5.2. nova Optional Arguments


--version


        show program's version number and exit

--debug


        Print debugging output.

--os-cache


        Use the auth token cache. Defaults to False if
      env[OS_CACHE] is not set.

--timings


        Print call timing info.

--os-region-name <region-name>


      Defaults to env[OS_REGION_NAME].

--service-type <service-type>


      Defaults to compute for most actions.

--service-name <service-name>


      Defaults to env[NOVA_SERVICE_NAME].

--os-endpoint-type <endpoint-type>


      Defaults to env[NOVA_ENDPOINT_TYPE],
      env[OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE] or publicURL.

--os-compute-api-version <compute-api-ver>


      Accepts X, X.Y (where X is major and Y is
      minor part) or "X.latest", defaults to
      env[OS_COMPUTE_API_VERSION].

--bypass-url <bypass-url>


        Use this API endpoint instead of the Service
      Catalog. Defaults to
      env[NOVACLIENT_BYPASS_URL].

--os-auth-type <name>, --os-auth-plugin <name>


      Authentication type to use

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