Global Anycast IP Addresses¶

In your Project's Networking section, open the IPs page.

Your project's current IP Addresses should be listed. To request Global Anycast IP Addresses, click + Add New.

From the Request IP Addresses slide out, choose Global IPv4 and the Quantity (size) of the reserved subnet. There are also fields for Tags and a Description for your use. The Custom JSON field is for custom data that you want to be included in your server's metadata.

Use the Comments field for contacting support with any information that is relevant to your request. Be aware, if you are planning to request multiple subnets, or multiple large subnets, there are quotas in place at the project-level. Support may reach out with questions about your request.

To request a Global Anycast IP address, use the metal ip request command and specify the --type as global_ipv4.

metal ip request --project-id <project_id> --type global_ipv4 --quantity <int>

To request additional IP addresses in the API, send a POST request to the /projects/{id}/ips endpoint.

curl -X POST \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "X-Auth-Token: <API_TOKEN>" \
"https://api.equinix.com/metal/v1/projects/{id}/ips" \
-d '{
    "type": "global_ipv4",
    "quantity": 4,
    "fail_on_approval_required": "false"
}'

Body Parameters

• "type" (required) - To request a Global Anycast IP address, use "global_ipv4".
• "quantity" (required) - The quantity parameter should be the number of IPs in the subnet. Valid values are 1, 2, and 4 for Global Anycast IP addresses.
• "fail_on_approval_required" (optional) - If you submit a request that exceeds the maximum number of IP addresses available to your project, you can automatically have the request fail with HTTP status 422 instead of triggering the review process by providing the fail_on_approval_required parameter set to true in the request.

A full listing of body parameter fields and options is available in the API reference.

Your Project's IPs page contains a list of all the Management, Reserved, and Global Anycast subnets and IPs.

In the CLI, all the Management, Reserved, and Global Anycast subnets and IP address information for a Project is available from the metal ip get command.

`metal ip get -p <project-uuid>`

To get a list of the Management, Reserved, and Global Anycast subnets and IPs in your Project, send a GET request to the /projects/{id}/ips endpoint.

curl -X GET \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-Auth-Token: <API_TOKEN>" \
"https://api.equinix.com/metal/v1/projects/{id}/ips"

The response contains a reservation ID in the "id" field. (The example response is truncated.)

{
"ip_addresses": [
    {
    "id": "804c4112-c00a-486c-9c54-0918dd1894b2",
    "address_family": 4,
    "netmask": "255.255.255.254",
    "created_at": "2022-09-21T13:14:55Z",
    "public": true,
    "cidr": 31,
    "management": false,
    "manageable": true,
    "enabled": true,
    "global_ip": true,
    "assignments": [],
    "network": "147....",
    "address": "147....",
    "gateway": "147....",
    "type": "global_ipv4"
    ....
    },
    ....
]
}

To see the status of your Global Anycast IP block, navigate to your Project's IPs page and open the Actions menu of the IP reservation you would like to manage. Click Update Block.

A grey circle indicates that an IP in the block is not assigned in the facility or being announced via BGP. A green circle indicates it an IP in the block is assigned or being announced in that facility. If you do not announce or bind a Global Anycast IP in one facility, we will backhaul that traffic to the next closest facility where the IP is assigned or announced. This incurs cost, which is why there is a charge for inbound transfer.

To check available subnets and IP addresses in your Global Anycast IP block, use the metal ip available command. The --reservation-id can be obtained from the metal ip get -p <project-uuid> command.

metal ip available --reservation-id <reservation_UUID> --cidr <size_of_subnet>

You can check the status of subnets and IP addresses in each of your project's Management, Reserved, and Global Anycast subnets by sending a GET request to the /ips/{id} endpoint. The reservation UUID of the subnet or IP address goes in the path.

curl -X GET \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-Auth-Token: <API_TOKEN>" \
"https://api.equinix.com/metal/v1/ips/{id}"

The response includes the reservation ID of the IP address block in the "assignments" object. (The example response is truncated.)

{
"ip_addresses": [
    {
    "id": "804c4112-c00a-486c-9c54-0918dd1894b2",
    "address_family": 4,
    "netmask": "255.255.255.254",
    "global_ip": true,
        "assignments": [
        {
            "href": "/metal/v1/ips/4cc7f67b-522e-4b6c-82a5-3b2505cf326a"
        }
        ],
    ....
    "type": "global_ipv4"
    },
    ....
]
}

To delete a reservation, navigate to your Project's IPs page and select the Global Anycast IP block. Click Delete.

To remove a Global Anycast IP reservation, use the metal ip remove command.

metal ip remove --id <reservation-id>

To delete an IP reservation through the API, send a DELETE request to the /ips/{id} endpoint. The id is the UUID of the reservation.

curl -X DELETE \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-Auth-Token: <API_TOKEN>" \
"https://api.equinix.com/metal/v1/ips/{id}"