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OpenStack Networking Cookbook
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OpenStack Networking Cookbook

by Sriram Subramanian
October 2015
Intermediate to advanced
282 pages
5h 40m
English
Packt Publishing
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Creating an instance with a specific IP address

The VM instances are typically used to host IT applications. Some applications require that a particular VM server should have a specific, fixed IP address. When DHCP is enabled, the virtual machine gets an IP address dynamically. This recipe shows you how we can assign a specific IP address to an instance.

Getting ready

A VM with a specific IP address can only be created using the OpenStack CLI. It involves a Port creation followed by an instance creation. As a prerequisite, ensure that a Network is created with the following attributes:

  • Network name: Cookbook-Network-5
  • Subnet name: Cookbook-Subnet-5
  • Subnet IP address range: 20.20.20.0/28

How to do it…

The following steps will show you how to create a ...

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