Help Center> Elastic Cloud Server> API Reference (Kuala Lumpur Region)> APIs (Recommended)> NIC Management> Adding NICs to an ECS in a Batch
Updated on 2024-04-18 GMT+08:00
View PDF

Adding NICs to an ECS in a Batch

Function

This API is used to add one or multiple NICs to an ECS.

This API is an asynchronous API. After the NIC adding request is successfully delivered, a job ID is returned. This does not mean the NIC adding is complete. You need to call the API by referring to Querying Task Execution Status to query the job status. The SUCCESS status indicates that the NIC adding is successful.

URI

POST /v1/{project_id}/cloudservers/{server_id}/nics

Table 1 describes the parameters in the URI.
Table 1 Parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Description

project_id

Yes

Specifies the project ID.

For details about how to obtain the ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

server_id

Yes

Specifies the ECS ID.

Request

Table 2 describes the request parameters.
Table 2 Request parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

nics

Yes

Array of objects

Specifies the NICs to be added. For details, see Table 3.
Table 3 nics field description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

subnet_id

Yes

String

Specifies the information about the NICs to be added to an ECS.

The value must be the ID of a created network in UUID format.

security_groups

No

Array of objects

Specifies the security groups for NICs. For details, see Table 4.

ip_address

No

String

Specifies the IP address. If this parameter is unavailable, the IP address is automatically assigned.

ipv6_enable

No

Boolean

Indicates whether to support IPv6 addresses.

If this parameter is set to true, the NIC supports IPv6 addresses.

ipv6_bandwidth

No

Object

Specifies the bound shared bandwidth. For details, see ipv6_bandwidth Field Description.
Table 4 security_groups field description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

id

Yes

String

Specifies the ID of the security group.

Response

See Responses (Task).

Example Request

Add the NIC whose ID is d32019d3-bc6e-4319-9c1d-6722fc136a23 and security group ID is f0ac4394-7e4a-4409-9701-ba8be283dbc3 to an ECS.

POST https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/cloudservers/{server_id}/nics

{
    "nics": [
        {
            "subnet_id": "d32019d3-bc6e-4319-9c1d-6722fc136a23", 
            "security_groups": [
                {
                    "id": "f0ac4394-7e4a-4409-9701-ba8be283dbc3"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Example Response

{      
    "job_id": "ff80808288d41e1b018990260955686a" 
}

Returned Values

See Returned Values for General Requests.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: NIC Management