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Create Flavor With Ephemeral Swap

Creates a new OpenStack flavor with ephemeral storage and swap space.

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Terminal
openstack flavor create <flavor_name> --vcpus 4 --ram 8192 --disk 40 --ephemeral 10 --swap 512

When To Use

When deploying environments that require temporary storage for instances.

Pro Tip

Be aware of the total ephemeral storage limits set at the project level.

Command Builder

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Back to syntax
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Generated Command
openstack flavor create <flavor_name> --vcpus 4 --ram 8192 --disk 40 --ephemeral 10 --swap 512

Anatomy of Output

Understanding the result

Flavor created: {flavor_name} Creation Confirmation

Indicates successful creation of the flavor with specified properties.

Details: vCPUs 4, RAM 8192, Disk 40, Ephemeral 10, Swap 512 Flavor Specifications

Displays the resource allocations for the newly created flavor.

+--------------------------+ End of Output

Indicates completion of flavor creation command.

Troubleshooting

Common pitfalls

Error: Invalid swap size specified

Solution: Ensure swap size is a non-negative integer.

Quota exceeded for ephemeral storage

Solution: Check usage against your project's ephemeral storage limits.

Flavors may not exceed 8 vCPUs or 64GB RAM

Solution: Adjust configuration to fit within allowed limits.

Command Breakdown

What each part is doing

openstack
Base Command
The executable that performs this operation. Here it runs Openstack before the shell applies any redirect operators.
<flavor_name>
flavor name
The value supplied for flavor name.
--vcpus
Command Option
Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
--ram
Command Option
Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
--disk
Command Option
Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
--ephemeral
Command Option
Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
--swap
Command Option
Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.

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