2.393. openstack stack update


usage: openstack stack update [-h] [-f {json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                              [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent]
                              [--prefix PREFIX] [-t <template>]
                              [-e <environment>] [--pre-update <resource>]
                              [--timeout <timeout>] [--rollback <value>]
                              [--dry-run] [--parameter <key=value>]
                              [--parameter-file <key=file>] [--existing]
                              [--clear-parameter <parameter>]
                              [--tags <tag1,tag2...>] [--wait]
                              <stack>
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Update a stack.

Positional arguments

<stack>


        Name or ID of stack to update

Optional arguments

-h, --help


        show this help message and exit

-t <template>, --template <template>


      Path to the template

-e <environment>, --environment <environment>


      Path to the environment. Can be specified multiple
      times

--pre-update <resource>


      Name of a resource to set a pre-update hook to.
      Resources in nested stacks can be set using slash as a
      separator: nested_stack/another/my_resource. You can
      use wildcards to match multiple stacks or resources:
      nested_stack/an*/*_resource. This can be specified
      multiple times

--timeout <timeout>


        Stack update timeout in minutes

--rollback <value>


        Set rollback on update failure. Value "enabled" sets
      rollback to enabled. Value "disabled" sets rollback to
      disabled. Value "keep" uses the value of existing
      stack to be updated (default)

--dry-run


        Do not actually perform the stack update, but show
      what would be changed

--parameter <key=value>


      Parameter values used to create the stack. This can be
      specified multiple times

--parameter-file <key=file>


      Parameter values from file used to create the stack.
      This can be specified multiple times. Parameter value
      would be the content of the file

--existing


        Re-use the template, parameters and environment of the
      current stack. If the template argument is omitted
      then the existing template is used. If no
      --environment is specified then the existing
      environment is used. Parameters specified in
      --parameter will patch over the existing values in the
      current stack. Parameters omitted will keep the
      existing values

--clear-parameter <parameter>


      Remove the parameters from the set of parameters of
      current stack for the stack-update. The default value
      in the template will be used. This can be specified
      multiple times

--tags <tag1,tag2...>


      An updated list of tags to associate with the stack

--wait


        Wait until stack goes to UPDATE_COMPLETE or
      UPDATE_FAILED

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