Learning OpenStack Networking - Third Edition

Creating a port

By creating a Neutron port manually, users have the ability to specify a particular fixed IP address, MAC address, security group, and more.

To create a port, use the openstack port create command, as shown here:

openstack port create--network <network> [--description <description>][--device <device-id>][--mac-address <mac-address>][--device-owner <device-owner>][--vnic-type <vnic-type>] [--host <host-id>][--dns-name dns-name][--fixed-ip subnet=<subnet>,ip-address=<ip-address>][--binding-profile <binding-profile>][--enable | --disable] [--project <project>][--project-domain <project-domain>][--security-group <security-group> | --no-security-group][--qos-policy <qos-policy>][--enable-port-security | --disable-port-security] ...