In this recipe, we will use the Neutron CLI to create and associate a VIP with a load balancer pool.
For this recipe, you will need the following information:
The SSH login credentials for a node where the Neutron client packages are installed
A shell RC file that initializes the environment variables for CLI
The name of the VIP
The name of the load balancer pool
The Subnet CIDR associated with this pool
A free IP address in the Subnet for the VIP configuration
The protocol port
The protocol type
The following steps will show you how to create a VIP and associate it with a load balancer pool using the Neutron CLI: