Manage flavors In OpenStack, a flavor defines the compute, memory, and storage capacity of a virtual server, also known as an instance. As an administrative user, you can create, edit, and delete flavors.. The following table lists the default flavors. Flavor VCPUs Disk (in GB) RAM (in MB) m1.tiny 1 1 512 m1.small 1 20 2048 m1.medium 2 40 4096 m1.large 4 80 8192 m1.xlarge 8 160 16384
Create flavors Log in to the dashboard. Choose the admin project from the drop-down list at the top of the page. On the Admin tab, open the System Panel and click the Flavors category. Click Create Flavor. In the Create Flavor window, enter or select the parameters for the flavor. Flavor Info tab Name Enter the flavor name. ID OpenStack generates the flavor ID. VCPUs Enter the number of virtual CPUs to use. RAM MB Enter the amount of RAM to use, in megabytes. Root Disk GB Enter the mount of disk space in gigabytes to use for the root (/) partition. Ephemeral Disk GB Enter the amount of disk space in gigabytes to use for the ephemeral partition. If unspecified, the value is 0 by default. Ephemeral disks offer machine local disk storage linked to the life cycle of a VM instance. When a VM is terminated, all data on the ephemeral disk is lost. Ephemeral disks are not included in any snapshots. Swap Disk MB Enter the amount of swap space (in megabytes) to use. If unspecified, the default is 0. In the Flavor Access tab, you can control access to the flavor by moving projects from the All Projects column to the Selected Projects column. Only projects in the Selected Projects column can use the flavor. If there are no projects in the right column, all projects can use the flavor. Click Create Flavor.
Update flavors Log in to the dashboard. Choose the admin project from the drop-down list at the top of the page. On the Admin tab, open the System Panel and click the Flavors category. Select the flavor that you want to edit. Click Edit Flavor. In the Edit Flavor window, you can change the flavor name, VCPUs, RAM, root dish, ephemeral disk, and swap disk values.. Click Save.
Delete flavors Log in to the dashboard. Choose the admin project from the drop-down list at the top of the page. On the Admin tab, open the System Panel and click the Flavors category. Select the flavors that you want to delete. Click Delete Flavors. In the Confirm Delete Flavors window, click Delete Flavors to confirm the deletion. You cannot undo this action.