I understood and I agree that assigning the ip address to the port is not a bug, however showing it to the user, at least in Horizon dashboard where it pops up in the main instance screen without a specific search, can be very confusing.
On 12/16/14 12:25, Salvatore Orlando wrote: > In Neutron IP address management and distribution are separated concepts. > IP addresses are assigned to ports even when DHCP is disabled. That IP > address is indeed used to configure anti-spoofing rules and security groups. > > It is however understandable that one wonders why an IP address is assigned > to a port if there is no DHCP server to communicate that address. Operators > might decide to use different tools to ensure the IP address is then > assigned to the instance's ports. On XenServer for instance one could use a > guest agent reading network configuration from XenStore; as another > example, older versions of Openstack used to inject network configuration > into the instance file system; I reckon that today's configdrive might also > be used to configure instance's networking. > > Summarising I don't think this is a bug. Nevertheless if you have any idea > regarding improvements on the API UX feel free to file a bug report. > > Salvatore > > On 16 December 2014 at 10:41, Pasquale Porreca < > pasquale.porr...@dektech.com.au> wrote: >> >> Is there a specific reason for which a fixed ip is bound to a port on a >> subnet where dhcp is disabled? it is confusing to have this info shown >> when the instance doesn't have actually an ip on that port. >> Should I fill a bug report, or is this a wanted behavior? >> >> -- >> Pasquale Porreca >> >> DEK Technologies >> Via dei Castelli Romani, 22 >> 00040 Pomezia (Roma) >> >> Mobile +39 3394823805 >> Skype paskporr >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenStack-dev mailing list >> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > -- Pasquale Porreca DEK Technologies Via dei Castelli Romani, 22 00040 Pomezia (Roma) Mobile +39 3394823805 Skype paskporr _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev