Why does nova fail creating instance with 'ports exceeded' error ?
Issue
- Nova fails to create instances after a limited number of instances with the following error.
Error in creating instance: Maximum number of ports exceeded (HTTP 403)
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack 4.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack 5.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack 6.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack 7.
- Red Hat OpenStack 8.
- Red Hat OpenStack 9.
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