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Chapter 62. service

This chapter describes the commands under the service command.

62.1. service create
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Usage:

openstack service create [-h] [-f {json,shell,table,value,yaml}]

                              [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                              [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                              [--prefix PREFIX] [--name <name>]
                              [--description <description>]
                              <type>
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Create new service

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Table 62.1. Positional Arguments
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<type>

New service type (compute, image, identity, volume, etc)

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Table 62.2. Optional Arguments
ValueSummary

-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

--name <name>

New service name

--description <description>

New service description

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Table 62.3. Output Formatters
ValueSummary

-f {json,shell,table,value,yaml}, --format {json,shell,table,value,yaml}

the output format, defaults to table

-c COLUMN, --column COLUMN

specify the column(s) to include, can be repeated

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Table 62.4. Table Formatter
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--max-width <integer>

Maximum display width, <1 to disable. You can also use the CLIFF_MAX_TERM_WIDTH environment variable, but the parameter takes precedence.

--fit-width

Fit the table to the display width. implied if --max- width greater than 0. Set the environment variable CLIFF_FIT_WIDTH=1 to always enable

--print-empty

Print empty table if there is no data to show.

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Table 62.5. JSON Formatter
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--noindent

Whether to disable indenting the json

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Table 62.6. shell formatter
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--prefix PREFIX

Add a prefix to all variable names

62.2. service delete
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Usage:

openstack service delete [-h] <service> [<service> ...]
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Delete service(s)

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Table 62.7. Positional Arguments
ValueSummary

<service>

Service(s) to delete (type, name or id)

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Table 62.8. Optional Arguments
ValueSummary

-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

62.3. service list
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Usage:

openstack service list [-h] [-f {csv,json,table,value,yaml}]

                            [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                            [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                            [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                            [--sort-column SORT_COLUMN] [--long]
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List services

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Table 62.9. Optional Arguments
ValueSummary

-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

--long

List additional fields in output

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Table 62.10. Output Formatters
ValueSummary

-f {csv,json,table,value,yaml}, --format {csv,json,table,value,yaml}

the output format, defaults to table

-c COLUMN, --column COLUMN

specify the column(s) to include, can be repeated

--sort-column SORT_COLUMN

specify the column(s) to sort the data (columns specified first have a priority, non-existing columns are ignored), can be repeated

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Table 62.11. Table Formatter
ValueSummary

--max-width <integer>

Maximum display width, <1 to disable. You can also use the CLIFF_MAX_TERM_WIDTH environment variable, but the parameter takes precedence.

--fit-width

Fit the table to the display width. implied if --max- width greater than 0. Set the environment variable CLIFF_FIT_WIDTH=1 to always enable

--print-empty

Print empty table if there is no data to show.

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Table 62.12. JSON Formatter
ValueSummary

--noindent

Whether to disable indenting the json

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Table 62.13. CSV Formatter
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--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}

when to include quotes, defaults to nonnumeric

62.4. service show
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Usage:

openstack service show [-h] [-f {json,shell,table,value,yaml}]

                            [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                            [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                            [--prefix PREFIX] [--catalog]
                            <service>
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Display service details

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Table 62.14. Positional Arguments
ValueSummary

<service>

Service to display (type, name or id)

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Table 62.15. Optional Arguments
ValueSummary

-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

--catalog

Show service catalog information

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Table 62.16. Output Formatters
ValueSummary

-f {json,shell,table,value,yaml}, --format {json,shell,table,value,yaml}

the output format, defaults to table

-c COLUMN, --column COLUMN

specify the column(s) to include, can be repeated

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Table 62.17. Table Formatter
ValueSummary

--max-width <integer>

Maximum display width, <1 to disable. You can also use the CLIFF_MAX_TERM_WIDTH environment variable, but the parameter takes precedence.

--fit-width

Fit the table to the display width. implied if --max- width greater than 0. Set the environment variable CLIFF_FIT_WIDTH=1 to always enable

--print-empty

Print empty table if there is no data to show.

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Table 62.18. JSON Formatter
ValueSummary

--noindent

Whether to disable indenting the json

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Table 62.19. shell formatter
ValueSummary

--prefix PREFIX

Add a prefix to all variable names

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