EIP

A VPC network uses custom ESX Virtual IP addresses (VIPs) to provide elastic IP address (EIP) services. With an EIP, a VPC vRouter can access the private network of a vCenter VM instance through a public network.

This topic falls into the following parts:

Create an EIP

The steps of creating an EIP in a vCenter environment are basically the same as that in a KVM environment.

On the main menu of ZStack Cloud, choose Resource Center > Network Service > Basic Network Service > EIP. On the EIP page, click Create EIP. Then, the Create EIP page is displayed. On the displayed page, set the parameters. For detailed information, you can refer to User Guide.
Note:
  • If you choose to create a new VIP to provide EIP service, select public network that you created in the vCenter for Network.
  • If you choose to use an existing VIP to provide EIP service, select an existing custom ESX VIP for VIP.

EIP Actions

On the main menu of ZStack Cloud, choose Resource Center > Network Service > Basic Network Service > EIP. Then, the EIP page is displayed.

The following table lists the actions that you can perform on an EIP.
Action Description
Create EIP Create a new EIP.
Edit EIP Edit the name and description of the EIP.
Attach NIC Attach a VM NIC to the EIP.

Method:

On the EIP page, choose an EIP, and click Attach NIC in the actions list to attach the EIP to a VM NIC.

Choose the NIC that you want to attach, and click OK button to finish the NIC attachment. To cancel the action, click the Cancel button. You can reattach EIP to a VM NIC after the cancellation.
Detach NIC Detach the VM NIC from the EIP.

Method:

On the EIP page, choose an EIP, and click Detach NIC to detach the VM NIC from the EIP.

Choose the NIC that you want to detach and click the OK button. To cancel the action, click the Cancel button. You can re-detach the VM NIC from EIP after cancellation.
Change Owner Change the owner of the EIP.
Delete EIP Delete the selected EIP.
Note: Deleting an EIP also deletes the corresponding EIP service. To delete the corresponding VIP at the same time, select the Delete VIP checkbox.