Block Storage command-line clientThe cinder client is the command-line interface
(CLI) for the OpenStack Block Storage API and its extensions. This chapter documents
cinder version 1.0.9.
For help on a specific cinder
command, enter:
$cinderCOMMANDcinder usageusage: cinder [--version] [--debug] [--os-username <auth-user-name>]
[--os-password <auth-password>]
[--os-tenant-name <auth-tenant-name>]
[--os-tenant-id <auth-tenant-id>] [--os-auth-url <auth-url>]
[--os-region-name <region-name>]
[--os-auth-system <auth-system>] [--service-type <service-type>]
[--service-name <service-name>]
[--volume-service-name <volume-service-name>]
[--endpoint-type <endpoint-type>]
[--os-volume-api-version <volume-api-ver>]
[--os-cacert <ca-certificate>] [--retries <retries>]
<subcommand> ...Subcommandsabsolute-limits
Print a list of absolute limits for a user
availability-zone-list
List all the availability zones.
backup-create
Creates a backup.
backup-delete
Remove a backup.
backup-list
List all the backups.
backup-restore
Restore a backup.
backup-show
Show details about a backup.
create
Add a new volume.
credentials
Show user credentials returned from auth.
delete
Remove volume(s).
encryption-type-create
Create a new encryption type for a volume type (Admin
Only).
encryption-type-delete
Delete the encryption type for a volume type (Admin
Only).
encryption-type-list
List encryption type information for all volume types
(Admin Only).
encryption-type-show
Show the encryption type information for a volume type
(Admin Only).
endpoints
Discover endpoints that get returned from the
authenticate services.
extend
Attempt to extend the size of an existing volume.
extra-specs-list
Print a list of current 'volume types and extra specs'
(Admin Only).
force-delete
Attempt forced removal of volume(s), regardless of the
state(s).
list
List all the volumes.
metadata
Set or Delete metadata on a volume.
metadata-show
Show metadata of given volume.
metadata-update-all
Update all metadata of a volume.
migrate
Migrate the volume to the new host.
qos-associate
Associate qos specs with specific volume type.
qos-create
Create a new qos specs.
qos-delete
Delete a specific qos specs.
qos-disassociate
Disassociate qos specs from specific volume type.
qos-disassociate-all
Disassociate qos specs from all of its associations.
qos-get-association
Get all associations of specific qos specs.
qos-key
Set or unset specifications for a qos spec.
qos-list
Get full list of qos specs.
qos-show
Get a specific qos specs.
quota-class-show
List the quotas for a quota class.
quota-class-update
Update the quotas for a quota class.
quota-defaults
List the default quotas for a tenant.
quota-delete
Delete the quotas for a tenant.
quota-show
List the quotas for a tenant.
quota-update
Update the quotas for a tenant.
quota-usage
List the quota usage for a tenant.
rate-limits
Print a list of rate limits for a user
readonly-mode-update
Update volume read-only access mode read_only.
rename
Rename a volume.
reset-state
Explicitly update the state of a volume.
service-disable
Disable the service.
service-enable
Enable the service.
service-list
List all the services. Filter by host & service
binary.
show
Show details about a volume.
snapshot-create
Add a new snapshot.
snapshot-delete
Remove one or more snapshots.
snapshot-list
List all the snapshots.
snapshot-metadata
Set or Delete metadata of a snapshot.
snapshot-metadata-show
Show metadata of given snapshot.
snapshot-metadata-update-all
Update all metadata of a snapshot.
snapshot-rename
Rename a snapshot.
snapshot-reset-state
Explicitly update the state of a snapshot.
snapshot-show
Show details about a snapshot.
transfer-accept
Accepts a volume transfer.
transfer-create
Creates a volume transfer.
transfer-delete
Undo a transfer.
transfer-list
List all the transfers.
transfer-show
Show details about a transfer.
type-create
Create a new volume type.
type-delete
Delete a specific volume type.
type-key
Set or unset extra_spec for a volume type.
type-list
Print a list of available 'volume types'.
upload-to-image
Upload volume to image service as image.
bash-completion
Print arguments for bash_completion.
help
Display help about this program or one of its
subcommands.
list-extensions
List all the os-api extensions that are available.
cinder optional arguments--version
show program's version number and exit
--debug
Print debugging output
--os-username <auth-user-name>
Defaults to env[OS_USERNAME].
--os-password <auth-password>
Defaults to env[OS_PASSWORD].
--os-tenant-name <auth-tenant-name>
Defaults to env[OS_TENANT_NAME].
--os-tenant-id <auth-tenant-id>
Defaults to env[OS_TENANT_ID].
--os-auth-url <auth-url>
Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_URL].
--os-region-name <region-name>
Defaults to env[OS_REGION_NAME].
--os-auth-system <auth-system>
Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_SYSTEM].
--service-type <service-type>
Defaults to volume for most actions
--service-name <service-name>
Defaults to env[CINDER_SERVICE_NAME]--volume-service-name <volume-service-name>
Defaults to env[CINDER_VOLUME_SERVICE_NAME]--endpoint-type <endpoint-type>
Defaults to env[CINDER_ENDPOINT_TYPE] or publicURL.
--os-volume-api-version <volume-api-ver>
Accepts 1 or 2,defaults to env[OS_VOLUME_API_VERSION].
--os-cacert <ca-certificate>
Specify a CA bundle file to use in verifying a TLS
(https) server certificate. Defaults to env[OS_CACERT]--retries <retries>
Number of retries.
cinder absolute-limits commandusage: cinder absolute-limits
Print a list of absolute limits for a user
cinder availability-zone-list commandusage: cinder availability-zone-list
List all the availability zones.
cinder backup-create commandusage: cinder backup-create [--container <container>]
[--display-name <display-name>]
[--display-description <display-description>]
<volume>
Creates a backup.
Positional arguments<volume>
Name or ID of the volume to backup.
Optional arguments--container <container>
Optional Backup container name. (Default=None)
--display-name <display-name>
Optional backup name. (Default=None)
--display-description <display-description>
Optional backup description. (Default=None)
cinder backup-delete commandusage: cinder backup-delete <backup>
Remove a backup.
Positional arguments<backup>
Name or ID of the backup to delete.
cinder backup-list commandusage: cinder backup-list
List all the backups.
cinder backup-restore commandusage: cinder backup-restore [--volume-id <volume>] <backup>
Restore a backup.
Positional arguments<backup>
ID of the backup to restore.
Optional arguments--volume-id <volume>
Optional ID(or name) of the volume to restore to.
cinder backup-show commandusage: cinder backup-show <backup>
Show details about a backup.
Positional arguments<backup>
Name or ID of the backup.
cinder create commandusage: cinder create [--snapshot-id <snapshot-id>]
[--source-volid <source-volid>] [--image-id <image-id>]
[--display-name <display-name>]
[--display-description <display-description>]
[--volume-type <volume-type>]
[--availability-zone <availability-zone>]
[--metadata [<key=value> [<key=value> ...]]]
<size>
Add a new volume.
Positional arguments<size>
Size of volume in GB
Optional arguments--snapshot-id <snapshot-id>
Create volume from snapshot id (Optional,
Default=None)
--source-volid <source-volid>
Create volume from volume id (Optional, Default=None)
--image-id <image-id>
Create volume from image id (Optional, Default=None)
--display-name <display-name>
Volume name (Optional, Default=None)
--display-description <display-description>
Volume description (Optional, Default=None)
--volume-type <volume-type>
Volume type (Optional, Default=None)
--availability-zone <availability-zone>
Availability zone for volume (Optional, Default=None)
--metadata [<key=value> [<key=value> ...]]
Metadata key=value pairs (Optional, Default=None)
cinder credentials commandusage: cinder credentials
Show user credentials returned from auth.
cinder delete commandusage: cinder delete <volume> [<volume> ...]
Remove volume(s).
Positional arguments<volume>
Name or ID of the volume(s) to delete.
cinder encryption-type-create commandusage: cinder encryption-type-create [--cipher <cipher>]
[--key_size <key_size>]
[--control_location <control_location>]
<volume_type> <provider>
Create a new encryption type for a volume type (Admin Only).
Positional arguments<volume_type>
Name or ID of the volume type
<provider>
Class providing encryption support (e.g.
LuksEncryptor)
Optional arguments--cipher <cipher>
Encryption algorithm/mode to use (e.g., aes-xts-
plain64) (Optional, Default=None)
--key_size <key_size>
Size of the encryption key, in bits (e.g., 128, 256)
(Optional, Default=None)
--control_location <control_location>
Notional service where encryption is performed (e.g.,
front-end=Nova) Values: 'front-end', 'back-end'
(Default='front-end')
cinder encryption-type-delete commandusage: cinder encryption-type-delete <volume_type>
Delete the encryption type for a volume type (Admin Only).
Positional arguments<volume_type>
Name or ID of the volume type
cinder encryption-type-list commandusage: cinder encryption-type-list
List encryption type information for all volume types (Admin Only).
cinder encryption-type-show commandusage: cinder encryption-type-show <volume_type>
Show the encryption type information for a volume type (Admin Only).
Positional arguments<volume_type>
Name or ID of the volume type
cinder endpoints commandusage: cinder endpoints
Discover endpoints that get returned from the authenticate services.
cinder extend commandusage: cinder extend <volume> <new-size>
Attempt to extend the size of an existing volume.
Positional arguments<volume>
Name or ID of the volume to extend.
<new-size>
New size of volume in GB
cinder extra-specs-list commandusage: cinder extra-specs-list
Print a list of current 'volume types and extra specs' (Admin Only).
cinder force-delete commandusage: cinder force-delete <volume> [<volume> ...]
Attempt forced removal of volume(s), regardless of the state(s).
Positional arguments<volume>
Name or ID of the volume(s) to delete.
cinder list commandusage: cinder list [--all-tenants [<0|1>]] [--display-name <display-name>]
[--status <status>]
[--metadata [<key=value> [<key=value> ...]]]
List all the volumes.
Optional arguments--all-tenants [<0|1>]
Display information from all tenants (Admin only).
--display-name <display-name>
Filter results by display-name
--status <status>
Filter results by status
--metadata [<key=value> [<key=value> ...]]
Filter results by metadata
cinder list-extensions commandusage: cinder list-extensions
List all the os-api extensions that are available.
cinder metadata commandusage: cinder metadata <volume> <action> <key=value> [<key=value> ...]
Set or Delete metadata on a volume.
Positional arguments<volume>
Name or ID of the volume to update metadata on.
<action>
Actions: 'set' or 'unset'
<key=value>
Metadata to set/unset (only key is necessary on unset)
cinder metadata-show commandusage: cinder metadata-show <volume>
Show metadata of given volume.
Positional arguments<volume>
ID of volume
cinder metadata-update-all commandusage: cinder metadata-update-all <volume> <key=value> [<key=value> ...]
Update all metadata of a volume.
Positional arguments<volume>
ID of the volume to update metadata on.
<key=value>
Metadata entry/entries to update.
cinder migrate commandusage: cinder migrate [--force-host-copy <True|False>] <volume> <host>
Migrate the volume to the new host.
Positional arguments<volume>
ID of the volume to migrate
<host>
Destination host
Optional arguments--force-host-copy <True|False>
Optional flag to force the use of the generic host-
based migration mechanism, bypassing driver
optimizations (Default=False).
cinder qos-associate commandusage: cinder qos-associate <qos_specs> <volume_type_id>
Associate qos specs with specific volume type.
Positional arguments<qos_specs>
ID of qos_specs.
<volume_type_id>
ID of volume type to be associated with.
cinder qos-create commandusage: cinder qos-create <name> <key=value> [<key=value> ...]
Create a new qos specs.
Positional arguments<name>
Name of the new QoS specs
<key=value>
Specifications for QoS
cinder qos-delete commandusage: cinder qos-delete [--force <True|False>] <qos_specs>
Delete a specific qos specs.
Positional arguments<qos_specs>
ID of the qos_specs to delete.
Optional arguments--force <True|False>
Optional flag that indicates whether to delete
specified qos specs even if it is in-use.
cinder qos-disassociate commandusage: cinder qos-disassociate <qos_specs> <volume_type_id>
Disassociate qos specs from specific volume type.
Positional arguments<qos_specs>
ID of qos_specs.
<volume_type_id>
ID of volume type to be associated with.
cinder qos-disassociate-all commandusage: cinder qos-disassociate-all <qos_specs>
Disassociate qos specs from all of its associations.
Positional arguments<qos_specs>
ID of qos_specs to be operate on.
cinder qos-get-association commandusage: cinder qos-get-association <qos_specs>
Get all associations of specific qos specs.
Positional arguments<qos_specs>
ID of the qos_specs.
cinder qos-key commandusage: cinder qos-key <qos_specs> <action> key=value [key=value ...]
Set or unset specifications for a qos spec.
Positional arguments<qos_specs>
ID of qos specs
<action>
Actions: 'set' or 'unset'
key=value
QoS specs to set/unset (only key is necessary on unset)
cinder qos-list commandusage: cinder qos-list
Get full list of qos specs.
cinder qos-show commandusage: cinder qos-show <qos_specs>
Get a specific qos specs.
Positional arguments<qos_specs>
ID of the qos_specs to show.
cinder quota-class-show commandusage: cinder quota-class-show <class>
List the quotas for a quota class.
Positional arguments<class>
Name of quota class to list the quotas for.
cinder quota-class-update commandusage: cinder quota-class-update [--volumes <volumes>]
[--snapshots <snapshots>]
[--gigabytes <gigabytes>]
[--volume-type <volume_type_name>]
<class>
Update the quotas for a quota class.
Positional arguments<class>
Name of quota class to set the quotas for.
Optional arguments--volumes <volumes>
New value for the "volumes" quota.
--snapshots <snapshots>
New value for the "snapshots" quota.
--gigabytes <gigabytes>
New value for the "gigabytes" quota.
--volume-type <volume_type_name>
Volume type (Optional, Default=None)
cinder quota-defaults commandusage: cinder quota-defaults <tenant_id>
List the default quotas for a tenant.
Positional arguments<tenant_id>
UUID of tenant to list the default quotas for.
cinder quota-delete commandusage: cinder quota-delete <tenant_id>
Delete the quotas for a tenant.
Positional arguments<tenant_id>
UUID of tenant to delete the quotas for.
cinder quota-show commandusage: cinder quota-show <tenant_id>
List the quotas for a tenant.
Positional arguments<tenant_id>
UUID of tenant to list the quotas for.
cinder quota-update commandusage: cinder quota-update [--volumes <volumes>] [--snapshots <snapshots>]
[--gigabytes <gigabytes>]
[--volume-type <volume_type_name>]
<tenant_id>
Update the quotas for a tenant.
Positional arguments<tenant_id>
UUID of tenant to set the quotas for.
Optional arguments--volumes <volumes>
New value for the "volumes" quota.
--snapshots <snapshots>
New value for the "snapshots" quota.
--gigabytes <gigabytes>
New value for the "gigabytes" quota.
--volume-type <volume_type_name>
Volume type (Optional, Default=None)
cinder quota-usage commandusage: cinder quota-usage <tenant_id>
List the quota usage for a tenant.
Positional arguments<tenant_id>
UUID of tenant to list the quota usage for.
cinder rate-limits commandusage: cinder rate-limits
Print a list of rate limits for a user
cinder readonly-mode-update commandusage: cinder readonly-mode-update <volume> <True|true|False|false>
Update volume read-only access mode read_only.
Positional arguments<volume>
ID of the volume to update.
<True|true|False|false>
Flag to indicate whether to update volume to read-only
access mode.
cinder rename commandusage: cinder rename [--display-description <display-description>]
<volume> [<display-name>]
Rename a volume.
Positional arguments<volume>
Name or ID of the volume to rename.
<display-name>
New display-name for the volume.
Optional arguments--display-description <display-description>
Optional volume description. (Default=None)
cinder reset-state commandusage: cinder reset-state [--state <state>] <volume> [<volume> ...]
Explicitly update the state of a volume.
Positional arguments<volume>
Name or ID of the volume to modify.
Optional arguments--state <state>
Indicate which state to assign the volume. Options include
available, error, creating, deleting, error_deleting. If no
state is provided, available will be used.
cinder service-disable commandusage: cinder service-disable [--reason <reason>] <hostname> <binary>
Disable the service.
Positional arguments<hostname>
Name of host.
<binary>
Service binary.
Optional arguments--reason <reason>
Reason for disabling service.
cinder service-enable commandusage: cinder service-enable <hostname> <binary>
Enable the service.
Positional arguments<hostname>
Name of host.
<binary>
Service binary.
cinder service-list commandusage: cinder service-list [--host <hostname>] [--binary <binary>]
List all the services. Filter by host & service binary.
Optional arguments--host <hostname>
Name of host.
--binary <binary>
Service binary.
cinder show commandusage: cinder show <volume>
Show details about a volume.
Positional arguments<volume>
Name or ID of the volume.
cinder snapshot-create commandusage: cinder snapshot-create [--force <True|False>]
[--display-name <display-name>]
[--display-description <display-description>]
<volume>
Add a new snapshot.
Positional arguments<volume>
Name or ID of the volume to snapshot
Optional arguments--force <True|False>
Optional flag to indicate whether to snapshot a volume
even if it's attached to an instance. (Default=False)
--display-name <display-name>
Optional snapshot name. (Default=None)
--display-description <display-description>
Optional snapshot description. (Default=None)
cinder snapshot-delete commandusage: cinder snapshot-delete <snapshot> [<snapshot> ...]
Remove one or more snapshots.
Positional arguments<snapshot>
Name or ID of the snapshot(s) to delete.
cinder snapshot-list commandusage: cinder snapshot-list [--all-tenants [<0|1>]]
[--display-name <display-name>]
[--status <status>] [--volume-id <volume-id>]
List all the snapshots.
Optional arguments--all-tenants [<0|1>]
Display information from all tenants (Admin only).
--display-name <display-name>
Filter results by display-name
--status <status>
Filter results by status
--volume-id <volume-id>
Filter results by volume-id
cinder snapshot-metadata commandusage: cinder snapshot-metadata <snapshot> <action> <key=value>
[<key=value> ...]
Set or Delete metadata of a snapshot.
Positional arguments<snapshot>
ID of the snapshot to update metadata on.
<action>
Actions: 'set' or 'unset'
<key=value>
Metadata to set/unset (only key is necessary on unset)
cinder snapshot-metadata-show commandusage: cinder snapshot-metadata-show <snapshot>
Show metadata of given snapshot.
Positional arguments<snapshot>
ID of snapshot
cinder snapshot-metadata-update-all commandusage: cinder snapshot-metadata-update-all <snapshot> <key=value>
[<key=value> ...]
Update all metadata of a snapshot.
Positional arguments<snapshot>
ID of the snapshot to update metadata on.
<key=value>
Metadata entry/entries to update.
cinder snapshot-rename commandusage: cinder snapshot-rename [--display-description <display-description>]
<snapshot> [<display-name>]
Rename a snapshot.
Positional arguments<snapshot>
Name or ID of the snapshot.
<display-name>
New display-name for the snapshot.
Optional arguments--display-description <display-description>
Optional snapshot description. (Default=None)
cinder snapshot-reset-state commandusage: cinder snapshot-reset-state [--state <state>]
<snapshot> [<snapshot> ...]
Explicitly update the state of a snapshot.
Positional arguments<snapshot>
Name or ID of the snapshot to modify.
Optional arguments--state <state>
Indicate which state to assign the snapshot. Options
include available, error, creating, deleting,
error_deleting. If no state is provided, available will be
used.
cinder snapshot-show commandusage: cinder snapshot-show <snapshot>
Show details about a snapshot.
Positional arguments<snapshot>
Name or ID of the snapshot.
cinder transfer-accept commandusage: cinder transfer-accept <transfer> <auth_key>
Accepts a volume transfer.
Positional arguments<transfer>
ID of the transfer to accept.
<auth_key>
Auth key of the transfer to accept.
cinder transfer-create commandusage: cinder transfer-create [--display-name <display-name>] <volume>
Creates a volume transfer.
Positional arguments<volume>
Name or ID of the volume to transfer.
Optional arguments--display-name <display-name>
Optional transfer name. (Default=None)
cinder transfer-delete commandusage: cinder transfer-delete <transfer>
Undo a transfer.
Positional arguments<transfer>
Name or ID of the transfer to delete.
cinder transfer-list commandusage: cinder transfer-list
List all the transfers.
cinder transfer-show commandusage: cinder transfer-show <transfer>
Show details about a transfer.
Positional arguments<transfer>
Name or ID of the transfer to accept.
cinder type-create commandusage: cinder type-create <name>
Create a new volume type.
Positional arguments<name>
Name of the new volume type
cinder type-delete commandusage: cinder type-delete <id>
Delete a specific volume type.
Positional arguments<id>
Name or ID of the volume type to delete
cinder type-key commandusage: cinder type-key <vtype> <action> [<key=value> [<key=value> ...]]
Set or unset extra_spec for a volume type.
Positional arguments<vtype>
Name or ID of the volume type
<action>
Actions: 'set' or 'unset'
<key=value>
Extra_specs to set/unset (only key is necessary on unset)
cinder type-list commandusage: cinder type-list
Print a list of available 'volume types'.
cinder upload-to-image commandusage: cinder upload-to-image [--force <True|False>]
[--container-format <container-format>]
[--disk-format <disk-format>]
<volume> <image-name>
Upload volume to image service as image.
Positional arguments<volume>
Name or ID of the volume to upload to an image
<image-name>
Name for created image
Optional arguments--force <True|False>
Optional flag to indicate whether to upload a volume
even if it's attached to an instance. (Default=False)
--container-format <container-format>
Optional type for container format (Default=bare)
--disk-format <disk-format>
Optional type for disk format (Default=raw)