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openstack flavor — Manage OpenStack instance flavors (virtual hardware templates). More information: <https://docs.open

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Problem

How to use the openstack flavor command: Manage OpenStack instance flavors (virtual hardware templates). More information: <https://docs.openstack.org/python-openstackclient/latest/cli/command-objects/flavor.html>.

Solution

openstack flavor — Manage OpenStack instance flavors (virtual hardware templates). More information: <https://docs.openstack.org/python-openstackclient/latest/cli/command-objects/flavor.html>.

List all flavors:

openstack flavor list

Show details of a flavor:

openstack flavor show {{flavor_id_or_name}}

Create a new flavor with 2 vCPUs, 4GB RAM, and 20GB disk:

openstack flavor create {{flavor_name}} --vcpus 2 --ram 4096 --disk 20

Delete a flavor:

openstack flavor delete {{flavor_id_or_name}}

Create a flavor with 10GB ephemeral disk and 512MB swap space:

openstack flavor create {{flavor_name}} --vcpus 4 --ram 8192 --disk 40 --ephemeral 10 --swap 512

Code Snippets

List all flavors

openstack flavor list

Show details of a flavor

openstack flavor show {{flavor_id_or_name}}

Create a new flavor with 2 vCPUs, 4GB RAM, and 20GB disk

openstack flavor create {{flavor_name}} --vcpus 2 --ram 4096 --disk 20

Delete a flavor

openstack flavor delete {{flavor_id_or_name}}

Create a flavor with 10GB ephemeral disk and 512MB swap space

openstack flavor create {{flavor_name}} --vcpus 4 --ram 8192 --disk 40 --ephemeral 10 --swap 512

Context

tldr-pages: common/openstack flavor

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