POST /floating_ips

Create a Floating IP.

Provide the server attribute to assign the Floating IP to that server or provide a home_location to locate the Floating IP at. Note that the Floating IP can be assigned to a Server in any Location later on. For optimal routing it is advised to use the Floating IP in the same Location it was created in.

Servers

Request headers

Name Type Required Description
Content-Type String Yes The media type of the request body.

Default value: "application/json"

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
name String No

Name of the Resource. Must be unique per Project.

description String No

Description of the Resource.

labels Object No

User-defined labels (key/value pairs) for the Resource. For more information, see "Labels".

home_location String No

Home Location for the Floating IP.

Either the ID or the name of the Location.

Only optional if no Server is provided. Routing is optimized for this Locations.

type String Yes

Floating IP type

Possible values:

  • "ipv6"
  • "ipv4"
server Integer No

Server the Floating IP is assigned to.

null if not assigned.

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