Compute API¶

For details on how to use compute, see Using OpenStack Compute

The Compute Class¶

The compute high-level interface is available through the compute member of a Connection object. The compute member will only be added if the service is detected.

Server Operations¶

class openstack.compute.v2._proxy.Proxy(session, statsd_client=None, statsd_prefix=None, prometheus_counter=None, prometheus_histogram=None, influxdb_config=None, influxdb_client=None, *args, **kwargs)

create_server(**attrs)

Create a new server from attributes

Parameters: attrs (dict) – Keyword arguments which will be used to create a Server, comprised of the properties on the Server class.
Returns: The results of server creation
Return type: Server

delete_server(server, ignore_missing=True, force=False)

Delete a server

Parameters

server – The value can be either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the server does not exist. When set to True, no exception will be set when attempting to delete a nonexistent server
force (bool) – When set to True, the server deletion will be forced immediately.

Returns

None

find_server(name_or_id, ignore_missing=True, *, details=True, all_projects=False)

Find a single server

Parameters

name_or_id – The name or ID of a server.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the resource does not exist. When set to True, None will be returned when attempting to find a nonexistent resource.
details (bool) – When set to False instances with only basic data will be returned. The default, True, will cause instances with full data to be returned.
all_projects (bool) – When set to True, search for server by name across all projects. Note that this will likely result in a higher chance of duplicates. Admin-only by default.

Returns

One Server or None

Raises

ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

Raises

DuplicateResource when multiple resources are found.

get_server(server)

Get a single server

Parameters: server – The value can be the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: One Server
Raises: ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

servers(details=True, all_projects=False, **query)

Retrieve a generator of servers

Parameters

details (bool) – When set to False instances with only basic data will be returned. The default, True, will cause instances with full data to be returned.
all_projects (bool) – When set to True, lists servers from all projects. Admin-only by default.
query (kwargs) – Optional query parameters to be sent to limit the servers being returned. Available parameters can be seen under https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/#list-servers

Returns

A generator of server instances.

update_server(server, **attrs)

Update a server

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
attrs – The attributes to update on the server represented by server.

Returns

The updated server

Return type

Server

create_server_image(server, name, metadata=None, wait=False, timeout=120)

Create an image from a server

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
name (str) – The name of the image to be created.
metadata (dict) – A dictionary of metadata to be set on the image.

Returns

Image object.

backup_server(server, name, backup_type, rotation)

Backup a server

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
name – The name of the backup image.
backup_type – The type of the backup, for example, daily.
rotation – The rotation of the back up image, the oldest image will be removed when image count exceed the rotation count.

Returns

None

get_server_metadata(server)

Return a dictionary of metadata for a server

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server or ServerDetail instance.
Returns: A Server with the server’s metadata. All keys and values are Unicode text.
Return type: Server

set_server_metadata(server, **metadata)

Update metadata for a server

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
metadata (kwargs) – Key/value pairs to be updated in the server’s metadata. No other metadata is modified by this call. All keys and values are stored as Unicode.

Returns

A Server with only the server’s metadata. All keys and values are Unicode text.

Return type

Server

delete_server_metadata(server, keys=None)

Delete metadata for a server

Note: This method will do a HTTP DELETE request for every key in keys.

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
keys (list) – The keys to delete. If left empty complete metadata will be removed.

Return type

None

wait_for_server(server, status='ACTIVE', failures=None, interval=2, wait=120)

Wait for a server to be in a particular status.

Parameters

server (Server:) – The Server to wait on to reach the specified status.
status (str) – Desired status.
failures (list) – Statuses that would be interpreted as failures.
interval (int) – Number of seconds to wait before to consecutive checks. Default to 2.
wait (int) – Maximum number of seconds to wait before the change. Default to 120.

Returns

The resource is returned on success.

Raises

ResourceTimeout if transition to the desired status failed to occur in specified seconds.

Raises

ResourceFailure if the resource has transited to one of the failure statuses.

Raises

AttributeError if the resource does not have a status attribute.

Network Actions¶

fetch_server_security_groups(server)

Fetch security groups with details for a server.

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: updated Server instance

add_security_group_to_server(server, security_group)

Add a security group to a server

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
security_group – Either the ID, Name of a security group or a SecurityGroup instance.

Returns

None

remove_security_group_from_server(server, security_group)

Remove a security group from a server

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
security_group – Either the ID of a security group or a SecurityGroup instance.

Returns

None

add_fixed_ip_to_server(server, network_id)

Adds a fixed IP address to a server instance.

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
network_id – The ID of the network from which a fixed IP address is about to be allocated.

Returns

None

remove_fixed_ip_from_server(server, address)

Removes a fixed IP address from a server instance.

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
address – The fixed IP address to be disassociated from the server.

Returns

None

add_floating_ip_to_server(server, address, fixed_address=None)

Adds a floating IP address to a server instance.

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
address – The floating IP address to be added to the server.
fixed_address – The fixed IP address to be associated with the floating IP address. Used when the server is connected to multiple networks.

Returns

None

remove_floating_ip_from_server(server, address)

Removes a floating IP address from a server instance.

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
address – The floating IP address to be disassociated from the server.

Returns

None

Starting, Stopping, etc.¶

reboot_server(server, reboot_type)

Reboot a server

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
reboot_type (str) – The type of reboot to perform. “HARD” and “SOFT” are the current options.

Returns

None

pause_server(server)

Pauses a server and changes its status to PAUSED.

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: None

unpause_server(server)

Unpauses a paused server and changes its status to ACTIVE.

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: None

suspend_server(server)

Suspends a server and changes its status to SUSPENDED.

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: None

resume_server(server)

Resumes a suspended server and changes its status to ACTIVE.

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: None

lock_server(server, locked_reason=None)

Locks a server.

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
locked_reason – The reason behind locking the server. Limited to 255 characters in length.

Returns

None

unlock_server(server)

Unlocks a locked server.

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: None

rescue_server(server, admin_pass=None, image_ref=None)

Puts a server in rescue mode and changes it status to RESCUE.

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
admin_pass – The password for the rescued server. If you omit this parameter, the operation generates a new password.
image_ref – The image reference to use to rescue your server. This can be the image ID or its full URL. If you omit this parameter, the base image reference will be used.

Returns

None

unrescue_server(server)

Unrescues a server and changes its status to ACTIVE.

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: None

evacuate_server(server, host=None, admin_pass=None, force=None)

Evacuates a server from a failed host to a new host.

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
host – An optional parameter specifying the name or ID of the host to which the server is evacuated.
admin_pass – An optional parameter specifying the administrative password to access the evacuated or rebuilt server.
force – Force an evacuation by not verifying the provided destination host by the scheduler. (New in API version 2.29).

Returns

None

start_server(server)

Starts a stopped server and changes its state to ACTIVE.

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: None

stop_server(server)

Stops a running server and changes its state to SHUTOFF.

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: None

shelve_server(server)

Shelves a server.

All associated data and resources are kept but anything still in memory is not retained. Policy defaults enable only users with administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud provides could change this permission though.

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: None

unshelve_server(server)

Unselves or restores a shelved server.

Policy defaults enable only users with administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud provides could change this permission though.

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: None

migrate_server(server)

Migrate a server from one host to another

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: None

live_migrate_server(server, host=None, force=False, block_migration=None)

Live migrate a server from one host to target host

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
host (str) – The host to which to migrate the server. If the Nova service is too old, the host parameter implies force=True which causes the Nova scheduler to be bypassed. On such clouds, a ValueError will be thrown if host is given without force.
force (bool) – Force a live-migration by not verifying the provided destination host by the scheduler. This is unsafe and not recommended.
block_migration – Perform a block live migration to the destination host by the scheduler. Can be ‘auto’, True or False. Some clouds are too old to support ‘auto’, in which case a ValueError will be thrown. If omitted, the value will be ‘auto’ on clouds that support it, and False on clouds that do not.

Returns

None

get_server_console_output(server, length=None)

Return the console output for a server.

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
length – Optional number of line to fetch from the end of console log. All lines will be returned if this is not specified.

Returns

The console output as a dict. Control characters will be escaped to create a valid JSON string.

Modifying a Server¶

change_server_password(server, new_password)

Change the administrator password

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
new_password (str) – The new password to be set.

Returns

None

get_server_password(server)

Get the administrator password

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: encrypted password.

reset_server_state(server, state)

Reset the state of server

Parameters

server – The server can be either the ID of a server or a Server.
state – The state of the server to be set, active or error are valid.

Returns

None

rebuild_server(server, image, **attrs)

Rebuild a server

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
name (str) – The name of the server
admin_password (str) – The administrator password
preserve_ephemeral (bool) – Indicates whether the server is rebuilt with the preservation of the ephemeral partition. Default: False
image (str) – The id of an image to rebuild with. Default: None
access_ipv4 (str) – The IPv4 address to rebuild with. Default: None
access_ipv6 (str) – The IPv6 address to rebuild with. Default: None
metadata (dict) – A dictionary of metadata to rebuild with. Default: None
personality – A list of dictionaries, each including a path and contents key, to be injected into the rebuilt server at launch. Default: None

Returns

The rebuilt Server instance.

resize_server(server, flavor)

Resize a server

Parameters

server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
flavor – Either the ID of a flavor or a Flavor instance.

Returns

None

confirm_server_resize(server)

Confirm a server resize

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: None

revert_server_resize(server)

Revert a server resize

Parameters: server – Either the ID of a server or a Server instance.
Returns: None

Image Operations¶

delete_image(image, ignore_missing=True)

Delete an image

Parameters

image – The value can be either the ID of an image or a Image instance.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the image does not exist. When set to True, no exception will be set when attempting to delete a nonexistent image.

Returns

None

find_image(name_or_id, ignore_missing=True)

Find a single image

Parameters

name_or_id – The name or ID of a image.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the resource does not exist. When set to True, None will be returned when attempting to find a nonexistent resource.

Returns

One Image or None

Raises

ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

Raises

DuplicateResource when multiple resources are found.

get_image(image)

Get a single image

Parameters: image – The value can be the ID of an image or a Image instance.
Returns: One Image
Raises: ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

images(details=True, **query)

Return a generator of images

Parameters

details (bool) – When True, returns Image objects with all available properties, otherwise only basic properties are returned. Default: ``True``
query (kwargs) – Optional query parameters to be sent to limit the resources being returned.

Returns

A generator of image objects

get_image_metadata(image)

Return a dictionary of metadata for an image

Parameters: image – Either the ID of an image or a Image instance.
Returns: A Image with only the image’s metadata. All keys and values are Unicode text.
Return type: Image

set_image_metadata(image, **metadata)

Update metadata for an image

Parameters

image – Either the ID of an image or a Image instance.
metadata (kwargs) – Key/value pairs to be updated in the image’s metadata. No other metadata is modified by this call. All keys and values are stored as Unicode.

Returns

A Image with only the image’s metadata. All keys and values are Unicode text.

Return type

Image

delete_image_metadata(image, keys=None)

Delete metadata for an image

Note: This method will do a HTTP DELETE request for every key in keys.

Parameters

image – Either the ID of an image or a Image instance.
keys (list) – The keys to delete. If left empty complete metadata will be removed.

Return type

None

Flavor Operations¶

find_flavor(name_or_id, ignore_missing=True, *, get_extra_specs=False, **query)

Find a single flavor

Parameters

name_or_id – The name or ID of a flavor.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the resource does not exist. When set to True, None will be returned when attempting to find a nonexistent resource.
get_extra_specs (bool) – When set to True and extra_specs not present in the response will invoke additional API call to fetch extra_specs.
query (kwargs) – Optional query parameters to be sent to limit the flavors being returned.

Returns

One Flavor or None

Raises

ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

Raises

DuplicateResource when multiple resources are found.

create_flavor(**attrs)

Create a new flavor from attributes

Parameters: attrs (dict) – Keyword arguments which will be used to create a Flavor, comprised of the properties on the Flavor class.
Returns: The results of flavor creation
Return type: Flavor

delete_flavor(flavor, ignore_missing=True)

Delete a flavor

Parameters

flavor – The value can be either the ID of a flavor or a Flavor instance.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the flavor does not exist. When set to True, no exception will be set when attempting to delete a nonexistent flavor.

Returns

None

get_flavor(flavor, get_extra_specs=False)

Get a single flavor

Parameters

flavor – The value can be the ID of a flavor or a Flavor instance.
get_extra_specs (bool) – When set to True and extra_specs not present in the response will invoke additional API call to fetch extra_specs.

Returns

One Flavor

Raises

ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

flavors(details=True, get_extra_specs=False, **query)

Return a generator of flavors

Parameters

details (bool) – When True, returns Flavor objects, with additional attributes filled.
get_extra_specs (bool) – When set to True and extra_specs not present in the response will invoke additional API call to fetch extra_specs.
query (kwargs) – Optional query parameters to be sent to limit the flavors being returned.

Returns

A generator of flavor objects

flavor_add_tenant_access(flavor, tenant)

Adds tenant/project access to flavor.

Parameters

flavor – Either the ID of a flavor or a Flavor instance.
tenant (str) – The UUID of the tenant.

Returns

One Flavor

flavor_remove_tenant_access(flavor, tenant)

Removes tenant/project access to flavor.

Parameters

flavor – Either the ID of a flavor or a Flavor instance.
tenant (str) – The UUID of the tenant.

Returns

One Flavor

get_flavor_access(flavor)

Lists tenants who have access to private flavor

Parameters: flavor – Either the ID of a flavor or a Flavor instance.
Returns: List of dicts with flavor_id and tenant_id attributes.

fetch_flavor_extra_specs(flavor)

Lists Extra Specs of a flavor

Parameters: flavor – Either the ID of a flavor or a Flavor instance.
Returns: One Flavor

create_flavor_extra_specs(flavor, extra_specs)

Lists Extra Specs of a flavor

Parameters

flavor – Either the ID of a flavor or a Flavor instance.
extra_specs (dict) – dict of extra specs

Returns

One Flavor

get_flavor_extra_specs_property(flavor, prop)

Get specific Extra Spec property of a flavor

Parameters

flavor – Either the ID of a flavor or a Flavor instance.
prop (str) – Property name.

Returns

String value of the requested property.

update_flavor_extra_specs_property(flavor, prop, val)

Update specific Extra Spec property of a flavor

Parameters

flavor – Either the ID of a flavor or a Flavor instance.
prop (str) – Property name.
val (str) – Property value.

Returns

String value of the requested property.

delete_flavor_extra_specs_property(flavor, prop)

Delete specific Extra Spec property of a flavor

Parameters

flavor – Either the ID of a flavor or a Flavor instance.
prop (str) – Property name.

Returns

None

Service Operations¶

update_service_forced_down(service, host=None, binary=None, forced=True)

Update service forced_down information

Parameters

service – Either the ID of a service or a Service instance.
host (str) – The host where service runs.
binary (str) – The name of service.
forced (bool) – Whether or not this service was forced down manually by an administrator after the service was fenced.

Returns

Updated service instance

Return type

disable_service(service, host=None, binary=None, disabled_reason=None)

Disable a service

Parameters

service – Either the ID of a service or a Service instance.
host (str) – The host where service runs.
binary (str) – The name of service.
disabled_reason (str) – The reason of force down a service.

Returns

Updated service instance

Return type

enable_service(service, host=None, binary=None)

Enable a service

Parameters

service – Either the ID of a service or a Service instance.
host (str) – The host where service runs.
binary (str) – The name of service.

Returns

Updated service instance

Return type

services(**query)

Return a generator of service

Params dict query: Query parameters
Returns: A generator of service
Return type: class: ~openstack.compute.v2.service.Service

find_service(name_or_id, ignore_missing=True, **query)

Find a service from name or id to get the corresponding info

Parameters

name_or_id – The name or id of a service
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the resource does not exist. When set to True, None will be returned when attempting to find a nonexistent resource.
query (dict) – Additional attributes like ‘host’

Returns

One: class:~openstack.compute.v2.service.Service or None

Raises

ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

Raises

DuplicateResource when multiple resources are found.

delete_service(service, ignore_missing=True)

Delete a service

Parameters

service – The value can be either the ID of a service or a Service instance.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the service does not exist. When set to True, no exception will be set when attempting to delete a nonexistent service.

Returns

None

update_service(service, **attrs)

Update a service

Parameters

service – Either the ID of a service or a Service instance.
attrs – The attributes to update on the service represented by service.

Returns

The updated service

Return type

Service

Volume Attachment Operations¶

create_volume_attachment(server, volume=None, **attrs)

Create a new volume attachment from attributes

Parameters

server – The value can be either the ID of a server or a Server instance that the volume is attached to.
volume – The value can be either the ID of a volume or a Volume instance.
attrs (dict) – Keyword arguments which will be used to create a VolumeAttachment, comprised of the properties on the VolumeAttachment class.

Returns

The results of volume attachment creation

Return type

VolumeAttachment

update_volume_attachment(server, volume, volume_id=None, **attrs)

Update a volume attachment

Note that the underlying API expects a volume ID, not a volume attachment ID. There is currently no way to update volume attachments by their own ID.

Parameters

server – The value can be either the ID of a server or a Server instance that the volume is attached to.
volume – The value can be either the ID of a volume or a Volume instance.
volume_id – The ID of a volume to swap to. If this is not specified, we will default to not swapping the volume.
attrs – The attributes to update on the volume attachment represented by volume_attachment.

Returns

None

delete_volume_attachment(server, volume, ignore_missing=True)

Delete a volume attachment

Note that the underlying API expects a volume ID, not a volume attachment ID. There is currently no way to delete volume attachments by their own ID.

Parameters

server – The value can be either the ID of a server or a Server instance that the volume is attached to.
volume – The value can be the ID of a volume or a Volume instance.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the volume attachment does not exist. When set to True, no exception will be set when attempting to delete a nonexistent volume attachment.

Returns

None

get_volume_attachment(server, volume)

Get a single volume attachment

Note that the underlying API expects a volume ID, not a volume attachment ID. There is currently no way to retrieve volume attachments by their own ID.

Parameters

server – The value can be either the ID of a server or a Server instance that the volume is attached to.
volume – The value can be the ID of a volume or a Volume instance.

Returns

One VolumeAttachment

Raises

ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

volume_attachments(server, **query)

Return a generator of volume attachments

Parameters: server – The server can be either the ID of a server or a Server.
Params dict query: Query parameters
Returns: A generator of VolumeAttachment objects
Return type: VolumeAttachment

Keypair Operations¶

create_keypair(**attrs)

Create a new keypair from attributes

Parameters: attrs (dict) – Keyword arguments which will be used to create a Keypair, comprised of the properties on the Keypair class.
Returns: The results of keypair creation
Return type: Keypair

delete_keypair(keypair, ignore_missing=True, user_id=None)

Delete a keypair

Parameters

keypair – The value can be either the ID of a keypair or a Keypair instance.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the keypair does not exist. When set to True, no exception will be set when attempting to delete a nonexistent keypair.
user_id (str) – Optional user_id owning the keypair

Returns

None

get_keypair(keypair, user_id=None)

Get a single keypair

Parameters

keypair – The value can be the ID of a keypair or a Keypair instance.
user_id (str) – Optional user_id owning the keypair

Returns

One Keypair

Raises

ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

find_keypair(name_or_id, ignore_missing=True, *, user_id=None)

Find a single keypair

Parameters

name_or_id – The name or ID of a keypair.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the resource does not exist. When set to True, None will be returned when attempting to find a nonexistent resource.
user_id (str) – Optional user_id owning the keypair

Returns

One Keypair or None

Raises

ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

Raises

DuplicateResource when multiple resources are found.

keypairs(**query)

Return a generator of keypairs

Parameters: query (kwargs) – Optional query parameters to be sent to limit the resources being returned.
Returns: A generator of keypair objects
Return type: Keypair

Server IPs¶

server_ips(server, network_label=None)

Return a generator of server IPs

Parameters

server – The server can be either the ID of a server or a Server.
network_label – The name of a particular network to list IP addresses from.

Returns

A generator of ServerIP objects

Return type

ServerIP

Server Group Operations¶

create_server_group(**attrs)

Create a new server group from attributes

Parameters: attrs (dict) – Keyword arguments which will be used to create a ServerGroup, comprised of the properties on the ServerGroup class.
Returns: The results of server group creation
Return type: ServerGroup

delete_server_group(server_group, ignore_missing=True)

Delete a server group

Parameters

server_group – The value can be either the ID of a server group or a ServerGroup instance.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the server group does not exist. When set to True, no exception will be set when attempting to delete a nonexistent server group.

Returns

None

find_server_group(name_or_id, ignore_missing=True, *, all_projects=False)

Find a single server group

Parameters

name_or_id – The name or ID of a server group.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the resource does not exist. When set to True, None will be returned when attempting to find a nonexistent resource.
all_projects (bool) – When set to True, search for server groups by name across all projects. Note that this will likely result in a higher chance of duplicates. Admin-only by default.

Returns

One ServerGroup or None

Raises

ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

Raises

DuplicateResource when multiple resources are found.

get_server_group(server_group)

Get a single server group

Parameters: server_group – The value can be the ID of a server group or a ServerGroup instance.
Returns: A ServerGroup object.
Raises: ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

server_groups(*, all_projects=False, **query)

Return a generator of server groups

Parameters

all_projects (bool) – When set to True, lists servers groups from all projects. Admin-only by default.
query (kwargs) – Optional query parameters to be sent to limit the resources being returned.

Returns

A generator of ServerGroup objects

Return type

ServerGroup

Server Interface Operations¶

create_server_interface(server, **attrs)

Create a new server interface from attributes

Parameters

server – The server can be either the ID of a server or a Server instance that the interface belongs to.
attrs (dict) – Keyword arguments which will be used to create a ServerInterface, comprised of the properties on the ServerInterface class.

Returns

The results of server interface creation

Return type

ServerInterface

delete_server_interface(server_interface, server=None, ignore_missing=True)

Delete a server interface

Parameters

server_interface – The value can be either the ID of a server interface or a ServerInterface instance.
server – This parameter need to be specified when ServerInterface ID is given as value. It can be either the ID of a server or a Server instance that the interface belongs to.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the server interface does not exist. When set to True, no exception will be set when attempting to delete a nonexistent server interface.

Returns

None

get_server_interface(server_interface, server=None)

Get a single server interface

Parameters

server_interface – The value can be the ID of a server interface or a ServerInterface instance.
server – This parameter need to be specified when ServerInterface ID is given as value. It can be either the ID of a server or a Server instance that the interface belongs to.

Returns

One ServerInterface

Raises

ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

server_interfaces(server, **query)

Return a generator of server interfaces

Parameters

server – The server can be either the ID of a server or a Server.
query – Optional query parameters to be sent to limit the resources being returned.

Returns

A generator of ServerInterface objects

Return type

ServerInterface

Availability Zone Operations¶

availability_zones(details=False)

Return a generator of availability zones

Parameters: details (bool) – Return extra details about the availability zones. This defaults to False as it generally requires extra permission.
Returns: A generator of availability zone
Return type: AvailabilityZone

Limits Operations¶

get_limits(**query)

Retrieve limits that are applied to the project’s account

Returns: A Limits object, including both AbsoluteLimits and RateLimits
Return type: Limits

Hypervisor Operations¶

hypervisors(details=False, **query)

Return a generator of hypervisors

Parameters

details (bool) – When set to the default, False, Hypervisor instances will be returned with only basic information populated.
query (kwargs) – Optional query parameters to be sent to limit the resources being returned.

Returns

A generator of hypervisor

Return type

find_hypervisor(name_or_id, ignore_missing=True, *, details=True)

Find a single hypervisor

Parameters

name_or_id – The name or ID of a hypervisor
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the resource does not exist. When set to True, None will be returned when attempting to find a nonexistent resource.
details (bool) – When set to False instances with only basic data will be returned. The default, True, will cause instances with full data to be returned.

Returns

One: class:~openstack.compute.v2.hypervisor.Hypervisor or None

Raises

ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

Raises

DuplicateResource when multiple resources are found.

get_hypervisor(hypervisor)

Get a single hypervisor

Parameters: hypervisor – The value can be the ID of a hypervisor or a Hypervisor instance.
Returns: A Hypervisor object.
Raises: ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

get_hypervisor_uptime(hypervisor)

Get uptime information for hypervisor

Parameters: hypervisor – The value can be the ID of a hypervisor or a Hypervisor instance.
Returns: A Hypervisor object.
Raises: ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

Extension Operations¶

find_extension(name_or_id, ignore_missing=True)

Find a single extension

Parameters

name_or_id – The name or ID of an extension.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the resource does not exist. When set to True, None will be returned when attempting to find a nonexistent resource.

Returns

One Extension or None

Raises

ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

Raises

DuplicateResource when multiple resources are found.

extensions()

Retrieve a generator of extensions

Returns: A generator of extension instances.
Return type: Extension

QuotaSet Operations¶

get_quota_set(project, usage=False, **query)

Show QuotaSet information for the project

Parameters

project – ID or instance of Project of the project for which the quota should be retrieved
usage (bool) – When set to True quota usage and reservations would be filled.
query (dict) – Additional query parameters to use.

Returns

One QuotaSet

Raises

ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

get_quota_set_defaults(project)

Show QuotaSet defaults for the project

Parameters: project – ID or instance of Project of the project for which the quota should be retrieved
Returns: One QuotaSet
Raises: ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

revert_quota_set(project, **query)

Reset Quota for the project/user.

Parameters

project – ID or instance of Project of the project for which the quota should be resetted.
query (dict) – Additional parameters to be used.

Returns

None

update_quota_set(quota_set, query=None, **attrs)

Update a QuotaSet.

Parameters

quota_set – Either the ID of a quota_set or a QuotaSet instance.
query (dict) – Optional parameters to be used with update call.
attrs – The attributes to update on the QuotaSet represented by quota_set.

Returns

The updated QuotaSet

Return type

QuotaSet

Server Migration Operations¶

abort_server_migration(server_migration, server, ignore_missing=True)

Abort an in-progress server migration

Parameters

server_migration – The value can be either the ID of a server migration or a ServerMigration instance.
server – This parameter needs to be specified when ServerMigration ID is given as value. It can be either the ID of a server or a Server instance that the migration belongs to.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the volume attachment does not exist. When set to True, no exception will be set when attempting to delete a nonexistent volume attachment.

Returns

None

force_complete_server_migration(server_migration, server=None)

Force complete an in-progress server migration

Parameters

server_migration – The value can be either the ID of a server migration or a ServerMigration instance.
server – This parameter needs to be specified when ServerMigration ID is given as value. It can be either the ID of a server or a Server instance that the migration belongs to.

Returns

None

get_server_migration(server_migration, server, ignore_missing=True)

Get a single volume attachment

Parameters

server_migration – The value can be the ID of a server migration or a ServerMigration instance.
server – This parameter need to be specified when ServerMigration ID is given as value. It can be either the ID of a server or a Server instance that the migration belongs to.
ignore_missing (bool) – When set to False ResourceNotFound will be raised when the server migration does not exist. When set to True, no exception will be set when attempting to delete a nonexistent server migration.

Returns

One ServerMigration

Raises

ResourceNotFound when no resource can be found.

server_migrations(server)

Return a generator of migrations for a server.

Parameters: server – The server can be either the ID of a server or a Server.
Returns: A generator of ServerMigration objects
Return type: ServerMigration

Migration Operations¶

migrations(**query)

Return a generator of migrations for all servers.

Parameters: query (kwargs) – Optional query parameters to be sent to limit the migrations being returned.
Returns: A generator of Migration objects
Return type: Migration

Helpers¶

wait_for_delete(res, interval=2, wait=120)

Wait for a resource to be deleted.

Parameters

res – The resource to wait on to be deleted.
interval – Number of seconds to wait before to consecutive checks. Default to 2.
wait – Maximum number of seconds to wait before the change. Default to 120.

Returns

The resource is returned on success.

Raises

ResourceTimeout if transition to delete failed to occur in the specified seconds.

Compute API

Compute API¶

The Compute Class¶

Server Operations¶

Network Actions¶

Starting, Stopping, etc.¶

Modifying a Server¶

Image Operations¶

Flavor Operations¶

Service Operations¶

Volume Attachment Operations¶

Keypair Operations¶

Server IPs¶

Server Group Operations¶

Server Interface Operations¶

Availability Zone Operations¶

Limits Operations¶

Hypervisor Operations¶

Extension Operations¶

QuotaSet Operations¶

Server Migration Operations¶

Migration Operations¶

Helpers¶

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