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About The Virtual Interfaces Extension

The Virtual Interfaces extension lets you view the virtual interfaces used in an instance.

To obtain current information the extensions available to you, issue an EXTENSION query on the OpenStack system where it is installed, such as http://mycloud.com/v1.1/tenant/extensions.

Virtual Interfaces Extension Overview

Name
Virtual Interfaces
Namespace
http://docs.openstack.org/ext/virtual_interfaces/api/v1.1
Alias
MID-VRT
Contact
Name <ryu@midokura.jp>
Status
Alpha
Extension Version
v1.0 (2011-08-18)
Dependencies
Compute API 1.1
Doc Link (PDF)
http://
Doc Link (WADL)
http://
Short Description
This extension enables Virtual Interfaces capabilities for OpenStack Compute servers so that you know the interfaces for the virtual instances running in the cloud.

Sample Query Responses

As shown below, responses to an EXTENSION query in XML or JSON provide basic information about the extension.

Extension Query Response: XML:

<extensions>
<extension name="VirtualInterfaces"
namespace="http://docs.openstack.org/ext/virtual_interfaces/api/v1.1"
alias="virtual_interfaces" updated="2011-08-17T00:00:00+00:00">
<description>Virtual interface support</description>
</extension>
</extensions>

Extension Query Response: JSON:

{"extensions": [{"updated": "2011-08-17T00:00:00+00:00", "name": "VirtualInterfaces", "links": [], "namespace": "http://docs.openstack.org/ext/virtual_interfaces/api/v1.1", "alias": "virtual_interfaces", "description": "Virtual interface support"}]}

Document Change History

Revision Date Summary of Changes
2011-09-16 Initial draft

Summary of Changes

This extension to the OpenStack Compute API enables listing of Virtual Interfaces of running instances.

New Actions

virtual_interfaces

New Faults

None

New Headers

None

New Resources

None

New States

None

Changes to the Cloud Servers Specification

A new action added to the 4.3 Server Actions section.

Verb URI
POST /servers/id/virtual_interfaces

Normal Response Code(s): 202

Error Response Code(s): computeFault (400, 500, …), serviceUnavailable (503), unauthorized (401), forbidden (403), badRequest (400), badMethod (405), overLimit (413), itemNotFound (404), badMediaType (415), buildInProgress (409)