nova/doc/source/man/nova-manage.rst

nova-manage

control and manage cloud computer instances and images

Author

openstack@lists.launchpad.net

Date

2012-04-05

Copyright

OpenStack LLC

Version

2012.1

Manual section

1

Manual group

cloud computing

SYNOPSIS

nova-manage <category> <action> [<args>]

DESCRIPTION

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.

OPTIONS

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 Db

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 Logs

nova-manage logs errors

Displays nova errors from log files.

nova-manage logs syslog <number>

Displays nova alerts from syslog.

Nova Shell

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 VPN

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 Floating IPs

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 Flavor

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.

Nova Instance_type

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 Images

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 VM

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).

FILES

The nova-manage.conf file contains configuration information in the form of python-gflags.

SEE ALSO

• OpenStack Nova
• OpenStack Swift

BUGS

• Nova is sourced in Launchpad so you can view current bugs at OpenStack Nova