This is a client for the OpenStack Nova API. There's a Python API (the
novaclient module), and a command-line script (nova). Each
implements 100% of the OpenStack Nova API.
See the OpenStack CLI guide for information on how to use the nova
command-line tool. You may also want to look at the
OpenStack API documentation.
The project is hosted on Launchpad, where bugs can be filed. The code is hosted on Github. Patches must be submitted using Gerrit, not Github pull requests.
python-novaclient is licensed under the Apache License like the rest of OpenStack.
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Installing this package gets you a shell command, nova, that you
can use to interact with any OpenStack cloud.
You'll need to provide your OpenStack username and password. You can do this
with the --os-username, --os-password and --os-tenant-name
params, but it's easier to just set them as environment variables:
export OS_USERNAME=openstack export OS_PASSWORD=yadayada export OS_TENANT_NAME=myproject
You will also need to define the authentication url with --os-auth-url
and the version of the API with --version. Or set them as an environment
variables as well:
export OS_AUTH_URL=http://example.com:8774/v1.1/ export OS_COMPUTE_API_VERSION=1.1
If you are using Keystone, you need to set the NOVA_URL to the keystone endpoint:
export OS_AUTH_URL=http://example.com:5000/v2.0/
Since Keystone can return multiple regions in the Service Catalog, you
can specify the one you want with --os-region-name (or
export OS_REGION_NAME). It defaults to the first in the list returned.
You'll find complete documentation on the shell by running
nova help:
usage: nova [--debug] [--no-cache] [--timings]
[--os-username <auth-user-name>] [--os-password <auth-password>]
[--os-tenant-name <auth-tenant-name>] [--os-auth-url <auth-url>]
[--os-region-name <region-name>] [--os-auth-system <auth-system>]
[--service-type <service-type>] [--service-name <service-name>]
[--volume-service-name <volume-service-type>]
[--endpoint-type <endpoint-type>]
[--os-compute-api-version <compute-api-ver>] [--insecure]
[--bypass-url <bypass-url>]
<subcommand> ...
Command-line interface to the OpenStack Nova API.
Positional arguments:
<subcommand>
absolute-limits Print a list of absolute limits for a user
actions Retrieve server actions.
add-fixed-ip Add new IP address to network.
add-floating-ip Add a floating IP address to a server.
aggregate-add-host Add the host to the specified aggregate.
aggregate-create Create a new aggregate with the specified details.
aggregate-delete Delete the aggregate by its id.
aggregate-details Show details of the specified aggregate.
aggregate-list Print a list of all aggregates.
aggregate-remove-host
Remove the specified host from the specified aggregate.
aggregate-set-metadata
Update the metadata associated with the aggregate.
aggregate-update Update the aggregate's name and optionally
availability zone.
boot Boot a new server.
console-log Get console log output of a server.
credentials Show user credentials returned from auth
delete Immediately shut down and delete a server.
describe-resource Show details about a resource
diagnostics Retrieve server diagnostics.
dns-create Create a DNS entry for domain, name and ip.
dns-create-private-domain
Create the specified DNS domain.
dns-create-public-domain
Create the specified DNS domain.
dns-delete Delete the specified DNS entry.
dns-delete-domain Delete the specified DNS domain.
dns-domains Print a list of available dns domains.
dns-list List current DNS entries for domain and ip or domain
and name.
endpoints Discover endpoints that get returned from the
authenticate services
evacuate Evacuate a server from failed host
flavor-create Create a new flavor
flavor-delete Delete a specific flavor
flavor-list Print a list of available 'flavors' (sizes of
servers).
floating-ip-create Allocate a floating IP for the current tenant.
floating-ip-delete De-allocate a floating IP.
floating-ip-list List floating ips for this tenant.
floating-ip-pool-list
List all floating ip pools.
get-vnc-console Get a vnc console to a server.
get-spice-console Get a spice console to a server.
host-action Perform a power action on a host.
host-update Update host settings.
image-create Create a new image by taking a snapshot of a running
server.
image-delete Delete an image.
image-list Print a list of available images to boot from.
image-meta Set or Delete metadata on an image.
image-show Show details about the given image.
keypair-add Create a new key pair for use with instances
keypair-delete Delete keypair by its id
keypair-list Print a list of keypairs for a user
list List active servers.
live-migration Migrates a running instance to a new machine.
lock Lock a server.
meta Set or Delete metadata on a server.
migrate Migrate a server.
pause Pause a server.
rate-limits Print a list of rate limits for a user
reboot Reboot a server.
rebuild Shutdown, re-image, and re-boot a server.
remove-fixed-ip Remove an IP address from a server.
remove-floating-ip Remove a floating IP address from a server.
rename Rename a server.
rescue Rescue a server.
resize Resize a server.
resize-confirm Confirm a previous resize.
resize-revert Revert a previous resize (and return to the previous
VM).
resume Resume a server.
root-password Change the root password for a server.
secgroup-add-group-rule
Add a source group rule to a security group.
secgroup-add-rule Add a rule to a security group.
secgroup-create Create a security group.
secgroup-delete Delete a security group.
secgroup-delete-group-rule
Delete a source group rule from a security group.
secgroup-delete-rule
Delete a rule from a security group.
secgroup-list List security groups for the curent tenant.
secgroup-list-rules
List rules for a security group.
show Show details about the given server.
ssh SSH into a server.
start Start a server.
stop Stop a server.
suspend Suspend a server.
unlock Unlock a server.
unpause Unpause a server.
unrescue Unrescue a server.
usage-list List usage data for all tenants
volume-attach Attach a volume to a server.
volume-create Add a new volume.
volume-delete Remove a volume.
volume-detach Detach a volume from a server.
volume-list List all the volumes.
volume-show Show details about a volume.
volume-snapshot-create
Add a new snapshot.
volume-snapshot-delete
Remove a snapshot.
volume-snapshot-list
List all the snapshots.
volume-snapshot-show
Show details about a snapshot.
volume-type-create Create a new volume type.
volume-type-delete Delete a specific flavor
volume-type-list Print a list of available 'volume types'.
x509-create-cert Create x509 cert for a user in tenant
x509-get-root-cert Fetches the x509 root cert.
bash-completion Prints all of the commands and options to stdout so
that the
help Display help about this program or one of its
subcommands.
Optional arguments:
--debug Print debugging output
--no-cache Don't use the auth token cache.
--timings Print call timing info
--os-username <auth-user-name>
Defaults to env[OS_USERNAME].
--os-password <auth-password>
Defaults to env[OS_PASSWORD].
--os-tenant-name <auth-tenant-name>
Defaults to env[OS_TENANT_NAME].
--os-auth-url <auth-url>
Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_URL].
--os-region-name <region-name>
Defaults to env[OS_REGION_NAME].
--os-auth-system <auth-system>
Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_SYSTEM].
--service-type <service-type>
Defaults to compute for most actions
--service-name <service-name>
Defaults to env[NOVA_SERVICE_NAME]
--volume-service-name <volume-service-type>
Defaults to env[NOVA_VOLUME_SERVICE_NAME]
--endpoint-type <endpoint-type>
Defaults to env[NOVA_ENDPOINT_TYPE] or publicURL.
--os-compute-api-version <compute-api-ver>
Accepts 1.1, defaults to env[OS_COMPUTE_API_VERSION]. --username USERNAME Deprecated
--insecure Explicitly allow novaclient to perform "insecure" SSL
(https) requests. The server's certificate will not be
verified against any certificate authorities. This
option should be used with caution.
--bypass-url <bypass-url>
Use this API endpoint instead of the Service Catalog
See "nova help COMMAND" for help on a specific command.
There's also a complete Python API, but it has not yet been documented.
Quick-start using keystone:
# use v2.0 auth with http://example.com:5000/v2.0/") >>> from novaclient.v1_1 import client >>> nt = client.Client(USER, PASS, TENANT, AUTH_URL, service_type="compute") >>> nt.flavors.list() [...] >>> nt.servers.list() [...] >>> nt.keypairs.list() [...]