Creating ports
Ports in OpenStack can be created using the openstack port create command. Ports are automatically created by OpenStack upon server creation or can be created and attached to instances at a later time. Users may also create ports as a method of reserving IP addresses for later use or to avoid certain addresses from being allocated by OpenStack at all.
Getting ready
You will need the following details, at a minimum, for the port:
- Network name or ID
- Port name
For our example, the following will be used:
- Network name:
COOKBOOK_TENANT_NET_1 - Port name:
COOKBOOK_TEST_PORT_1
How to do it…
With the OpenStack client installed on our system, we are now able to create a port with the following command:
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