Essential OpenStack Nova & Neutron Commands for Managing VMs and Networks

Nova Commands

# List current tenant's VMs
nova list

# List all tenants' VMs (requires admin)
nova list --all-tenants

# Show details of a VM
nova show <serverName-Or-Id>

# Delete a VM
nova delete <serverName-Or-Id>

# Stop a VM
nova stop <serverName-Or-Id>

# Soft reboot a VM
nova reboot <serverName-Or-Id>

# Hard reboot a VM
nova reboot --hard <serverName-Or-Id>

# Reset VM state
nova reset-state <serverName-Or-Id>

# List all Nova services
nova service-list

# List all flavors
nova flavor-list

# List all images
nova image-list

# Live migrate a VM
nova live-migration <serverName-Or-Id>

Neutron Commands

# List floating IPs (all tenants)
neutron floatingip-list --all-tenants

# List current tenant's networks
neutron net-list

# List all tenants' networks (requires admin)
neutron net-list --all-tenants

# Create a network (vlan/flat)
neutron net-create public --shared --provider:network_type vlan --provider:physical_network physnet1

# Show network details
neutron net-show NET_ID

# Delete a network
neutron net-delete NET_ID

# Create a subnet
neutron subnet-create public 192.168.1.0/24 --name NAME --allocation-pool start=192.168.1.100,end=192.168.1.200 --gateway 192.168.1.254 --dns_nameserver 8.8.8.8

# List all agents
neutron agent-list

# Create a port
neutron port-create public (--fixed-ip ip_address=10.0.0.1)

# List ports
neutron port-list