Dave, There is a very good reason you can't, and its nothing to do with the GUI.
In a Basic Zone, the Guest VM IP is allocated from the POD CIDR. The gotcha is that each POD has a unique CIDR, and as a user cannot influence POD placement, they have no way of knowing which POD the VM will end up in. In an Advance Zone, the Guest VM CIDR is under the control of the user as they can allocate it when the create a new Guest Network. The VM is allocated an IP from the Guest Network CIDR no matter which POD the VM ends up in. users can allocate the Guest VM during the deployment of a new VM if they use the API. I believe they are working on bringing DHCP control features into the GUI, but it will only be available in an Advanced Zone. Regards Geoff Higginbottom CTO / Cloud Architect D: +44(0)20 3603 0542<tel:+442036030542> | S: +44(0)20 3603 0540<tel:+442036030540> | M: +44(0)7968161581<tel:+447968161581> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | www.shapeblue.com ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS On 26 Jun 2013, at 08:53, "Dave Dunaway" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: There should be a way to have the ability to reserve an IP and still have DHCP assign the IP by mac reservation. There's no technical reason this wouldn't work and likely a feature a lot of people would love to see. The only hold back is the UI not allowing you to do so. Ultimately, you can go to the DB and change the VM's IP in the nics table to what you want (reboot the VM and the IP change will occur). Which is not the preferred way to do so, but ultimately that functionality from the UI would be ideal. Even going as far as intergrating IPAM functionality into the product would be ideal. On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Geoff Higginbottom < [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Simple answer - you can't. In an advanced zone, you can specify the IP address when you create a new VM using the API, however in a basic zone, because the IP will depend on which POD your VM ends up in, and as a user you cannot influence this, there is no way to specific the IP, even if you are a root admin. The reason it still fails when you manually change the IP is that the security groups feature is expecting the VM to have the IP CloudStack allocated it via DHCP. Regards Geoff Higginbottom CTO / Cloud Architect D: +44(0)20 3603 0542<tel:+442036030542> | S: +44(0)20 3603 0540<tel: +442036030540> | M: +44(0)7968161581<tel:+447968161581> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> | www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com> ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS On 26 Jun 2013, at 05:02, "WXR" <[email protected]<http://qq.com><http://qq.com>> wrote: cloudstack version: 4.1 network type: basic network When I create a new instance,the vm will get a random IP from the DHCP server on vrouter. If I want to: 1.allocate a specific ip to the vm. 2.allocate multiple ips to the vm. 3.change the vm ip from one to another. How can I achieve it? I try to bind the ip to the vm nic manually but the ip can not be accessed. This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark. This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
