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post/v1/load-balancers

Create load balancer

Create a new load balancer

Request Body

required

Content-Type: application/json

name

stringrequired

description

stringoptional

vip_address

stringoptional

VIP address (auto-assigned if omitted)

vip_subnet_id

string<uuid>required

vip_network_id

string<uuid>optional

provider

stringoptional

flavor_id

string<uuid>optional

tags

arrayoptional

Responses

202

Load balancer creation initiated

Content-Type: application/json

load_balancer

objectoptional
400

Invalid request parameters

Content-Type: application/json

error

objectrequired
401

Authentication required or token invalid

Content-Type: application/json

error

objectrequired
403

Insufficient permissions

Content-Type: application/json

error

objectrequired
404

Subnet not found

Content-Type: application/json

error

objectrequired
500

Internal server error

Content-Type: application/json

error

objectrequired
curl -X POST "https://api.spo1.mycloud.com/v1/load-balancers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "web-lb",
    "description": "string",
    "vip_address": "string",
    "vip_subnet_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "vip_network_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "provider": "string",
    "flavor_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "tags": [
      "web",
      "frontend"
    ]
  }'

Response

Load balancer creation initiated

{
  "load_balancer": {
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "crn": "crn:spo1:loadbalancer:load-balancer:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "name": "web-lb",
    "description": "Load balancer for web servers",
    "provisioning_status": "ACTIVE",
    "operating_status": "ONLINE",
    "vip_address": "192.168.1.100",
    "vip_port_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "vip_subnet_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001",
    "vip_network_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440002",
    "listeners": [
      {
        "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
      }
    ],
    "pools": [
      {
        "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
      }
    ],
    "provider": "octavia",
    "flavor_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "tags": [
      "web",
      "frontend"
    ],
    "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
  }
}