From 435916c49d7c0fd4adc9331d598016f19b1f7a99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anne Gentle Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 10:46:34 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Adds additional information about custom flavors and private flavors Change-Id: I144f441406c80ad2248f52668ebe8ff08f87650a --- .../section_cli_nova_manage_flavors.xml | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/user-guide-admin/section_cli_nova_manage_flavors.xml b/doc/user-guide-admin/section_cli_nova_manage_flavors.xml index 407a889cb0..6ae02f2b6e 100644 --- a/doc/user-guide-admin/section_cli_nova_manage_flavors.xml +++ b/doc/user-guide-admin/section_cli_nova_manage_flavors.xml @@ -117,6 +117,22 @@ cannot contain special characters or spaces. + Here is an example with additional optional + parameters filled in that creates a public "extra + tiny" flavor that automatically gets an ID + assigned, with 256 MB memory, no disk space, and + one VCPU. The rxtx-factor indicates the slice of + bandwidth that the instances with this flavor can + use (through the Virtual Interface (vif) creation + in the hypervisor). + $ nova flavor-create --is-public true m1.extra_tiny auto 256 0 1 --rxtx-factor .1 + If an individual user or group of users needs a custom + flavor that you do not want other tenants to have access to, + you can change the flavor's access to make it a private flavor. + See + Private Flavors in the OpenStack Operations Guide + . For a list of optional parameters, run this command: $ nova help flavor-create