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NOVA(1) User Commands NOVA(1)

nova - Command-line interface to the OpenStack Compute API.

nova [ --username USERNAME ] [ --apikey APIKEY ] [ --url AUTH_URL ] <subcommand>

nova is a command line interface to the OpenStack Compute API.

Retrieve server actions.
Show or edit the backup schedule for a server.
Delete the backup schedule for a server.
Boot a new server.
Immediately shut down and delete a server.
Retrieve server diagnostics.
Print a list of available 'flavors' (sizes of servers).
Display help about this program or one of its subcommands.
Create a new image by taking a snapshot of a running server.
Delete an image.
Print a list of available images to boot from.
Share an IP address from the given IP group onto a server.
Stop sharing an given address with a server.
Create a new IP group.
Delete an IP group.
Show IP groups.
Show details about a particular IP group.
List active servers.
Pause a server.
Reboot a server.
Shutdown, re-image, and re-boot a server.
Rename a server.
Rescue a server.
Resize a server.
Confirm a previous resize.
Revert a previous resize (and return to the previous VM).
Resume a server.
Change the root password for a server.
Show details about the given server.
Suspend a server.
Unpause a server.
Unrescue a server.
Show or edit a child zone.
Add a new child zone.
Delete a zone.
Get this zones name and capabilities.
List the children of a zone.

Defaults to env[NOVA_USERNAME].
Defaults to env[NOVA_API_KEY].
Defaults to https://auth.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0 or env[NOVA_URL] if defined.

See "nova help COMMAND" for help on a specific command.

February 2011 nova