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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
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doc/user-guide-admin/section_nova_cli_floating_ips.xml
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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>
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project</title>
<step>
<para>If an IP is already associated with an instance, the
output also shows the IP for the instance, thefixed IP
output also shows the IP for the instance, the fixed IP
address for the instance, and the name of the pool
that provides the floating IP address.</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova floating-ip-list</userinput></screen>
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<screen><prompt>$</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>