OpenStack Networking Cookbook

Creating a Virtual IP using CLI

In this recipe, we will use the Neutron CLI to create and associate a VIP with a load balancer pool.

Getting ready

For this recipe, you will need the following information:

• The SSH login credentials for a node where the Neutron client packages are installed
• A shell RC file that initializes the environment variables for CLI
• The name of the VIP
• The name of the load balancer pool
• The Subnet CIDR associated with this pool
• A free IP address in the Subnet for the VIP configuration
• The protocol port
• The protocol type

How to do it…

The following steps will show you how to create a VIP and associate it with a load balancer pool using the Neutron CLI:

1. Using the appropriate credentials, SSH into the OpenStack node installed with the Neutron ...