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glance-manage
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Glance Management Utility
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:Author: glance@lists.launchpad.net
:Date:   2014-01-16
:Copyright: OpenStack LLC
:Version: 2014.1
:Manual section: 1
:Manual group: cloud computing

SYNOPSIS
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  glance-manage [options]

DESCRIPTION
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glance-manage is a utility for managing and configuring a Glance installation.
One important use of glance-manage is to setup the database. To do this run::

    glance-manage db_sync

Note: glance-manage commands can be run either like this::

    glance-manage db sync

or with the db commands concatenated, like this::

    glance-manage db_sync



COMMANDS
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  **db**
        This is the prefix for the commands below when used with a space
        rather than a _. For example "db version".

  **db_version**
        This will print the current migration level of a glance database.

  **db_upgrade <VERSION>**
        This will take an existing database and upgrade it to the
        specified VERSION.

  **db_downgrade <VERSION>**
        This will take an existing database and downgrade it to the
        specified VERSION.

  **db_version_control**
        Place the database untder migration control.

  **db_sync <VERSION> <CURRENT_VERSION>**
        Place a database under migration control and upgrade, creating
        it first if necessary.

OPTIONS
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  **General Options**

  .. include:: general_options.rst

  **--sql_connection=CONN_STRING**
        A proper SQLAlchemy connection string as described
        `here <http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/05/reference/sqlalchemy/connections.html?highlight=engine#sqlalchemy.create_engine>`_

  .. include:: footer.rst