Floating IPs

  • Introduction to Floating IPs

  • How to Allocate a Floating IP

  • Create Specific Floating IP

Introduction to Floating IPs

In the main Menu, select Networking - Floating IPs. The Networking - Floating IPs view appears.

This view provides you with information about the floating IPs currently defined in your system.

For each floating IP the following information is provided:

  1. Floating IP - the floating IP address.

  2. Private IP - the private IP address

  3. Network - the external network of the floating IP.

  4. Account- the account which owns the floating IP.

  5. Attached VM - The VM to which the floating IP is attached.

How to Allocate a Floating IP

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Create Specific Floating IP

You can create a floating IP with a specific IP address by using the CLI.

To create a specific floating IP:

Log in to a stratonode and enter the CLI shell by typing:

$ symp -u admin -d cloud_admin -p <PASSWORD> -k

Issue the virt-network floatingip-create command and pass in the name of the edge (or floating) network to use, and the specific IP address you want:

$ virt-network floatingip-create <EDGE_NETWORK> --floating-ip-address <FLOATING_IP_ADDRESS>