# NetworkloadbalancerRuleAdd

Adds a Forwarding Rule to a Network Load Balancer under a data center.

```text
knife ionoscloud networkloadbalancer rule add (options)
```

## Available options:

### Required options:

* datacenter\_id
* network\_loadbalancer\_id
* name
* listener\_ip
* listener\_port
* ionoscloud\_username
* ionoscloud\_password

```text
    extra_config_file: --extra-config EXTRA_CONFIG_FILE_PATH, -e EXTRA_CONFIG_FILE_PATH
        path to the additional config file

    datacenter_id: --datacenter-id DATACENTER_ID, -D DATACENTER_ID
        name of the data center (required)

    network_loadbalancer_id: --network-loadbalancer NETWORK_LOADBALANCER_ID, -L NETWORK_LOADBALANCER_ID
        iD of the Network Loadbalancer (required)

    name: --name NAME, -n NAME
        a name of that Network Load Balancer forwarding rule (required)

    algorithm: --algorithm ALGORITHM, -a ALGORITHM
        algorithm for the balancing

    protocol: --protocol PROTOCOL
        protocol of the balancing

    listener_ip: --ip LISTENER_IP, -i LISTENER_IP
        listening IP. (inbound) (required)

    listener_port: --port LISTENER_PORT, -p LISTENER_PORT
        listening port number. (inbound) (range: 1 to 65535) (required)

    client_timeout: --client-timeout CLIENT_TIMEOUT
        clientTimeout is expressed in milliseconds. This inactivity timeout applies when the client is expected to acknowledge or send data. If unset the default of 50 seconds will be used.

    connect_timeout: --connect-timeout CONNECT_TIMEOUT
        it specifies the maximum time (in milliseconds) to wait for a connection attempt to a target VM to succeed. If unset, the default of 5 seconds will be used.

    target_timeout: --terget-timeout TARGET_TIMEOUT
        targetTimeout specifies the maximum inactivity time (in milliseconds) on the target VM side. If unset, the default of 50 seconds will be used.

    retries: --retries RETRIES, -r RETRIES
        retries specifies the number of retries to perform on a target VM after a connection failure. If unset, the default value of 3 will be used. (valid range: [0, 65535])

    targets: --targets TARGETS
        array of targets

    ionoscloud_username: --username USERNAME, -u USERNAME
        your Ionoscloud username (required)

    ionoscloud_password: --password PASSWORD, -p PASSWORD
        your Ionoscloud password (required)

    ionoscloud_url: --url URL
        the Ionoscloud API URL

```
## Example

```text
knife ionoscloud networkloadbalancer rule add --extra-config EXTRA_CONFIG_FILE_PATH --datacenter-id DATACENTER_ID --network-loadbalancer NETWORK_LOADBALANCER_ID --name NAME --algorithm ALGORITHM --protocol PROTOCOL --ip LISTENER_IP --port LISTENER_PORT --client-timeout CLIENT_TIMEOUT --connect-timeout CONNECT_TIMEOUT --terget-timeout TARGET_TIMEOUT --retries RETRIES --targets TARGETS --username USERNAME --password PASSWORD --url URL
```