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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 and select the :guilabel:`admin` project
from the drop-down list.
#. In the :guilabel:`Admin` tab, open the :guilabel:`System`
tab and click the :guilabel:`Flavors` category.
#. Click :guilabel:`Create Flavor`.
#. In the :guilabel:`Create Flavor` window, enter or select the
parameters for the flavor in the :guilabel:`Flavor Information` tab.
.. figure:: figures/create_flavor.png
**Dashboard — Create Flavor**
========================= =======================================
**Name** Enter the flavor name.
**ID** Unique ID (integer or UUID) for the
new flavor. If specifying 'auto', a
UUID will be automatically generated.
**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 amount 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 lifecycle
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.
**RX/TX Factor** Optional property allows servers with
a different bandwidth to be created
with the RX/TX Factor. The default
value is 1. That is, the new bandwidth
is the same as that of the attached
network.
========================= =======================================
#. In the :guilabel:`Flavor Access` tab, you can control access to
the flavor by moving projects from the :guilabel:`All Projects`
column to the :guilabel:`Selected Projects` column.
Only projects in the :guilabel:`Selected Projects` column can
use the flavor. If there are no projects in the right column,
all projects can use the flavor.
#. Click :guilabel:`Create Flavor`.
Update flavors
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#. Log in to the Dashboard and select the :guilabel:`admin` project
from the drop-down list.
#. In the :guilabel:`Admin` tab, open the :guilabel:`System` tab
and click the :guilabel:`Flavors` category.
#. Select the flavor that you want to edit. Click :guilabel:`Edit
Flavor`.
#. In the :guilabel:`Edit Flavor` window, you can change the flavor
name, VCPUs, RAM, root disk, ephemeral disk, and swap disk values.
#. Click :guilabel:`Save`.
Update Metadata
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#. Log in to the Dashboard and select the :guilabel:`admin` project
from the drop-down list.
#. In the :guilabel:`Admin` tab, open the :guilabel:`System` tab
and click the :guilabel:`Flavors` category.
#. Select the flavor that you want to update. In the drop-down
list, click :guilabel:`Update Metadata` or click :guilabel:`No` or
:guilabel:`Yes` in the :guilabel:`Metadata` column.
#. In the :guilabel:`Update Flavor Metadata` window, you can customize
some metadata keys, then add it to this flavor and set them values.
#. Click :guilabel:`Save`.
**Optional metadata keys**
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| | quota:cpu_shares |
| +-------------------------------+
| **CPU limits** | quota:cpu_period |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:cpu_limit |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:cpu_reservation |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:cpu_quota |
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| | quota:disk_read_bytes_sec |
| +-------------------------------+
| **Disk tuning** | quota:disk_read_iops_sec |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:disk_write_bytes_sec |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:disk_write_iops_sec |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:disk_total_bytes_sec |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:disk_total_iops_sec |
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| | quota:vif_inbound_average |
| +-------------------------------+
| **Bandwidth I/O** | quota:vif_inbound_burst |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:vif_inbound_peak |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:vif_outbound_average |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:vif_outbound_burst |
| +-------------------------------+
| | quota:vif_outbound_peak |
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| **Watchdog behavior** | hw:watchdog_action |
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| | hw_rng:allowed |
| +-------------------------------+
| **Random-number generator** | hw_rng:rate_bytes |
| +-------------------------------+
| | hw_rng:rate_period |
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
For information about supporting metadata keys, see the
:ref:`compute-flavors`.
Delete flavors
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#. Log in to the Dashboard and select the :guilabel:`admin` project
from the drop-down list.
#. In the :guilabel:`Admin` tab, open the :guilabel:`System` tab
and click the :guilabel:`Flavors` category.
#. Select the flavors that you want to delete.
#. Click :guilabel:`Delete Flavors`.
#. In the :guilabel:`Confirm Delete Flavors` window, click
:guilabel:`Delete Flavors` to confirm the deletion. You cannot
undo this action.