================================ Launch an instance from a volume ================================ You can boot instances from a volume instead of an image. To complete these tasks, use these parameters on the :command:`nova boot` command: .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 :widths: 30 10 30 * - Task - nova boot parameter - Information * - Boot an instance from an image and attach a non-bootable volume. - ``--block-device`` - :ref:`Boot_instance_from_image_and_attach_non-bootable_volume` * - Attach a swap disk to an instance. - ``--swap`` - :ref:`Attach_swap_or_ephemeral_disk_to_an_instance` * - Create a volume from an image and boot an instance from that volume. - ``--block-device`` - :ref:`Create_volume_from_image_and_boot_instance` * - Boot from an existing source image, volume, or snapshot. - ``--block-device`` - :ref:`Create_volume_from_image_and_boot_instance` * - Attach a swap disk to an instance. - ``--swap`` - :ref:`Attach_swap_or_ephemeral_disk_to_an_instance` * - Attach an ephemeral disk to an instance. - ``--ephemeral`` - :ref:`Attach_swap_or_ephemeral_disk_to_an_instance` .. note:: To attach a volume to a running instance, see :ref:`Attach_a_volume_to_an_instance`. .. _Boot_instance_from_image_and_attach_non-bootable_volume: Boot instance from image and attach non-bootable volume ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Create a non-bootable volume and attach that volume to an instance that you boot from an image. To create a non-bootable volume, do not create it from an image. The volume must be entirely empty with no partition table and no file system. #. Create a non-bootable volume:: $ cinder create --display-name my-volume 8 +--------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Property | Value | +--------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | attachments | [] | | availability_zone | nova | | bootable | false | | created_at | 2014-05-09T16:33:11.000000 | | description | None | | encrypted | False | | id | d620d971-b160-4c4e-8652-2513d74e2080 | | metadata | {} | | name | my-volume | | os-vol-host-attr:host | None | | os-vol-mig-status-attr:migstat | None | | os-vol-mig-status-attr:name_id | None | | os-vol-tenant-attr:tenant_id | ccef9e62b1e645df98728fb2b3076f27 | | size | 8 | | snapshot_id | None | | source_volid | None | | status | creating | | user_id | fef060ae7bfd4024b3edb97dff59017a | | volume_type | None | +--------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ #. List volumes:: $ cinder list +-----------------+-----------+-----------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | ID | Status | Name | Size | Volume Type | Bootable | Attached to | +-----------------+-----------+-----------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | d620d971-b16... | available | my-volume | 8 | None | false | | +-----------------+-----------+-----------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ #. Boot an instance from an image and attach the empty volume to the instance:: $ nova boot --flavor 2 --image 98901246-af91-43d8-b5e6-a4506aa8f369 \ --block-device source=volume,id=d620d971-b160-4c4e-8652-2513d74e2080,dest=volume,shutdown=preserve \ myInstanceWithVolume +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ | Property | Value | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ | OS-DCF:diskConfig | MANUAL | | OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone | nova | | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host | - | | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname | - | | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name | instance-00000004 | | OS-EXT-STS:power_state | 0 | | OS-EXT-STS:task_state | scheduling | | OS-EXT-STS:vm_state | building | | OS-SRV-USG:launched_at | - | | OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at | - | | accessIPv4 | | | accessIPv6 | | | adminPass | ZaiYeC8iucgU | | config_drive | | | created | 2014-05-09T16:34:50Z | | flavor | m1.small (2) | | hostId | | | id | 1e1797f3-1662-49ff-ae8c-a77e82ee1571 | | image | cirros-0.3.1-x86_64-uec (98901246-af91-... | | key_name | - | | metadata | {} | | name | myInstanceWithVolume | | os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | [{"id": "d620d971-b160-4c4e-8652-2513d7... | | progress | 0 | | security_groups | default | | status | BUILD | | tenant_id | ccef9e62b1e645df98728fb2b3076f27 | | updated | 2014-05-09T16:34:51Z | | user_id | fef060ae7bfd4024b3edb97dff59017a | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ .. _Create_volume_from_image_and_boot_instance: Create volume from image and boot instance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can create a volume from an existing image, volume, or snapshot. This procedure shows you how to create a volume from an image, and use the volume to boot an instance. #. List the available images:: $ nova image-list +-----------------+---------------------------------+--------+--------+ | ID | Name | Status | Server | +-----------------+---------------------------------+--------+--------+ | 484e05af-a14... | Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda | ACTIVE | | | 98901246-af9... | cirros-0.3.1-x86_64-uec | ACTIVE | | | b6e95589-7eb... | cirros-0.3.1-x86_64-uec-kernel | ACTIVE | | | c90893ea-e73... | cirros-0.3.1-x86_64-uec-ramdisk | ACTIVE | | +-----------------+---------------------------------+--------+--------+ Note the ID of the image that you want to use to create a volume. #. List the available flavors:: $ nova flavor-list +-----+-----------+-----------+------+-----------+------+-------+-------------+-----------+ | ID | Name | Memory_MB | Disk | Ephemeral | Swap | VCPUs | RXTX_Factor | Is_Public | +-----+-----------+-----------+------+-----------+------+-------+-------------+-----------+ | 1 | m1.tiny | 512 | 1 | 0 | | 1 | 1.0 | True | | 2 | m1.small | 2048 | 20 | 0 | | 1 | 1.0 | True | | 3 | m1.medium | 4096 | 40 | 0 | | 2 | 1.0 | True | | 4 | m1.large | 8192 | 80 | 0 | | 4 | 1.0 | True | | 5 | m1.xlarge | 16384 | 160 | 0 | | 8 | 1.0 | True | +-----+-----------+-----------+------+-----------+------+-------+-------------+-----------+ Note the ID of the flavor that you want to use to create a volume. #. To create a bootable volume from an image and launch an instance from this volume, use the ``--block-device`` parameter. For example:: $ nova boot --flavor FLAVOR --block-device \ source=SOURCE,id=ID,dest=DEST,size=SIZE,shutdown=PRESERVE,bootindex=INDEX \ NAME The parameters are: - ``--flavor`` FLAVOR. The flavor ID or name. - ``--block-device`` source=SOURCE,id=ID,dest=DEST,size=SIZE,shutdown=PRESERVE,bootindex=INDEX **source=SOURCE** The type of object used to create the block device. Valid values are ``volume``, ``snapshot``, ``image``, and ``blank``. **id=ID** The ID of the source object. **dest=DEST** The type of the target virtual device. Valid values are ``volume`` and ``local``. **size=SIZE** The size of the volume that is created. **shutdown={preserve\|remove}** What to do with the volume when the instance is deleted. ``preserve`` does not delete the volume. ``remove`` deletes the volume. **bootindex=INDEX** Orders the boot disks. Use ``0`` to boot from this volume. - ``NAME``. The name for the server. #. Create a bootable volume from an image, before the instance boots. The volume is not deleted when the instance is terminated:: $ nova boot --flavor 2 \ --block-device source=image,id=484e05af-a14d-4567-812b-28122d1c2260,dest=volume,size=10,shutdown=preserve,bootindex=0 \ myInstanceFromVolume +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ | Property | Value | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ | OS-EXT-STS:task_state | scheduling | | image | Attempt to boot from volume | | | - no image supplied | | OS-EXT-STS:vm_state | building | | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name | instance-00000003 | | OS-SRV-USG:launched_at | None | | flavor | m1.small | | id | 2e65c854-dba9-4f68-8f08-fe3... | | security_groups | [{u'name': u'default'}] | | user_id | 352b37f5c89144d4ad053413926... | | OS-DCF:diskConfig | MANUAL | | accessIPv4 | | | accessIPv6 | | | progress | 0 | | OS-EXT-STS:power_state | 0 | | OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone | nova | | config_drive | | | status | BUILD | | updated | 2014-02-02T13:29:54Z | | hostId | | | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host | None | | OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at | None | | key_name | None | | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname | None | | name | myInstanceFromVolume | | adminPass | TzjqyGsRcJo9 | | tenant_id | f7ac731cc11f40efbc03a9f9e1d... | | created | 2014-02-02T13:29:53Z | | os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | [] | | metadata | {} | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ #. List volumes to see the bootable volume and its attached ``myInstanceFromVolume`` instance:: $ cinder list +-------------+--------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | ID | Status | Display Name | Size | Volume Type | Bootable | Attached to | +-------------+--------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | 2fff50ab... | in-use | | 10 | None | true | 2e65c854... | +-------------+--------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ .. _Attach_swap_or_ephemeral_disk_to_an_instance: Attach swap or ephemeral disk to an instance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Use the nova ``boot`` ``--swap`` parameter to attach a swap disk on boot or the nova ``boot`` ``--ephemeral`` parameter to attach an ephemeral disk on boot. When you terminate the instance, both disks are deleted. Boot an instance with a 512 MB swap disk and 2 GB ephemeral disk:: $ nova boot --flavor FLAVOR --image IMAGE_ID --swap 512 --ephemeral size=2 NAME .. note:: The flavor defines the maximum swap and ephemeral disk size. You cannot exceed these maximum values.