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Network operations#

This section describes the API operations for networks. For general information about networks, see Networks concepts.

Retrieve list of networks#

GET /v2.0/networks

This operation retrieves list of networks to which the specified tenant has access.

You can control which attributes are returned by using the fields query parameter. For more information, see Filtering Requests.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
200 Success Request succeeded.
401 Unauthorized The user is unauthorized to make this request.

Request#

This operation does not accept a request body.

Response#

This table shows the body parameters for the response:

Name Type Description
networks Array The array of networks.
networks.status String The network status. The default value is ACTIVE and cannot be changed by the user.
networks.subnets Dict The associated subnets.
networks.name String The network name.
networks.admin_state_up Bool The administrative state of the network. The default value is true and cannot be changed by the user.
networks.tenant_id Uuid The tenant ID.
networks.id Uuid The network ID.
networks.shared Bool Indicates whether this network is shared across all tenants. The default value is false and cannot be changed by the user.

Example Retrieve list of networks: JSON response

Status Code: 200 OK
Content-Length: 370
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:41:20 GMT, Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:41:21 GMT
Server: Jetty(9.2.z-SNAPSHOT)
Via: 1.1 Repose (Repose/6.2.0.2)

{
    "networks": [
        {
            "admin_state_up": true,
            "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
            "name": "public",
            "shared": true,
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "subnets": [],
            "tenant_id": "rackspace"
        },
        {
            "admin_state_up": true,
            "id": "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
            "name": "private",
            "shared": true,
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "subnets": [],
            "tenant_id": "rackspace"
        },
        {
            "admin_state_up": true,
            "id": "2993e407-5531-4ca8-9d2a-0d13b5cac904",
            "name": "RackNet",
            "shared": false,
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "subnets": [
                "017d8997-70ec-4448-91d9-a8097d6d60f3"
            ],
            "tenant_id": "123456"
        }
    ]
}

Create network#

POST /v2.0/networks

This operation creates a network.

The tenant ID that you specify in the URI is the tenant who creates the network.

Note

Only one IPv4 and one IPv6 subnet can be specified per network.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
201 Success Request succeeded.
400 Error A general error has occured.
401 Unauthorized The user is unauthorized to make this request.

Request#

This table shows the body parameters for the request:

Name Type Description
network Object The container for the network details.
network.admin_state_up Bool (Optional) The administrative state of the network. The default value is true and cannot be changed by the user.
network.name String (Optional) The network name. Currently, network names should be 40 characters or fewer.
network.shared Bool (Optional) Admin only. Indicates whether this network is shared across all tenants. The default value is false and cannot be changed by the user.
network.tenant_id Uuid (Optional) The ID of the tenant who owns the network.

Example Create network: JSON request

{
    "network":
    {
        "name": "testnet-3",
        "shared": false,
        "tenant_id": "123456"
    }
}

Response#

This table shows the body parameters for the response:

Name Type Description
networks Array The array of networks.
networks.status String The network status. The default value is ACTIVE and cannot be changed by the user.
networks.subnets Dict The associated subnets.
networks.name String The network name.
networks.admin_state_up Bool The administrative state of the network. The default value is true and cannot be changed by the user.
networks.tenant_id Uuid The tenant ID.
networks.id Uuid The network ID.
networks.shared Bool Indicates whether this network is shared across all tenants. The default value is false and cannot be changed by the user.

Example Create network: JSON response

{
"network":
    {
        "admin_state_up": true,
        "id": "4d4e772a-98e7-4409-8a3c-4fed4324da26",
        "name": "testnet-3",
        "shared": false,
        "status": "ACTIVE",
        "subnets": [],
        "tenant_id": "123456"
    }
}

Show network#

GET /v2.0/networks/{network_id}

This operation retrieves information for a specified network.

You can control which attributes are returned by using the fields query parameter. For more information, see Filtering Requests.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
200 Success Request succeeded.
401 Unauthorized The user is unauthorized to make this request.
404 Not Found Item not found.

Request#

This table shows the URI parameters for the request:

Name Type Description
{network_id} Uuid The UUID for the network.

This operation does not accept a request body.

Response#

This table shows the body parameters for the response:

Name Type Description
parameters.networks Array The array of networks.
parameters.networks.status String The network status. The default value is ACTIVE and cannot be changed by the user.
parameters.networks.subnets Dict The associated subnets.
parameters.networks.name String The network name.
parameters.networks.admin_state_up Bool The administrative state of the network. The default value is true and cannot be changed by the user.
parameters.networks.tenant_id Uuid The tenant ID.
parameters.networks.id Uuid The network ID.
parameters.networks.shared Bool Indicates whether this network is shared across all tenants. The default value is false and cannot be changed by the user.

Example Show network: JSON response

{
    "network":
    {
        "admin_state_up": true,
        "id": "4d4e772a-98e7-4409-8a3c-4fed4324da26",
        "name": "sameer-3",
        "shared": false,
        "status": "ACTIVE",
        "subnets": [],
        "tenant_id": "546428"
    }
}

Update network#

PUT /v2.0/networks/{network_id}

This operation allows you to update certain network attributes.

Warning

Network IDs "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" and "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111" correspond to the PublicNet and ServiceNet networks of Rackspace. Changes to these networks are not supported.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
200 Success Request succeeded.
400 Error A general error has occured.
401 Unauthorized The user is unauthorized to make this request.
403 Forbidden The request is forbidden.
404 Not Found Item not found.

Request#

This table shows the URI parameters for the request:

Name Type Description
{network_id} Uuid The UUID for the network.

This table shows the body parameters for the request:

Name Type Description
network Object The container for the network details.
networks.name String (Optional) The network name.

Example Update network: JSON request

{
 "network":
  {
    "name": "sample_network_5_updated"
  }
}

Response#

This table shows the body parameters for the response:

Name Type Description
networks Array The array of networks.
networks.status String The network status. The default value is ACTIVE and cannot be changed by the user.
networks.subnets Dict The associated subnets.
networks.name String The network name.
networks.admin_state_up Bool The administrative state of the network. The default value is true and cannot be changed by the user.
networks.tenant_id Uuid The tenant ID.
networks.id Uuid The network ID.
networks.shared Bool Indicates whether this network is shared across all tenants. The default value is false and cannot be changed by the user.

Example Update network: JSON response

{
     "network":{
      "status":"ACTIVE",
      "subnets":[],
      "name":"sample_network_5_updated",
      "admin_state_up":true,
      "tenant_id":"4fd44f30292945e481c7b8a0c8908869",
      "shared":false,
      "id":"1f370095-98f6-4079-be64-6d3d4a6adcc6",
   }
}

Delete network#

DELETE /v2.0/networks/{network_id}

This operation deletes a specified network and its associated resources.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
204 Success Request succeeded.
401 Unauthorized The user is unauthorized to make this request.
404 Not Found Item not found.
409 conflict There is a resource conflict.

Request#

This table shows the URI parameters for the request:

Name Type Description
{network_id} Uuid The UUID for the network.

This operation does not accept a request body.

Response#

Example Delete network: JSON response

Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
status: 204