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Openstack / Show Flavor Details

Show Flavor Details

Retrieve detailed specifications of an OpenStack flavor.

$
Terminal
openstack flavor show <flavor_id_or_name>

When To Use

When validating flavors before resource allocation.

Pro Tip

Combine with `--format json` for parsing and automation, especially in CI/CD pipelines.

Command Builder

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Back to syntax
$
Generated Command
openstack flavor show <flavor_id_or_name>

Anatomy of Output

Understanding the result

+------------------+--------------------------------+ Table Header Separator

Indicates the start of the flavor detail table.

| ID | flavor_name | Flavor ID and Name

Unique identifier for the flavor alongside its human-readable name.

| vCPUs | 4 | vCPUs Allocated

Total virtual CPUs assigned to the flavor.

Troubleshooting

Common pitfalls

No flavor found with the specified ID or name

Solution: Verify the correct flavor ID or name is used.

Unauthorized: Invalid credentials

Solution: Confirm your OpenStack credentials are correctly set.

Unable to retrieve flavor details: Connection error

Solution: Check network connectivity to the OpenStack API.

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_id_or_name>
flavor id or name
The value supplied for flavor id or name.

Alternative Approaches

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