Then execute the script whenever you need the floating IP transferred. This allows you to quickly redirect traffic or even automate failover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detaching a floating IP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Detaching a floating IP without attaching it to another interface, pass an explicit null<\/tt> or empty string as a mac<\/tt> value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Replace the IP address highlighted below in red<\/span> with the floating IP you wish to detach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PATCH \/1.3\/ip_address\/0.0.0.0<\/span>\n\n{\n  \"ip_address\": {\n    \"mac\": null<\/span>\n  }\n}<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Detaching a floating IP allows you to retain the IP address even if you wish to delete the servers it was used on. You might also wish to detach a floating IP while in use to stop traffic to the address in case of e.g. DDoS attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deleting a floating IP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Delete any IP address using the following command. Note that the deletion is permanent and cannot be reverted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Replace the IP address highlighted below in red<\/span> with the floating IP you wish to delete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DELETE \/1.3\/ip_address\/0.0.0.0<\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
If you do delete an IP address by mistake, immediately attaching a new IP of the same type may give you the same IP that was just released if it has not been attached anywhere else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","community-category":[109,111,122],"class_list":["post-24868","tutorial","type-tutorial","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","community-category-upcloud-services","community-category-networking","community-category-api"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiogo.tech\/upcloudold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tutorial\/24868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiogo.tech\/upcloudold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tutorial"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiogo.tech\/upcloudold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tutorial"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiogo.tech\/upcloudold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiogo.tech\/upcloudold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiogo.tech\/upcloudold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"community-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiogo.tech\/upcloudold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community-category?post=24868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}