Assigning a Private IP Address

Function

This API is used to assign a private IP address.

URI

POST /v1/{project_id}/privateips

Table 1 describes the parameters.

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request parameter
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
privateips	Yes	Array of privateip objects	Specifies the private IP address objects. For details, see Table 3.

**Table 3** Description of the **privateip** field
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
subnet_id	Yes	String	Specifies the ID of the subnet from which IP addresses are assigned. If you use the management console, the value of this parameter is the Network ID value.
ip_address	No	String	Specifies the target IP address. The value can be an available IP address in the subnet. If it is not specified, the system automatically assigns an IP address.

Example Request

Assign two private IP addresses from the subnet whose ID is 531dec0f-3116-411b-a21b-e612e42349fd. One IP address is automatically assigned, and the other is specified to 192.168.1.17.

POST https://{Endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/privateips

{
  "privateips": 
   [ 
    {
        "subnet_id": "531dec0f-3116-411b-a21b-e612e42349fd"
    },
    {
        "subnet_id": "531dec0f-3116-411b-a21b-e612e42349fd",
         "ip_address": "192.168.1.17"
    }
   ]
}

Response Parameters

**Table 4** Response parameter
Parameter	Type	Description
privateips	Array of privateip objects	Specifies the private IP address objects. For details, see Table 5.

**Table 5** Description of the **privateip** field
Parameter	Type	Description
status	String	Specifies the status of the private IP address. Possible values are as follows: ACTIVE DOWN
id	String	Specifies the ID of the private IP address, which uniquely identifies the private IP address.
subnet_id	String	Specifies the ID of the subnet from which IP addresses are assigned. If you use the management console, the value of this parameter is the Network ID value.
tenant_id	String	Specifies the project ID.
device_owner	String	Specifies the resource using the private IP address. The parameter is left blank if it is not used. The value can be: network:dhcp: DHCP service IP address network:router_interface_distributed: Gateway IP address compute:xxx (xxx indicates the AZ name. For example, compute:aa-bb-cc indicates that the IP address is used by an ECS in the AZ aa-bb-cc.): IP address of an ECS NIC neutron:VIP_PORT: Virtual IP address compute:subeni: IP address of a supplementary network interface neutron:LOADBALANCERV2: IP address of a shared load balancer neutron:LOADBALANCERV3: IP address of a dedicated load balancer network:endpoint_interface: IP address of a VPC endpoint network:nat_gateway: IP address used by a NAT gateway The value range specifies only the type of private IP addresses supported by the current service.
ip_address	String	Specifies the assigned private IP address.

Example Response

{
    "privateips": [
        {
            "status": "DOWN",
            "id": "c60c2ce1-1e73-44bd-bf48-fd688448ff7b",
            "subnet_id": "531dec0f-3116-411b-a21b-e612e42349fd",
            "tenant_id": "8b7e35ad379141fc9df3e178bd64f55c",
            "device_owner": "",
            "ip_address": "192.168.1.10"
        },
        {
            "status": "DOWN",
            "id": "4b123c18-ae92-4dfa-92cd-d44002359aa1",
            "subnet_id": "531dec0f-3116-411b-a21b-e612e42349fd",
            "tenant_id": "8b7e35ad379141fc9df3e178bd64f55c",
            "device_owner": "",
            "ip_address": "192.168.1.17"
        }
    ]
}