Also, I recently opened a bug about boot-from-volumes: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/884984
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Gaurav Gupta <gauravgu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been playing with boot from volume for a bit. You can use it from the > 'euca-run-instances', use the '-b, --block-device-mapping' option to > specify the volume (or snapshot) e.g. > #euca-run-instances -b /dev/sda=vol-0000000f -b /dev/sdb=vol-0000000c > ami-00000015 -t m1.tiny --kernel aki-00000014 --ramdisk ari-00000013 > > I recently added the functionality in novaclient to boot from volume (or > snapshot) using the OS API. The changes are still pending review. But you > can pull from my public repository to get the changes: > https://github.com/rackspace/python-novaclient/ > > The usage is: > root@server9-clone:~/openstack/creds/novaadmin# nova boot ---help > usage: nova boot [--flavor <flavor>] [--image <image>] [--meta <key=value>] > [--file <dst-path=src-path>] [--key_path [<key_path>]] > [--key_name <key_name>] [--user_data <user-data>] > [--availability_zone <availability-zone>] > [--security_groups <security_groups>] > [--block_device_mapping <dev_name=mapping>] > <name> > > The format of mapping is: > <dev_name=<id>:<type>:<size(GB)>:<delete_on_terminate> > > e..g > nova boot --flavor 1 --image 50 --block_device_mapping > /dev/vda=10:snap:10:True > > Hope it helps! > > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Vishvananda Ishaya > <vishvana...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Passing this on to the main openstack list because I'm not sure that the >> boot from volume athours and users are on this mailing list. >> On Nov 3, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Renuka Apte wrote: >> >> Hello,**** >> ** ** >> What is the current state of “boot from volume”? Is there any >> documentation about how it works, design etc. Who is the best point of >> contact for more information?**** >> ** ** >> Is anyone in the community currently using this feature?**** >> ** ** >> Thanks,**** >> Renuka.**** >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack-volume >> Post to : openstack-vol...@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack-volume >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack-volume >> Post to : openstack-vol...@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack-volume >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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