The cinder client is the command-line interface for the OpenStack Identity API. For help on a specific cinder command, enter: $ cinder help COMMAND cinder [--version] [--debug] [--os-username <auth-user-name>] [--os-password <auth-password>] [--os-tenant-name <auth-tenant-name>] [--os-tenant-id <auth-tenant-id>] [--os-auth-url <auth-url>] [--os-region-name <region-name>] [--service-type <service-type>] [--service-name <service-name>] [--volume-service-name <volume-service-name>] [--endpoint-type <endpoint-type>] [--os-volume-api-version <compute-api-ver>] [--os-cacert <ca-certificate>] [--retries <retries>] <subcommand> ... <subcommand> absolute-limits Print a list of absolute limits for a user backup-create Creates a backup. backup-delete Remove a backup. backup-list List all the backups. backup-restore Restore a backup. backup-show Show details about a backup. create Add a new volume. credentials Show user credentials returned from auth. delete Remove a volume. endpoints Discover endpoints that get returned from the authenticate services. extra-specs-list Print a list of current 'volume types and extra specs' (Admin Only). force-delete Attempt forced removal of a volume, regardless of its state. list List all the volumes. metadata Set or Delete metadata on a volume. quota-class-show List the quotas for a quota class. quota-class-update Update the default quotas for a quota class. quota-defaults List the default quotas for a tenant. quota-show List the quotas for a tenant. quota-update Update the quotas for a tenant. rate-limits Print a list of rate limits for a user rename Rename a volume. show Show details about a volume. snapshot-create Add a new snapshot. snapshot-delete Remove a snapshot. snapshot-list List all the snapshots. snapshot-rename Rename a snapshot. snapshot-show Show details about a snapshot. type-create Create a new volume type. type-delete Delete a specific volume type. type-key Set or unset extra_spec for a volume type. type-list Print a list of available 'volume types'. upload-to-image Upload volume to image service as image. bash-completion Print arguments for bash_completion. help Display help about this program or one of its subcommands. list-extensions List all the os-api extensions that are available. --version show program's version number and exit --debug Print debugging output --os-username <auth-user-name> Defaults to env[OS_USERNAME]. --os-password <auth-password> Defaults to env[OS_PASSWORD]. --os-tenant-name <auth-tenant-name> Defaults to env[OS_TENANT_NAME]. --os-tenant-id <auth-tenant-id> Defaults to env[OS_TENANT_ID]. --os-auth-url <auth-url> Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_URL]. --os-region-name <region-name> Defaults to env[OS_REGION_NAME]. --service-type <service-type> Defaults to compute for most actions --service-name <service-name> Defaults to env[CINDER_SERVICE_NAME] --volume-service-name <volume-service-name> Defaults to env[CINDER_VOLUME_SERVICE_NAME] --endpoint-type <endpoint-type> Defaults to env[CINDER_ENDPOINT_TYPE] or publicURL. --os-volume-api-version <compute-api-ver> Accepts 1 or 2,defaults to env[OS_VOLUME_API_VERSION]. --os-cacert <ca-certificate> Specify a CA bundle file to use in verifying a TLS (https) server certificate. Defaults to env[OS_CACERT] --retries <retries> Number of retries.