nova-manage - Online in the Cloud

PROGRAM:

NAME

nova-manage - Cloud controller fabric

CONTROL AND MANAGE CLOUD COMPUTER INSTANCES AND IMAGES

Author [email protected]

Date 2012-04-05

Copyright
OpenStack Foundation

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 main database version.

nova-manage db sync
Sync the main database up to the most recent version. This is the standard way to
create the db as well.

nova-manage db archive_deleted_rows [--max_rows <number>] [--verbose]
Move deleted rows from production tables to shadow tables. Specifying --verbose will
print the results of the archive operation for any tables that were changed.

nova-manage db null_instance_uuid_scan [--delete]
Lists and optionally deletes database records where instance_uuid is NULL.

Nova ApiDb
nova-manage api_db version
Print the current cells api database version.

nova-manage api_db sync
Sync the api cells 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 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).

SEE ALSO
· OpenStack Nova

BUGS
· Nova bugs are managed at Launchpad Bugs : Nova

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