subnet specified by vip_subnet_id. The value contains a maximum of 64 characters. You cannot specify a private IP address for a yearly/monthly load balancer. The system will allocated one from the subnet.
admin_state_up	No	Boolean	Specifies the administrative status of the load balancer. This parameter is reserved, and the default value is true.
enterprise_project_id	No	String	Specifies the enterprise project ID. When creating a load balancer, you can assign an enterprise project to the load balancer. The value is character string 0 or a UUID with hyphens (-). Value 0 indicates the default enterprise project. The default value is 0. NOTE: For more information about enterprise projects and how to obtain enterprise project IDs, see Enterprise Management User Guide.
protection_status	No	String	Specifies whether modification protection is enabled. The value can be one of the following: nonProtection (default) : Modification protection is not enabled. consoleProtection: Modification protection is enabled to avoid that resources are modified by accident on the console.
protection_reason	No	String	Specifies the reason to enable modification protection. This parameter is valid only when protection_status is set to consoleProtection.

Response

**Table 4** Parameter description
Parameter	Type	Description
loadbalancer	Loadbalancer object	Specifies the load balancer. For details, see Table 5.
order_id	String	Specifies the order No. Minimum length: 0 Maximum length: 36
loadbalancer_id	String	Specifies the request ID. Note: The value is automatically generated. Minimum length: 0 Maximum length: 36

**Table 5** **loadbalancer** parameter description
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Specifies the load balancer ID.
project_id	String	Specifies the ID of the project where the load balancer is used.
tenant_id	String	Specifies the tenant ID.
name	String	Specifies the load balancer name. The value contains a maximum of 255 characters.
description	String	Provides supplementary information about the load balancer. The value contains a maximum of 255 characters.
vip_subnet_id	String	Specifies the ID of the IPv4 subnet where the load balancer works.
vip_port_id	String	Specifies the ID of the port bound to the private IP address of the load balancer.
provider	String	Specifies the provider of the load balancer.
vip_address	String	Specifies the private IP address of the load balancer. The value contains a maximum of 64 characters.
listeners	Array of Listeners objects	Lists the IDs of listeners added to the load balancer. For details, see Table 6.
pools	Array of Pools objects	Lists the IDs of backend server groups associated with the load balancer. For details, see Table 7.
operating_status	String	Specifies the operating status of the load balancer. The value can be ONLINE or FROZEN.
provisioning_status	String	This parameter is reserved, and its value can only be ACTIVE. It specifies the provisioning status of the load balancer.
admin_state_up	Boolean	Specifies the administrative status of the load balancer. This parameter is reserved. The value can be true or false. true: Enabled false: Disabled
tags	Array	Lists load balancer tags.
created_at	String	Specifies the time when the load balancer was created. The UTC time is in YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS format. The value contains a maximum of 19 characters.
updated_at	String	Specifies the time when the load balancer was updated. The UTC time is in YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS format. The value contains a maximum of 19 characters.
enterprise_project_id	String	Specifies the enterprise project ID. When creating a load balancer, you can assign an enterprise project to the load balancer. The value is character string 0 or a UUID with hyphens (-). Value 0 indicates the default enterprise project. NOTE: For more information about enterprise projects and how to obtain enterprise project IDs, see Enterprise Management User Guide.
charge_mode	String	Specifies how the load balancer will be billed. The value can be one of the following: flavor: indicates the guaranteed performance that allows the load balancer to handle up to 50,000 concurrent connections, 5,000 connections and 5,000 queries per second. You will be charged if the load balancer provides guaranteed performance. null: indicates that guaranteed performance is not provided.
billing_info	String	Specifies whether the billing information is left blank.
protection_status	String	Specifies whether modification protection for resources is enabled. The value can be one of the following: nonProtection (default) : Modification protection is not enabled. consoleProtection: Modification protection is enabled to avoid that resources are modified by accident on the console.
protection_reason	String	Specifies the reason to enable modification protection. This parameter is valid only when protection_status is set to consoleProtection.
publicips	Array of PublicIpInfo objects	Specifies the EIP bound to the load balancer. Only one EIP can be bound to a load balancer.

**Table 6** **listeners** parameter description
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Specifies the ID of the associated listener.

**Table 7** **pools** parameter description
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Specifies the ID of the associated backend server group.

**Table 8** PublicIpInfo
Parameter	Type	Description
publicip_id	String	Specifies the EIP ID.
publicip_address	String	Specifies the public IP address.
ip_version	Integer	Specifies the IP version. The value can be 4 (IPv4) or 6 (IPv6).

Example Request

Example request 1: Creating a private network load balancer

POST https://{Endpoint}/v2/1867112d054b427e808cc6096d8193a1/elb/loadbalancers

{
    "loadbalancer": {
        "name": "loadbalancer1",
        "description": "simple lb",
        "tenant_id": "1867112d054b427e808cc6096d8193a1",
        "vip_subnet_id": "58077bdb-d470-424b-8c45-2e3c65060a5b",
        "vip_address": "10.0.0.4",
        "admin_state_up": true,
        "enterprise_project_id": "0aad99bc-f5f6-4f78-8404-c598d76b0ed2" 
    }
}

Example Response

Example response 1

{
    "loadbalancer": {
        "description": "",
        "admin_state_up": true,
        "tenant_id": "1867112d054b427e808cc6096d8193a1",
        "project_id": "1867112d054b427e808cc6096d8193a1",
        "provisioning_status": "ACTIVE",
        "vip_subnet_id": "58077bdb-d470-424b-8c45-2e3c65060a5b",
        "listeners": [],
        "vip_address": "10.0.0.4",
        "vip_port_id": "519f6af5-74aa-4347-9dba-84c440192877",
        "provider": "vlb",
        "pools": [],
        "tags": [],
        "id": "b0657373-0c68-41d1-980f-1a44d9e3ff01",
        "operating_status": "ONLINE",
        "name": "loadbalancer1",
        "created_at": "2018-07-25T01:54:13", 
        "updated_at": "2018-07-25T01:54:14",
        "enterprise_project_id": "0aad99bc-f5f6-4f78-8404-c598d76b0ed2" 
    }
}