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The Multinic Extension

About this Extension

This extension enables addFixedIp and removeFixedIp actions on servers. It is used with the OpenStack Compute 1.1 API to add or remove fixed IP addresses on named instances.

To use this extension, you must have configured Compute with more than one Network Interface Card.

To obtain current information the extensions available to you, issue an EXTENSION query on the OpenStack system where it is installed, such as http://mycloud.com/v1.1/tenant/extension.

Extension Overview

Name
Multinic
Namespace
http://docs.openstack.org/ext/multinic/api/v1.1
Alias
OPS-MLT
Contact
Kevin Mitchell <kevin.mitchell@rackspace.com>
Status
Alpha
Extension Version
v1.0 (2011-09-14)
Dependencies
Compute API 1.1
Doc Link (PDF)
http://
Doc Link (WADL)
http://
Short Description
This extension enables the assignment and removal of fixed IP addresses on virtual servers running in an OpenStack Compute cloud.

Sample Query Responses

As shown below, responses to an EXTENSION query in XML or JSON provide basic information about the extension.

Extension Query Response: XML:

<extensions xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v1.1">
<extension name="Multinic" namespace="http://docs.openstack.org/ext/multinic/api/v1.1" alias="NMN" updated="2011-06-09T00:00:00+00:00"><description>Multiple network support</description></extension>
</extensions>

Extension Query Response: JSON:

{"extensions": [{"updated": "2011-06-09T00:00:00+00:00", "name": "Multinic", "links": [], "namespace": "http://docs.openstack.org/ext/multinic/api/v1.1", "alias": "NMN", "description": "Multiple network support"}]}

Document Change History

Revision Date Summary of Changes
2011-09-14 Initial draft
2012-03-30 Reformat of content

Summary of Changes

This extension to the Compute API allows addition and removal of fixed IP addresses to instances.

This support is provided by the addition of new <actions, faults, headers, resources, states, something else>.

New Actions

This extension uses POST to add or remove fixed IP addresses to instances.

add_fixed_ip remove_fixed_ip

Normal Response Code: 202

Include the response codes, transitions if applicable, and XML and JSON examples.

New Faults

None

New Headers

None

New Resources

None

New States

None

Changes to the Cloud Servers Specification

List the specific changes to the API. For example:

In section 4.1.1 (List Servers) of the Cloud Servers Specification: Examples 4.1 and 4.2 should be replaced with Example 2.7 and Example 2.8 below.

Provide examples in XML and JSON