# add

## Usage

```
ionosctl compute ipfailover add [flags]
```

## Aliases

For `ipfailover` command:

```
[ipf]
```

For `add` command:

```
[a]
```

## Description

Use this command to add an IP Failover group to a LAN.

Successfully setting up an IP Failover group requires three steps:

* Add a reserved IP address to a NIC that will become the IP Failover master.
* Use `ionosctl compute ipfailover add` command to enable IP Failover by providing the relevant IP and NIC Id values.
* Add the same reserved IP address to any other NICs that are a member of the same LAN. Those NICs will become IP Failover members.

Required values to run command:

* Data Center Id
* Lan Id
* Server Id
* Nic Id
* IP address

## Options

```
  -u, --api-url string         Override default host URL. Preferred over the config file override 'cloud' and env var 'IONOS_API_URL' (default "https://api.ionos.com")
      --cols strings           Set of columns to be printed on output 
                               Available columns: [NicId Ip]
  -c, --config string          Configuration file used for authentication (default "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ionosctl/config.yaml")
      --datacenter-id string   The unique Data Center Id (required)
  -D, --depth int              Level of detail for response objects (default 1)
  -F, --filters strings        Limit results to results containing the specified filter:KEY1=VALUE1,KEY2=VALUE2
  -f, --force                  Force command to execute without user input
  -h, --help                   Print usage
      --ip ip                  IP address to be added to IP Failover Group (required)
      --lan-id string          The unique LAN Id (required)
      --limit int              Maximum number of items to return per request (default 50)
      --nic-id string          The unique NIC Id (required)
      --no-headers             Don't print table headers when table output is used
      --offset int             Number of items to skip before starting to collect the results
      --order-by string        Property to order the results by
  -o, --output string          Desired output format [text|json|api-json] (default "text")
      --query string           JMESPath query string to filter the output
  -q, --quiet                  Quiet output
      --server-id string       The unique Server Id (required)
  -t, --timeout int            Timeout in seconds for --wait and other wait operations (default 600)
  -v, --verbose count          Increase verbosity level [-v, -vv, -vvv]
  -w, --wait                   Wait for the resource to reach AVAILABLE state after the command completes. No-op for list commands
```

## Examples

```
ionosctl compute ipfailover add --datacenter-id DATACENTER_ID --server-id SERVER_ID --lan-id LAN_ID --nic-id NIC_ID --ip "x.x.x.x"
```


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