Assigning a Floating IP Address (Discarded)

Function

This API is used to assign a floating IP address.

This API has been discarded. Use the API described in Assigning a Floating IP Address.

Constraints

You need to obtain a network resource pool that provides floating IP addresses. To do so, run GET /v2.0/networks?router:external=True or neutron net-external-list.

URI

POST /v2.1/{project_id}/os-floating-ips

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.

Request

Table 2 describes the request parameters.

**Table 2** Request parameters
Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
tenant_id	String	Yes	Specifies the tenant ID specified in the URI. The value is in UUID format.
pool	String	No	Specifies the network resource pool that provides floating IP addresses. If it is not specified, the default resource pool is used.

Response

Table 3 describes the response parameters.

**Table 3** Response parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
floating_ip	Yes	Object	Specifies the floating IP address. For details, see Table 4.

**Table 4** **floating_ip** objects
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
fixed_ip	Yes	String	Specifies a private IP address.
id	Yes	String	Specifies the floating IP address ID in UUID format.
instance_id	Yes	String	Specifies the ID of a bound ECS in UUID format.
ip	Yes	String	Specifies the floating IP address.
pool	Yes	String	Specifies the name of a network resource pool that provides floating IP addresses.

Example Request

POST https://{endpoint}/v2.1/e73621affb8f44e1bc01898747ca09d4/os-floating-ips

{
    "pool": "external"
}

Example Response

{
  "floating_ip": {
    "id": "7aa2aa63-3097-4cfe-a2e4-596c301d3b1b",
    "pool": "external",
    "ip": "10.154.53.184",
    "fixed_ip": null,
    "instance_id": null
  }
}