salt.modules.nova

Module for handling OpenStack Nova calls.

depends:
  • novaclient Python module
configuration:

This module is not usable until the user, password, tenant, and auth URL are specified either in a pillar or in the minion's config file. For example:

keystone.user: admin
keystone.password: verybadpass
keystone.tenant: admin
keystone.auth_url: 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/v2.0/'
# Optional
keystone.region_name: 'regionOne'

If configuration for multiple OpenStack accounts is required, they can be set up as different configuration profiles: For example:

openstack1:
  keystone.user: admin
  keystone.password: verybadpass
  keystone.tenant: admin
  keystone.auth_url: 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/v2.0/'

openstack2:
  keystone.user: admin
  keystone.password: verybadpass
  keystone.tenant: admin
  keystone.auth_url: 'http://127.0.0.2:5000/v2.0/'

With this configuration in place, any of the nova functions can make use of a configuration profile by declaring it explicitly. For example:

salt '*' nova.flavor_list profile=openstack1
salt.modules.nova.boot(name, flavor_id=0, image_id=0, profile=None, timeout=300)

Boot (create) a new instance

name
Name of the new instance (must be first)
flavor_id
Unique integer ID for the flavor
image_id
Unique integer ID for the image
timeout

How long to wait, after creating the instance, for the provider to return information about it (default 300 seconds).

New in version 2014.1.0: (Hydrogen)

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.boot myinstance flavor_id=4596 image_id=2

The flavor_id and image_id are obtained from nova.flavor_list and nova.image_list

salt '*' nova.flavor_list
salt '*' nova.image_list
salt.modules.nova.delete(instance_id, profile=None)

Delete an instance

instance_id
ID of the instance to be deleted

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.delete 1138
salt.modules.nova.flavor_create(name, id=0, ram=0, disk=0, vcpus=1, profile=None)

Add a flavor to nova (nova flavor-create). The following parameters are required:

name
Name of the new flavor (must be first)
id
Unique integer ID for the new flavor
ram
Memory size in MB
disk
Disk size in GB
vcpus
Number of vcpus

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.flavor_create myflavor id=6 ram=4096 disk=10 vcpus=1
salt.modules.nova.flavor_delete(id, profile=None)

Delete a flavor from nova by id (nova flavor-delete)

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.flavor_delete 7
salt.modules.nova.flavor_list(profile=None)

Return a list of available flavors (nova flavor-list)

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.flavor_list
salt.modules.nova.image_list(name=None, profile=None)

Return a list of available images (nova images-list + nova image-show) If a name is provided, only that image will be displayed.

CLI Examples:

salt '*' nova.image_list
salt '*' nova.image_list myimage
salt.modules.nova.image_meta_delete(id=None, name=None, keys=None, profile=None)

Delete a key=value pair from the metadata for an image (nova image-meta set)

CLI Examples:

salt '*' nova.image_meta_delete id=6f52b2ff-0b31-4d84-8fd1-af45b84824f6 keys=cheese
salt '*' nova.image_meta_delete name=myimage keys=salad,beans
salt.modules.nova.image_meta_set(id=None, name=None, profile=None, **kwargs)

Sets a key=value pair in the metadata for an image (nova image-meta set)

CLI Examples:

salt '*' nova.image_meta_set id=6f52b2ff-0b31-4d84-8fd1-af45b84824f6 cheese=gruyere
salt '*' nova.image_meta_set name=myimage salad=pasta beans=baked
salt.modules.nova.keypair_add(name, pubfile=None, pubkey=None, profile=None)

Add a keypair to nova (nova keypair-add)

CLI Examples:

salt '*' nova.keypair_add mykey pubfile='/home/myuser/.ssh/id_rsa.pub'
salt '*' nova.keypair_add mykey pubkey='ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAuGj4A7HcPLPl/etc== myuser@mybox'
salt.modules.nova.keypair_delete(name, profile=None)

Add a keypair to nova (nova keypair-delete)

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.keypair_delete mykey'
salt.modules.nova.keypair_list(profile=None)

Return a list of available keypairs (nova keypair-list)

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.keypair_list
salt.modules.nova.list_(profile=None)

To maintain the feel of the nova command line, this function simply calls the server_list function.

salt.modules.nova.lock(instance_id, profile=None)

Lock an instance

instance_id
ID of the instance to be locked

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.lock 1138
salt.modules.nova.resume(instance_id, profile=None)

Resume an instance

instance_id
ID of the instance to be resumed

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.resume 1138
salt.modules.nova.secgroup_create(name, description, profile=None)

Add a secgroup to nova (nova secgroup-create)

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.secgroup_create mygroup 'This is my security group'
salt.modules.nova.secgroup_delete(name, profile=None)

Delete a secgroup to nova (nova secgroup-delete)

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.secgroup_delete mygroup
salt.modules.nova.secgroup_list(profile=None)

Return a list of available security groups (nova items-list)

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.secgroup_list
salt.modules.nova.server_list(profile=None)

Return list of active servers

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.show
salt.modules.nova.server_list_detailed(profile=None)

Return detailed list of active servers

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.server_list_detailed
salt.modules.nova.server_show(server_id, profile=None)

Return detailed information for an active server

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.server_show <server_id>
salt.modules.nova.show(server_id, profile=None)

To maintain the feel of the nova command line, this function simply calls the server_show function.

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.show
salt.modules.nova.suspend(instance_id, profile=None)

Suspend an instance

instance_id
ID of the instance to be suspended

CLI Example:

salt '*' nova.suspend 1138

Current Salt release: 2014.1.7

Docs for previous releases on salt.rtfd.org.

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