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You can boot instances from a volume instead of an image. To complete these tasks, use these parameters on the nova boot command: Task nova boot parameter See Boot an instance from an image and attach a non-bootable volume. --block-device Create a volume from an image and boot an instance from that volume. --block-device Boot from an existing source image, volume, or snapshot. --block-device Attach a swap disk to an instance. --swap Attach an ephemeral disk to an instance. --ephemeral To attach a volume to a running instance, see .

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-b160-4c4e-8652-2513d74e2080 | 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-af91-43d8-b5e6-a4506aa8f369) | | key_name | - | | metadata | {} | | name | myInstanceWithVolume | | os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | [{"id": "d620d971-b160-4c4e-8652-2513d74e2080"}] | | progress | 0 | | security_groups | default | | status | BUILD | | tenant_id | ccef9e62b1e645df98728fb2b3076f27 | | updated | 2014-05-09T16:34:51Z | | user_id | fef060ae7bfd4024b3edb97dff59017a | +--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+

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-a14d-4567-812b-28122d1c2260 | Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda | ACTIVE | | | 98901246-af91-43d8-b5e6-a4506aa8f369 | cirros-0.3.1-x86_64-uec | ACTIVE | | | b6e95589-7eb2-4171-8bab-d225d9262c73 | cirros-0.3.1-x86_64-uec-kernel | ACTIVE | | | c90893ea-e732-40ac-a23d-4e36b2082c35 | 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 | | 42 | m1.nano | 64 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1.0 | True | | 451 | m1.heat | 1024 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 1.0 | True | | 5 | m1.xlarge | 16384 | 160 | 0 | | 8 | 1.0 | True | | 84 | m1.micro | 128 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 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=e0b7734d-2331-42a3-b19e-067adc0da17d,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-fe332e546ecc | | security_groups | [{u'name': u'default'}] | | user_id | 352b37f5c89144d4ad0534139266d51f | | 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 | f7ac731cc11f40efbc03a9f9e1d1d21f | | 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-1a9c-4d45-ae60-1d054d6bc868 | in-use | | 10 | None | true | 2e65c854-dba9-4f68-8f08-fe332e546ecc | +--------------------------------------+--------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+--------------------------------------+

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 The flavor defines the maximum swap and ephemeral disk size. You cannot exceed these maximum values.