OpenStack or Bust, Part 10: launching vm instance

# Need to pick a flavor.  Simplifies assigning resource units to vms.  Let's pick 2, m1.small.

root@kcon-gen-01i:~# nova flavor-list
+----+-----------+-----------+------+-----------+------+-------+-------------+-----------+-------------+
| ID | Name      | Memory_MB | Disk | Ephemeral | Swap | VCPUs | RXTX_Factor | Is_Public | extra_specs |
+----+-----------+-----------+------+-----------+------+-------+-------------+-----------+-------------+
| 1  | m1.tiny   | 512       | 0    | 0         |      | 1     | 1.0         | True      | {}          |
| 2  | m1.small  | 2048      | 20   | 0         |      | 1     | 1.0         | True      | {}          |
| 3  | m1.medium | 4096      | 40   | 0         |      | 2     | 1.0         | True      | {}          |
| 4  | m1.large  | 8192      | 80   | 0         |      | 4     | 1.0         | True      | {}          |
| 5  | m1.xlarge | 16384     | 160  | 0         |      | 8     | 1.0         | True      | {}          |
+----+-----------+-----------+------+-----------+------+-------+-------------+-----------+-------------+

# We have one image to chose from.

root@kcon-gen-01i:~# glance image-list
+--------------------------------------+--------------+-------------+------------------+---------+--------+
| ID                                   | Name         | Disk Format | Container Format | Size    | Status |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+-------------+------------------+---------+--------+
| 0b103aa4-2137-4e83-b20a-f9702a2c2f60 | myFirstImage | qcow2       | bare             | 9761280 | active |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+-------------+------------------+---------+--------+

# Running nova bot using credentials for our project_one user; the command gets the auth_url from our creds file and overrides the rest.  Also running date to make it easier for us to bullseye log messages if necessary.

root@kcon-gen-01i:~# date ; nova --os-username user_one --os-password user_one --os-tenant-name project_one boot vm-01 --image $(stack_id -i myFirstImage) --flavor 2
Tue Mar 19 18:35:15 EDT 2013
+------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Property               | Value                                |
+------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig      | MANUAL                               |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state | 0                                    |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state  | scheduling                           |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state    | building                             |
| accessIPv4             |                                      |
| accessIPv6             |                                      |
| adminPass              | rpUMQmd3GpF4                         |
| config_drive           |                                      |
| created                | 2013-03-19T22:35:16Z                 |
| flavor                 | m1.small                             |
| hostId                 |                                      |
| id                     | ee8b26a4-2c2e-4429-b780-41a9582a5568 |
| image                  | myFirstImage                         |
| key_name               | None                                 |
| metadata               | {}                                   |
| name                   | vm-01                                |
| progress               | 0                                    |
| security_groups        | [{u'name': u'default'}]              |
| status                 | BUILD                                |
| tenant_id              | c2cdb8d4d2484cf8bc8bf95dd759df12     |
| updated                | 2013-03-19T22:35:16Z                 |
| user_id                | b157401ac19d4cfcb33d929524c477dc     |
+------------------------+--------------------------------------+

# Ta da.  Now let's verify:

root@kcon-gen-01i:~# nova list


# Egad!  It's not there!  Oh, the humanity!

root@kcon-gen-01i:~# nova --os-username user_one --os-password user_one --os-tenant-name project_one list
+--------------------------------------+-------+--------+------------------------+
| ID                                   | Name  | Status | Networks               |
+--------------------------------------+-------+--------+------------------------+
| ee8b26a4-2c2e-4429-b780-41a9582a5568 | vm-01 | ACTIVE | net_proj_one=50.50.1.2 |
+--------------------------------------+-------+--------+------------------------+

# Ohhhhhh.... phew.  Never mind.