Updating a Load Balancer

Function

This API is used to update the name or description of a load balancer.

URI

PUT /v2/{project_id}/elb/loadbalancers/{loadbalancer_id}

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Specifies the project ID.
loadbalancer_id	Yes	String	Specifies the load balancer 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.
admin_state_up	No	Boolean	Specifies the administrative status of the load balancer. This parameter is reserved, and the default value is true.

Response

**Table 4** Response parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
loadbalancer	Loadbalancer object	Specifies the load balancer. For details, see Table 5.

**Table 5** **loadbalancer** parameter description
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Specifies the load balancer ID.
tenant_id	String	Specifies the ID of the project where the load balancer is used. The value contains a maximum of 255 characters.
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 subnet where the load balancer resides.
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	This parameter is reserved, and its value can be ONLINE or FROZEN. It specifies the operating status of the load balancer.
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.

**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.

Example Request

Example request

PUT https://{Endpoint}/v2/145483a5107745e9b3d80f956713e6a3/elb/loadbalancers/1e11b74e-30b7-4b78-b09b-84aec4a04487

{
    "loadbalancer": {
        "name": "lb_update_test", 
        "description": "lb update test"
    }
}

Example Response

Example response

{
  "loadbalancer": {
    "description": "simple lb2",
    "admin_state_up": true,
    "tenant_id": "145483a5107745e9b3d80f956713e6a3",
    "provisioning_status": "ACTIVE",
    "vip_subnet_id": "823d5866-6e30-45c2-9b1a-a1ebc3757fdb",
    "listeners": [
      {
        "id": "37ffe679-08ef-436e-b6bd-cf66fb4c3de2"
      }
    ],
    "vip_address": "192.172.1.68",
    "vip_port_id": "f42e3019-67f7-4d2a-8d1c-af49e7c22fa6",
    "provider": "vlb",
    "tags": [],
    "pools": [
      {
        "id": "75c4f2d4-a213-4408-9fa8-d64708e8d1df"
      }
    ],
    "id": "c32a9f9a-0cc6-4f38-bb9c-cde79a533c19",
    "operating_status": "ONLINE",
    "name": "loadbalancer-test2",
    "created_at": "2018-07-25T01:54:13", 
    "updated_at": "2018-07-25T01:54:14",
    "enterprise_project_id": "0aad99bc-f5f6-4f78-8404-c598d76b0ed2" 
  }
}