Creating a virtual interface (cURL)

Issue the following cURL command.

Create a virtual interface with cURL request

$ curl https://$API_ENDPOINT/v2/$TENANT-ID/servers/<instance_id>/os-virtual-interfacesv2 \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -H "Accept: application/json" \
      -H "X-Auth-Token: $AUTH_TOKEN" \
      -d '{"virtual_interface": {"network_id": "<network_id>"}}'| python -m json.tool

Positional arguments:

• instance_id. The ID of the server instance to which you want to connect the virtual interface.

• network_id. The ID of the network for which you want to create a virtual interface.

The operation returns a response as shown in the following example.

Create a virtual interface with cURL response

{
   "virtual_interfaces":[
      {
         "mac_address":"FE:ED:FA:00:08:93",
         "id":"045f195f-3347-487b-8e80-8ee3390eda56",
         "ip_addresses":[
            {
               "address":"192.168.0.1",
               "network_id":"196a0246-86cc-46fa-9ecf-850f67c2cb7c",
               "network_label":"added_network"
            }
         ]
      }
   ]
}

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