Compute v2
Add fixed IP address to server
openstack server add fixed ip
[--fixed-ip-address <ip-address>]
<server>
<network>
--fixed-ip-address
<ip-address>
¶Requested fixed IP address
server
¶Server to receive the fixed IP address (name or ID)
network
¶Network to allocate the fixed IP address from (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Add floating IP address to server
openstack server add floating ip
[--fixed-ip-address <ip-address>]
<server>
<ip-address>
--fixed-ip-address
<ip-address>
¶Fixed IP address to associate with this floating IP address. The first server port containing the fixed IP address will be used
server
¶Server to receive the floating IP address (name or ID)
ip-address
¶Floating IP address to assign to the first available server port (IP only)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Add network to server
openstack server add network <server> <network>
server
¶Server to add the network to (name or ID)
network
¶Network to add to the server (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Add port to server
openstack server add port <server> <port>
server
¶Server to add the port to (name or ID)
port
¶Port to add to the server (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Add security group to server
openstack server add security group <server> <group>
server
¶Server (name or ID)
group
¶Security group to add (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Add volume to server
openstack server add volume [--device <device>] <server> <volume>
--device
<device>
¶Server internal device name for volume
server
¶Server (name or ID)
volume
¶Volume to add (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Create a new server
openstack server create
(--image <image> | --image-property <key=value> | --volume <volume>)
--flavor <flavor>
[--security-group <security-group>]
[--key-name <key-name>]
[--property <key=value>]
[--file <dest-filename=source-filename>]
[--user-data <user-data>]
[--availability-zone <zone-name>]
[--block-device-mapping <dev-name=mapping>]
[--nic <net-id=net-uuid,v4-fixed-ip=ip-addr,v6-fixed-ip=ip-addr,port-id=port-uuid,auto,none>]
[--network <network>]
[--port <port>]
[--hint <key=value>]
[--config-drive <config-drive-volume>|True]
[--min <count>]
[--max <count>]
[--wait]
<server-name>
--image
<image>
¶Create server boot disk from this image (name or ID)
--image-property
<key=value>
¶Image property to be matched
--volume
<volume>
¶Create server using this volume as the boot disk (name or ID). This option automatically creates a block device mapping with a boot index of 0. On many hypervisors (libvirt/kvm for example) this will be device vda. Do not create a duplicate mapping using –block-device-mapping for this volume.
--flavor
<flavor>
¶Create server with this flavor (name or ID)
--security-group
<security-group>
¶Security group to assign to this server (name or ID) (repeat option to set multiple groups)
--key-name
<key-name>
¶Keypair to inject into this server (optional extension)
--property
<key=value>
¶Set a property on this server (repeat option to set multiple values)
--file
<dest-filename=source-filename>
¶File to inject into image before boot (repeat option to set multiple files)
--user-data
<user-data>
¶User data file to serve from the metadata server
--availability-zone
<zone-name>
¶Select an availability zone for the server
--block-device-mapping
<dev-name=mapping>
¶Create a block device on the server. Block device mapping in the format <dev-name>=<id>:<type>:<size(GB)>:<delete-on-terminate> <dev-name>: block device name, like: vdb, xvdc (required) <id>: UUID of the volume or snapshot (required) <type>: volume or snapshot; default: volume (optional) <size(GB)>: volume size if create from snapshot (optional) <delete-on-terminate>: true or false; default: false (optional) (optional extension)
--nic
<net-id=net-uuid,v4-fixed-ip=ip-addr,v6-fixed-ip=ip-addr,port-id=port-uuid,auto,none>
¶Create a NIC on the server. Specify option multiple times to create multiple NICs. Either net-id or port-id must be provided, but not both. net-id: attach NIC to network with this UUID, port-id: attach NIC to port with this UUID, v4-fixed-ip: IPv4 fixed address for NIC (optional), v6-fixed-ip: IPv6 fixed address for NIC (optional), none: (v2.37+) no network is attached, auto: (v2.37+) the compute service will automatically allocate a network. Specifying a –nic of auto or none cannot be used with any other –nic value.
--network
<network>
¶Create a NIC on the server and connect it to network. Specify option multiple times to create multiple NICs. This is a wrapper for the ‘–nic net-id=<network>’ parameter that provides simple syntax for the standard use case of connecting a new server to a given network. For more advanced use cases, refer to the ‘–nic’ parameter.
--port
<port>
¶Create a NIC on the server and connect it to port. Specify option multiple times to create multiple NICs. This is a wrapper for the ‘–nic port-id=<port>’ parameter that provides simple syntax for the standard use case of connecting a new server to a given port. For more advanced use cases, refer to the ‘–nic’ parameter.
--hint
<key=value>
¶Hints for the scheduler (optional extension)
--config-drive
<config-drive-volume>|True
¶Use specified volume as the config drive, or ‘True’ to use an ephemeral drive
--min
<count>
¶Minimum number of servers to launch (default=1)
--max
<count>
¶Maximum number of servers to launch (default=1)
--wait
¶Wait for build to complete
server-name
¶New server name
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Delete server(s)
openstack server delete [--wait] <server> [<server> ...]
--wait
¶Wait for delete to complete
server
¶Server(s) to delete (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Create a dump file in server(s)
Trigger crash dump in server(s) with features like kdump in Linux. It will create a dump file in the server(s) dumping the server(s)’ memory, and also crash the server(s). OSC sees the dump file (server dump) as a kind of resource.
openstack server dump create <server> [<server> ...]
server
¶Server(s) to create dump file (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
List servers
openstack server list
[--sort-column SORT_COLUMN]
[--reservation-id <reservation-id>]
[--ip <ip-address-regex>]
[--ip6 <ip-address-regex>]
[--name <name-regex>]
[--instance-name <server-name>]
[--status <status>]
[--flavor <flavor>]
[--image <image>]
[--host <hostname>]
[--all-projects]
[--project <project>]
[--project-domain <project-domain>]
[--user <user>]
[--user-domain <user-domain>]
[--long]
[-n | --name-lookup-one-by-one]
[--marker <server>]
[--limit <num-servers>]
[--deleted]
[--changes-since <changes-since>]
--sort-column
SORT_COLUMN
¶specify the column(s) to sort the data (columns specified first have a priority, non-existing columns are ignored), can be repeated
--reservation-id
<reservation-id>
¶Only return instances that match the reservation
--ip
<ip-address-regex>
¶Regular expression to match IP addresses
--ip6
<ip-address-regex>
¶Regular expression to match IPv6 addresses. Note that this option only applies for non-admin users when using --os-compute-api-version
2.5 or greater.
--name
<name-regex>
¶Regular expression to match names
--instance-name
<server-name>
¶Regular expression to match instance name (admin only)
--status
<status>
¶Search by server status
--flavor
<flavor>
¶Search by flavor (name or ID)
--image
<image>
¶Search by image (name or ID)
--host
<hostname>
¶Search by hostname
--all-projects
¶Include all projects (admin only)
--project
<project>
¶Search by project (admin only) (name or ID)
--project-domain
<project-domain>
¶Domain the project belongs to (name or ID). This can be used in case collisions between project names exist.
--user
<user>
¶Search by user (admin only) (name or ID)
--user-domain
<user-domain>
¶Domain the user belongs to (name or ID). This can be used in case collisions between user names exist.
--long
¶List additional fields in output
-n
,
--no-name-lookup
¶Skip flavor and image name lookup.Mutually exclusive with “–name-lookup-one-by-one” option.
--name-lookup-one-by-one
¶When looking up flavor and image names, look them upone by one as needed instead of all together (default). Mutually exclusive with “–no-name-lookup|-n” option.
--marker
<server>
¶The last server of the previous page. Display list of servers after marker. Display all servers if not specified. (name or ID)
--limit
<num-servers>
¶Maximum number of servers to display. If limit equals -1, all servers will be displayed. If limit is greater than ‘osapi_max_limit’ option of Nova API, ‘osapi_max_limit’ will be used instead.
--deleted
¶Only display deleted servers (Admin only).
--changes-since
<changes-since>
¶List only servers changed after a certain point of time. The provided time should be an ISO 8061 formatted time. ex 2016-03-04T06:27:59Z .
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Lock server(s). A non-admin user will not be able to execute actions
openstack server lock <server> [<server> ...]
server
¶Server(s) to lock (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Migrate server to different host
openstack server migrate
[--live <hostname>]
[--shared-migration | --block-migration]
[--disk-overcommit | --no-disk-overcommit]
[--wait]
<server>
--live
<hostname>
¶Target hostname
Perform a shared live migration (default)
--block-migration
¶Perform a block live migration
--disk-overcommit
¶Allow disk over-commit on the destination host
--no-disk-overcommit
¶Do not over-commit disk on the destination host (default)
--wait
¶Wait for migrate to complete
server
¶Server (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Pause server(s)
openstack server pause <server> [<server> ...]
server
¶Server(s) to pause (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Perform a hard or soft server reboot
openstack server reboot [--hard | --soft] [--wait] <server>
--hard
¶Perform a hard reboot
--soft
¶Perform a soft reboot
--wait
¶Wait for reboot to complete
server
¶Server (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Rebuild server
openstack server rebuild
[--image <image>]
[--password <password>]
[--property <key=value>]
[--wait]
[--key-name <key-name> | --key-unset]
<server>
--image
<image>
¶Recreate server from the specified image (name or ID). Defaults to the currently used one.
--password
<password>
¶Set the password on the rebuilt instance
--property
<key=value>
¶Set a property on the rebuilt instance (repeat option to set multiple values)
--wait
¶Wait for rebuild to complete
--key-name
<key-name>
¶Set the key name of key pair on the rebuilt instance. Cannot be specified with the ‘–key-unset’ option. (Supported by API versions ‘2.54’ - ‘2.latest’)
--key-unset
¶Unset the key name of key pair on the rebuilt instance. Cannot be specified with the ‘–key-name’ option. (Supported by API versions ‘2.54’ - ‘2.latest’)
server
¶Server (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Remove fixed IP address from server
openstack server remove fixed ip <server> <ip-address>
server
¶Server to remove the fixed IP address from (name or ID)
ip-address
¶Fixed IP address to remove from the server (IP only)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Remove floating IP address from server
openstack server remove floating ip <server> <ip-address>
server
¶Server to remove the floating IP address from (name or ID)
ip-address
¶Floating IP address to remove from server (IP only)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Remove all ports of a network from server
openstack server remove network <server> <network>
server
¶Server to remove the port from (name or ID)
network
¶Network to remove from the server (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Remove port from server
openstack server remove port <server> <port>
server
¶Server to remove the port from (name or ID)
port
¶Port to remove from the server (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Remove security group from server
openstack server remove security group <server> <group>
server
¶Name or ID of server to use
group
¶Name or ID of security group to remove from server
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Remove volume from server
openstack server remove volume <server> <volume>
server
¶Server (name or ID)
volume
¶Volume to remove (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Put server in rescue mode
openstack server rescue
[--image <image>]
[--password <password>]
<server>
--image
<image>
¶Image (name or ID) to use for the rescue mode. Defaults to the currently used one.
--password
<password>
¶Set the password on the rescued instance
server
¶Server (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Scale server to a new flavor.
A resize operation is implemented by creating a new server and copying the contents of the original disk into a new one. It is also a two-step process for the user: the first is to perform the resize, the second is to either confirm (verify) success and release the old server, or to declare a revert to release the new server and restart the old one.
openstack server resize
[--flavor <flavor> | --confirm | --revert]
[--wait]
<server>
--flavor
<flavor>
¶Resize server to specified flavor
--confirm
¶Confirm server resize is complete
--revert
¶Restore server state before resize
--wait
¶Wait for resize to complete
server
¶Server (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Restore server(s)
openstack server restore <server> [<server> ...]
server
¶Server(s) to restore (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Resume server(s)
openstack server resume <server> [<server> ...]
server
¶Server(s) to resume (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Set server properties
openstack server set
[--name <new-name>]
[--root-password]
[--property <key=value>]
[--state <state>]
<server>
--name
<new-name>
¶New server name
--root-password
¶Set new root password (interactive only)
--property
<key=value>
¶Property to add/change for this server (repeat option to set multiple properties)
--state
<state>
¶New server state (valid value: active, error)
server
¶Server (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Shelve server(s)
openstack server shelve <server> [<server> ...]
server
¶Server(s) to shelve (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Show server details. Specify --os-compute-api-version 2.47
or higher to see the embedded flavor information for the server.
openstack server show [--diagnostics] <server>
--diagnostics
¶Display server diagnostics information
server
¶Server (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
SSH to server
openstack server ssh
[--login <login-name>]
[--port <port>]
[--identity <keyfile>]
[--option <config-options>]
[-4 | -6]
[--public | --private | --address-type <address-type>]
<server>
--login
<login-name>
¶Login name (ssh -l option)
--port
<port>
¶Destination port (ssh -p option)
--identity
<keyfile>
¶Private key file (ssh -i option)
--option
<config-options>
¶Options in ssh_config(5) format (ssh -o option)
-4
¶Use only IPv4 addresses
-6
¶Use only IPv6 addresses
--public
¶Use public IP address
--private
¶Use private IP address
--address-type
<address-type>
¶Use other IP address (public, private, etc)
server
¶Server (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Start server(s).
openstack server start <server> [<server> ...]
server
¶Server(s) to start (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Stop server(s).
openstack server stop <server> [<server> ...]
server
¶Server(s) to stop (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Suspend server(s)
openstack server suspend <server> [<server> ...]
server
¶Server(s) to suspend (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Unlock server(s)
openstack server unlock <server> [<server> ...]
server
¶Server(s) to unlock (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Unpause server(s)
openstack server unpause <server> [<server> ...]
server
¶Server(s) to unpause (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
Restore server from rescue mode
openstack server unrescue <server>
server
¶Server (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
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