Cloud controller fabric
Author
Date
2012-04-05
Copyright
OpenStack Foundation
Version
2012.1
Manual section
1
Manual group
cloud computing
nova-manage <category> <action> [<args>]
nova-manage controls cloud computing instances by managing shell selection, vpn connections, and floating IP address configuration. More information about OpenStack Nova is at http://nova.openstack.org.
The standard pattern for executing a nova-manage command is: nova-manage <category> <command> [<args>]
Run without arguments to see a list of available command categories: nova-manage
Categories are project, shell, vpn, and floating. Detailed descriptions are below.
You can also run with a category argument such as user to see a list of all commands in that category: nova-manage floating
These sections describe the available categories and arguments for nova-manage.
nova-manage db version Print the current database version.
nova-manage db sync Sync the database up to the most recent version. This is the standard way to create the db as well.
nova-manage logs errors Displays nova errors from log files.
nova-manage logs syslog <number> Displays nova alerts from syslog.
nova-manage shell bpython Starts a new bpython shell.
nova-manage shell ipython Starts a new ipython shell.
nova-manage shell python Starts a new python shell.
nova-manage shell run Starts a new shell using python.
nova-manage shell script <path/scriptname> Runs the named script from the specified path with flags set.
nova-manage vpn list Displays a list of projects, their IP port numbers, and what state they're in.
nova-manage vpn run <projectname> Starts the VPN for the named project.
nova-manage vpn spawn Runs all VPNs.
nova-manage floating create <ip_range> [--pool <pool>] [--interface <interface>] Creates floating IP addresses for the given range, optionally specifying a floating pool and a network interface.
nova-manage floating delete <ip_range> Deletes floating IP addresses in the range given.
nova-manage floating list Displays a list of all floating IP addresses.
nova-manage flavor list Outputs a list of all active flavors to the screen.
nova-manage flavor list --all Outputs a list of all flavors (active and inactive) to the screen.
nova-manage flavor create <name> <memory> <vCPU> <local_storage> <flavorID> <(optional) swap> <(optional) RXTX Quota> <(optional) RXTX Cap>
creates a flavor with the following positional arguments:
memory (expressed in megabytes)
vcpu(s) (integer)
local storage (expressed in gigabytes)
flavorid (unique integer)
swap space (expressed in megabytes, defaults to zero, optional)
RXTX quotas (expressed in gigabytes, defaults to zero, optional)
RXTX cap (expressed in gigabytes, defaults to zero, optional)
nova-manage flavor delete <name> Delete the flavor with the name <name>. This marks the flavor as inactive and cannot be launched. However, the record stays in the database for archival and billing purposes.
nova-manage flavor delete <name> --purge Purges the flavor with the name <name>. This removes this flavor from the database.
The instance_type command is provided as an alias for the flavor command. All the same subcommands and arguments from nova-manage flavor can be used.
nova-manage image image_register <path> <owner> Registers an image with the image service.
nova-manage image kernel_register <path> <owner> Registers a kernel with the image service.
nova-manage image ramdisk_register <path> <owner> Registers a ramdisk with the image service.
nova-manage image all_register <image_path> <kernel_path> <ramdisk_path> <owner> Registers an image kernel and ramdisk with the image service.
nova-manage image convert <directory> Converts all images in directory from the old (Bexar) format to the new format.
nova-manage vm list [host]
Show a list of all instances. Accepts optional hostname (to show only instances on specific host).
nova-manage live-migration <ec2_id> <destination host name>
Live migrate instance from current host to destination host. Requires instance id (which comes from euca-describe-instance) and destination host name (which can be found from nova-manage service list).
The nova-manage.conf file contains configuration information in the form of python-gflags.
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