Changing the IP Address of an Instance

This API is used to select a specified iMetal instance and change its IP address.

The iMetal instance must be ready (commissioned successfully) or the IP address fails to be changed and the iMetal instance is powered off.

For details, see Calling APIs.

PUT /v1/{project_id}/instances/{id}/ip

**Table 1** URI parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Definition The project ID. Constraints N/A Range The project ID of the account Default Value N/A
id	Yes	String	Definition Instance ID. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

**Table 2** Request header parameter
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	Definition Requests for calling an API can be authenticated using a token. If token-based authentication is used, this parameter is mandatory and must be set to a user token. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
vpc_id	No	String	Definition ID of the VPC which the network interface to be created belongs to. You can query the ID using the VPC API: https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/api-vpc/vpc_api01_0003.html Constraints N/A Range VPC ID Default Value N/A
nics	No	Array of nics objects	Definition Network interface information. Constraints N/A

Status code: 202

The IP address of the instance has been changed.

Status code: 400

**Table 4** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Definition Error code. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
error_msg	String	Definition Error message. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Status code: 401

**Table 5** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Definition Error code. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
error_msg	String	Definition Error message. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Status code: 429

**Table 6** Response body parameter
Parameter	Type	Description
-	String	-

Status code: 500

**Table 7** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Definition Error code. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
error_msg	String	Definition Error message. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Request for changing the IP address of an instance

GET https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/instances/{id}/ip

None

Status Code	Description
202	The IP address of the instance has been changed.
400	Invalid request parameter.
401	The request is not authenticated.
429	The request is overloaded.
500	Internal server error.