# Problems with using Ansible 1.9 to assign a floating IP to an OpenStack nova instance

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/problems-with-using-ansible-1-9-to-assign-a-floating-ip-to-an-openstack-nova-instance/17200>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 6, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problems-with-using-ansible-1-9-to-assign-a-floating-ip-to-an-openstack-nova-instance/17200 "2015-01-06T21:08:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eugene\_Goldberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eugene\_Goldberg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eugene_Goldberg)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problems-with-using-ansible-1-9-to-assign-a-floating-ip-to-an-openstack-nova-instance/17200/1 "2015-01-06T21:08:32Z")

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Greetings,  
I’m trying to configure Ansible 1.9 to launch some OpenStack Nova instances.  
For each instance, I’m attempting to auto-assign a floating IP, connecting it to a public segment.  
When I try this:

- name: launch Web01 instance  
hosts: csc  
tasks:
- nova\_compute:  
state: present  
login\_username: tenant\_2\_user  
login\_password: hello  
login\_tenant\_name: tenant\_2  
name: Web01  
auth\_url: [http://10.0.0.32:5000/v2.0/](http://10.0.0.32:5000/v2.0/)  
region\_name: RegionOne  
image\_id: 95c5f4f2-84f2-47fb-a466-3c786677d21c  
wait\_for: 200  
flavor\_id: b772be9a-98cd-446f-879e-89baef600ff0  
security\_groups: default
- neutron\_floating\_ip:  
state=present  
login\_username=tenant\_2\_user  
login\_password=hello  
login\_tenant\_name=tenant\_2  
network\_name=ext-net  
instance\_name=Web01

I get : ERROR: neutron\_floating\_ip is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or handler

And when I try this:

msg: unsupported parameter for module: auto\_floating\_ip

Here is my Ansible version: ansible --version  
ansible 1.9  
configured module search path = /usr/share/ansible

What can I do to have Ansible assign these floating IPs?

-Eugene

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**Author:** ![Eugene\_Goldberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eugene\_Goldberg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eugene_Goldberg)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problems-with-using-ansible-1-9-to-assign-a-floating-ip-to-an-openstack-nova-instance/17200/2 "2015-01-06T21:14:24Z")

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I forgot to include my second variation:

- name: launch Web01 instance  
hosts: csc  
tasks:
- nova\_compute:  
state: present  
login\_username: tenant\_2\_user  
login\_password: hello  
login\_tenant\_name: tenant\_2  
name: Web01  
auth\_url: [http://10.0.0.32:5000/v2.0/](http://10.0.0.32:5000/v2.0/)  
region\_name: RegionOne  
image\_id: 95c5f4f2-84f2-47fb-a466-3c786677d21c  
wait\_for: 200  
flavor\_id: b772be9a-98cd-446f-879e-89baef600ff0  
security\_groups: default  
auto\_floating\_ip: yes

This one gives me : msg: unsupported parameter for module: auto\_floating\_ip