Refreshing IP addresses when you refresh a server

When a NIC is associated with a load balancer, a firewall rule, or a network path in a service offering instance, the IP address is not updated when you refresh (synchronize) the associated server. To update the IP address, you must change the AccessAttributeValue in the providers.json file.

1. Open the providers.json file for editing.

2. Locate the following lines:

   {
       "cloudClass" : "com.bmc.cloud.model.beans.AccessAttributeValue",
       "accessAttribute" : {
         "cloudClass" : "com.bmc.cloud.model.beans.AccessAttribute",
         "datatype" : "BOOLEAN",
         "description" : "force IPAddress Refresh, irrespective of LB/FW/NP associations",
         "guid" : "fbaf1131-c783-4b0c-8ab0-9dfd10086135",
         "isOptional" : true,
         "isPassword" : false,
         "modifiableWithoutRestart" : false,
         "name" : "forceIPRefresh"
       },
       "attributeValue" : "false",
       "description" : "force IPAddress Refresh, irrespective of LB/FW/NP associations",
       "guid" : "9cb6d304-752a-4b65-9b99-46e4f071637d",
       "name" : "forceIPRefresh"
     }

3. Set the attributeValue to true.

4. Save the providers.json file.

The following BMC Communities video (2:12) describes how to refresh an IP address when you refresh a server.

https://youtu.be/ue8RHX76o2o

Related topic

Managing servers in a service