command syntax: openstack flavor <action/operation> <–flags values> <flavor-name>
Flavors define the available hardware configuration of instances(servers).
#to view the list of flavors configured
cumulus@server01:~$ openstack flavor list
+—-+———+—–+——+———–+——-+———–+
| ID | Name | RAM | Disk | Ephemeral | VCPUs | Is Public |
+—-+———+—–+——+———–+——-+———–+
| 0 | m1.nano | 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | True |
+—-+———+—–+——+———–+——-+———–+
cumulus@server01:~$
#let’s create a new flavor firstFlavor, with ID 1 this is a unique ID, since this ID is not used yet, we can use this, we can also set this to auto instead of 1, so that the system will assign a UUID, this flavor defines 128MB RAM, 1GB disk capacity and 1 virtual cpu.
cumulus@server01:~$ openstack flavor create –id 1 –ram 128 –disk 1 –vcpus 1 firstFlavor
+—————————-+————-+
| Field | Value |
+—————————-+————-+
| OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled | False |
| OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral | 0 |
| disk | 1 |
| id | 1 |
| name | firstFlavor |
| os-flavor-access:is_public | True |
| properties | |
| ram | 128 |
| rxtx_factor | 1.0 |
| swap | |
| vcpus | 1 |
+—————————-+————-+
#to verify
cumulus@server01:~$ openstack flavor list
+—-+————-+—–+——+———–+——-+———–+
| ID | Name | RAM | Disk | Ephemeral | VCPUs | Is Public |
+—-+————-+—–+——+———–+——-+———–+
| 0 | m1.nano | 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | True |
| 1 | firstFlavor | 128 | 1 | 0 | 1 | True |
+—-+————-+—–+——+———–+——-+———–+
#to delete the flavor
cumulus@server01:~$ openstack flavor delete firstFlavor
cumulus@server01:~$
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