openstack-manuals/doc/user-guide-admin/section_dashboard_admin_manage_flavors.xml
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xml:id="dashboard_manage_flavors">
<?dbhtml stop-chunking?>
<title>Manage flavors</title>
<para>In OpenStack, a flavor defines the compute, memory, and storage
capacity of a virtual server, also known as an instance. As an
administrative user, you can create, edit, and delete flavors..</para>
<para>The following table lists the default flavors.</para>
<informaltable rules="all" width="50%">
<col width="30%"/>
<col width="20%"/>
<col width="25%"/>
<col width="25%"/>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Flavor</th>
<th>VCPUs</th>
<th>Disk (in GB)</th>
<th>RAM (in MB)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<para>m1.tiny</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>1</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>1</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>512</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<para>m1.small</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>1</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>20</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>2048</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<para>m1.medium</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>2</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>40</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>4096</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<para>m1.large</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>4</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>80</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>8192</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<para>m1.xlarge</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>8</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>160</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>16384</para>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</informaltable>
<section xml:id="dashboard_create_flavors">
<title>Create flavors</title>
<procedure>
<step>
<para>Log in to the dashboard.</para>
<para>Choose the <guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the
drop-down list at the top of the page.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, open the
<guilabel>System Panel</guilabel> and click the
<guilabel>Flavors</guilabel> category.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Click <guibutton>Create
Flavor</guibutton>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>In the <guilabel>Create Flavor</guilabel>
window, enter or select the parameters for the flavor.</para>
<informaltable rules="all" width="75%">
<col width="25%"/>
<col width="75%"/>
<thead>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" align="center">
<guilabel>Flavor Info</guilabel> tab</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<para><guilabel>Name</guilabel></para>
</td>
<td>
<para>Enter the flavor name.</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<para>
<guilabel>ID</guilabel>
</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>OpenStack generates the flavor ID.</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<para><guilabel>VCPUs</guilabel></para>
</td>
<td>
<para>Enter the number of virtual CPUs
to use.</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<para><guilabel>RAM MB</guilabel></para>
</td>
<td>
<para>Enter the amount of RAM to use,
in megabytes.</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<para><guilabel>Root Disk GB</guilabel></para>
</td>
<td>
<para>Enter the mount of disk space in
gigabytes to use for the root (/)
partition.</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<para><guilabel>Ephemeral Disk GB</guilabel></para>
</td>
<td>
<para>Enter the amount of disk space
in gigabytes to use for the
ephemeral partition. If
unspecified, the value is 0 by
default.</para>
<para>Ephemeral disks offer machine
local disk storage linked to the
life cycle of a VM instance. When a
VM is terminated, all data on the
ephemeral disk is lost. Ephemeral
disks are not included in any
snapshots.</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<para><guilabel>Swap Disk MB</guilabel></para>
</td>
<td>
<para>Enter the amount of swap space
(in megabytes) to use. If
unspecified, the default is 0.
</para>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</informaltable>
</step>
<step>
<para>In the <guilabel>Flavor Access</guilabel> tab, you can
control access to the flavor by moving projects from the
<guilabel>All Projects</guilabel> column to the <guilabel>Selected
Projects</guilabel> column.</para>
<para>Only projects in the <guilabel>Selected Projects</guilabel>
column can use the flavor. If there are no projects in the
right column, all projects can use the flavor.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Click <guibutton>Create
Flavor</guibutton>.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
</section>
<section xml:id="dashboard_update_flavors">
<title>Update flavors</title>
<procedure>
<step>
<para>Log in to the dashboard.</para>
<para>Choose the <guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the
drop-down list at the top of the page.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, open the
<guilabel>System Panel</guilabel> and click the
<guilabel>Flavors</guilabel> category.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Select the flavor that you want to edit. Click
<guibutton>Edit Flavor</guibutton>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>In the <guilabel>Edit Flavor</guilabel> window,
you can change the flavor name, VCPUs, RAM, root
dish, ephemeral disk, and swap disk
values..</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Click <guibutton>Save</guibutton>.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
</section>
<section xml:id="dashboard_delete_flavors">
<title>Delete flavors</title>
<procedure>
<step>
<para>Log in to the dashboard.</para>
<para>Choose the <guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the
drop-down list at the top of the page.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, open the
<guilabel>System Panel</guilabel> and click the
<guilabel>Flavors</guilabel> category.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Select the flavors that you want to
delete.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Click <guibutton>Delete
Flavors</guibutton>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>In the <guilabel>Confirm Delete
Flavors</guilabel> window, click
<guibutton>Delete Flavors</guibutton> to
confirm the deletion. You cannot undo this
action.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
</section>
</section>