Updating an EIP

Function

This API is used to convert the EIP version, bind an EIP to a NIC, or unbind an EIP from a NIC.

URI

PUT /v1/{project_id}/publicips/{publicip_id}

Table 1 describes the parameters.

**Table 1** Parameter description
Name	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
publicip_id	Yes	Specifies the unique identifier of an EIP.

Request Message

Request parameter

**Table 2** Request parameter
Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
publicip	Yes	publicip object	Specifies the EIP object. For details, see Table 3.

**Table 3** Description of the **publicip** field
Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
port_id	No	String	Specifies the port ID. The value must be an existing port ID. If this parameter is not included or the parameter value is left blank, the EIP is unbound. If the specified port ID does not exist or has already been bound with an EIP, an error message will be displayed.
alias	No	String	Specifies the EIP name. The value can contain 1 to 64 characters, including letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.).

Example request 1 (Binding an EIP to a NIC)

PUT https://{Endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/publicips/{publicip_id}

{
    "publicip": {
        "port_id": "f588ccfa-8750-4d7c-bf5d-2ede24414706"
    }
}

Response Message

Response parameter

**Table 4** Response parameter
Name	Type	Description
publicip	publicip object	Specifies the EIP object. For details, see Table 5.

**Table 5** Description of the **publicips** field
Name	Type	Description
id	String	Specifies the unique identifier of an EIP.
status	String	Specifies the EIP status. Possible values are as follows: FREEZED (Frozen) BIND_ERROR (Binding failed) BINDING (Binding) PENDING_DELETE (Releasing) PENDING_CREATE (Assigning) PENDING_UPDATE (Updating) NOTIFYING (Assigning) NOTIFY_DELETE (Releasing) DOWN (Unbound) ACTIVE (Bound) ELB (Bound to a load balancer) ERROR (Exceptions)
type	String	Specifies the EIP type. Constraints: The configured value must be supported by the system. publicip_id is an IPv4 port. If publicip_type is not specified, the default value is 5_bgp.
public_ip_address	String	Specifies the obtained EIP if only IPv4 EIPs are available.
private_ip_address	String	Specifies the private IP address bound to the EIP. This parameter is returned only when a port is associated with the EIP.
port_id	String	Specifies the port ID. This parameter is returned only when a port is associated with the EIP.
tenant_id	String	Specifies the project ID.
create_time	String	Specifies the time (UTC) when the EIP is assigned. Format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
bandwidth_id	String	Specifies the ID of the EIP bandwidth.
bandwidth_size	Integer	Specifies the bandwidth (Mbit/s).
bandwidth_share_type	String	Specifies the EIP bandwidth type. The value can be PER or WHOLE. PER: Dedicated bandwidth WHOLE: Shared bandwidth
alias	String	Specifies the EIP name.

Example response (Binding an EIP to a NIC)

{
  "publicip": {
    "id": "f6318bef-6508-4ea5-a48f-6152b6b1a8fb",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "alias": "tom",
    "type": "5_bgp",
    "port_id": "a135e9b8-1630-40d2-a6c5-eb534a61efbe",
    "public_ip_address": "10.xx.xx.162",
    "private_ip_address": "192.168.1.131",
    "tenant_id": "26ae5181a416420998eb2093aaed84d9",
    "create_time": "2019-03-27 01:33:18",
    "bandwidth_size": 7,
    "ip_version": 4,
    "bandwidth_name": "bandwidth-2aef",
    "bandwidth_share_type": "PER",
    "bandwidth_id": "7a258fff-10d8-44b8-8124-c59079eb8f4c"
  }
}