Normally, you let HCP choose the node on which to process a management API request. You can, however, use an IP address in the URL to access the system on a specific node. To do this, you replace the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) in the URL with
•To access HCP at the system level, you need to use an IP address defined for the node on the [hcp_system] network.
•To access HCP at the tenant level, you need to use an IP address defined for the node on the management network for the tenant.
If the node has both an IPv4 address and an IPv6 address
https://192.168.210.16:9090/mapi/tenants
https://[2001:0db8::101]:9090/mapi/tenants
-H "Host: finance.hcp.example.com"
In Python with PycURL, you do this with the HTTPHEADER option. For example:
curl.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ["Host: finance.hcp.example.com"])
For information about when to use an IP address for access to the HCP system, see Choosing an access method.
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Note: If you don’t know the IP addresses for the nodes in the HCP system, contact your HCP system administrator. |
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