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Share IP addresses

An MCP tool from the Linode API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Share IP addresses Configure shared IPs. IP sharing allows IP address reassignment (also referred to as IP failover) from one Linode to another if the primary Linode becomes unresponsive. This means that requests to… [POST /v4/networking/ips/share]

Name on the gateway: linode_api__post_share_ips · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
ips requiredarrayA list of secondary Linode IPs to share with the primary Linode. - Can include…
linode_id requiredintegerThe ID of the primary Linode that the addresses will be shared with.

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "linode_api__post_share_ips",
  "arguments": {
    "ips": [],
    "linode_id": 0
  }
}

Or connect the Linode API server directly, which lists 439 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-linode-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/linode-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Try asking

Use the share ip addresses tool with ips set to ….

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