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Adds information about --fixed-address parameter for nova client

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nova add-floating-ip --fixed-address ... added to User Guide

Change-Id: I051cd385c3bae49079926eb930fabb0b120c6564
Closes-bug: 1188856
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annegentle
2013-10-01 10:03:03 -05:00
parent ff20a50aa2
commit 967dcd0c98
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doc/user-guide-admin/section_nova_cli_floating_ips.xml
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@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0">
<title>Manage IP addresses</title>
<para>Each instance can have a private, or fixed, IP address and a
public, or floating, one.</para>
<para>Each instance can have a private, or fixed, IP address and an IP
address that is movable from instance-to-instance, (often public),
called a floating IP address.</para>
<para>Private IP addresses are used for communication between
instances, and public ones are used for communication with the
outside world.</para>
@@ -103,4 +104,13 @@
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova remove-floating-ip INSTANCE_NAME_OR_ID FLOATING_IP</userinput></screen>
</step>
</procedure>
<procedure>
<title>To assign a fixed IP address to a floating address from an
instance</title>
<step>
<para>To allow the floating
IP to be associated with a specific fixed IP, add the fixed IP address as an optional parameter.</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova add-floating-ip --fixed-address=<replaceable>FIXED_IP_ADDRESS</replaceable> INSTANCE_NAME_OR_ID FLOATING_IP</userinput></screen>
</step>
</procedure>
</section>