"nova boot" has a similar problem. You get a 500 when attempting to use a duplicated (by name) security group:
DEBUG (shell:768) The server has either erred or is incapable of performing the requested operation. (HTTP 500) (Request-ID: req-aded6143-c8d0-45fa-abd3-fd28a80cfd0d) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/shell.py", line 765, in main OpenStackComputeShell().main(map(strutils.safe_decode, sys.argv[1:])) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/shell.py", line 701, in main args.func(self.cs, args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/v1_1/shell.py", line 282, in do_boot server = cs.servers.create(*boot_args, **boot_kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/v1_1/servers.py", line 600, in create **boot_kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/v1_1/base.py", line 163, in _boot return_raw=return_raw, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/base.py", line 145, in _create _resp, body = self.api.client.post(url, body=body) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/client.py", line 233, in post return self._cs_request(url, 'POST', **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/client.py", line 217, in _cs_request **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/client.py", line 199, in _time_request resp, body = self.request(url, method, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/client.py", line 193, in request raise exceptions.from_response(resp, body, url, method) ClientException: The server has either erred or is incapable of performing the requested operation. (HTTP 500) (Request-ID: req-aded6143-c8d0-45fa-abd3-fd28a80cfd0d) ERROR: The server has either erred or is incapable of performing the requested operation. (HTTP 500) (Request-ID: req-aded6143-c8d0-45fa-abd3-fd28a80cfd0d) Full debug output: http://paste.ubuntu.com/5751746/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to python-novaclient in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1156932 Title: User can't modify security-group-rule via nova-api if there are duplicated security group name To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-novaclient/+bug/1156932/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs