Cloud IPs
Cloud IPs are publicly accessible IP addresses that can be moved instantly between servers in the Brightbox Cloud. They belong to an account until they are destroyed. Once created, they can be mapped to any server belonging to the same account.
Creating a cloud IP
You create cloud ips using the brightbox-cloudips Command Line Interface tool:
$ brightbox-cloudips create
id status public_ip server_id interface_id reverse_dns
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cip-1um8s unmapped 109.107.35.140 cip-109-107-35-140.gb1.brightbox.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mapping a cloud IP to a server
Find the id of the cloud ip you want to map and the id of the server you want to map it to:
$ brightbox-cloudips list
id status public_ip server_id interface_id reverse_dns
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cip-1um8s unmapped 109.107.35.140 cip-109-107-35-140.gb1.brightbox.com
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$ brightbox-servers list
id status type zone created_on image_id cloud_ips name
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srv-zx1hd active nano gb1-b 2010-11-05 img-hm6oj my first server
srv-9puly active nano gb1-a 2010-11-05 img-hm6oj my other server
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------And then simply map the ip to the server, using the brightbox-cloudips map command:
$ brightbox-cloudips map cip-1um8s srv-zx1hd
Mapping cip-1um8s to interface int-x4kve on srv-zx1hd
id status public_ip server_id interface_id reverse_dns
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cip-1um8s mapped 109.107.35.140 srv-zx1hd int-x4kve cip-109-107-35-140.gb1.brightbox.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You can now see that the IP mapping shows up in the server list too:
$ brightbox-servers list
id status type zone created_on image_id cloud_ips name
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srv-zx1hd active nano gb1-b 2010-11-05 img-hm6oj 109.107.35.140 my first server
srv-9puly active nano gb1-a 2010-11-05 img-hm6oj my other server
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DNS records
For your convenience, a dns record is automatically created for cloud ip mappings. Whilst mappings are instantaneous, the dns updates can take time to propagate due to caching. It is usually updated within two minutes.
$ host public.srv-zx1hd.gb1.brightbox.com
public.srv-zx1hd.gb1.brightbox.com has address 109.107.35.140Remapping an IP
You can unmap the ip from one server and map it to another in one command with the -u option:
$ brightbox-cloudips map -u cip-1um8s srv-9puly
Unmapping ip cip-1um8s
Mapping cip-1um8s to interface int-3yqv6 on srv-9puly
id status public_ip server_id interface_id reverse_dns
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cip-1um8s mapped 109.107.35.140 srv-9puly int-3yqv6 cip-109-107-35-140.gb1.brightbox.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Unmap an IP
Unmapping an IP removes it from a server, but leaves it belonging to the account for future remappings:
$ brightbox-cloudips unmap cip-1um8s
Unmapping cloud ip cip-1um8s
id status public_ip server_id interface_id reverse_dns
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cip-1um8s unmapped 109.107.35.140 cip-109-107-35-140.gb1.brightbox.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Would you like to know more?
Here you created, mapped, remapped and unmapped a cloud IP.
You might want to learn about zones or learn how to create a snapshot