Chapter 57. quota


This chapter describes the commands under the quota command.

57.1. quota delete

Delete configured quota for a project and revert to defaults.

Usage:

openstack quota delete [-h] [--all | --compute | --volume | --network]
                              <project>
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Table 57.1. Positional arguments
ValueSummary

<project>

Delete quotas for this project (name or id)

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Table 57.2. Command arguments
ValueSummary

-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

--all

Delete project quotas for all services (default)

--compute

Delete compute quotas for the project (including network quotas when using nova-network)

--volume

Delete volume quotas for the project

--network

Delete network quotas for the project

57.2. quota list

List quotas for all projects with non-default quota values or list detailed quota information for requested project

Usage:

openstack quota list [-h] [-f {csv,json,table,value,yaml}] [-c COLUMN]
                            [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                            [--noindent] [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                            [--print-empty] [--sort-column SORT_COLUMN]
                            [--sort-ascending | --sort-descending]
                            [--project <project>] [--detail]
                            (--compute | --volume | --network)
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Table 57.3. Command arguments
ValueSummary

-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

--project <project>

deprecated list quotas for this project <project> (name or ID). Use quota show instead.

--detail

deprecated show details about quotas usage. use quota show --usage instead.

--compute

List compute quota

--volume

List volume quota

--network

List network quota

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Table 57.4. Output formatter options
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 to show multiple columns

--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

--sort-ascending

Sort the column(s) in ascending order

--sort-descending

Sort the column(s) in descending order

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Table 57.5. CSV formatter options
ValueSummary

--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}

When to include quotes, defaults to nonnumeric

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Table 57.6. JSON formatter options
ValueSummary

--noindent

Whether to disable indenting the json

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Table 57.7. Table formatter options
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.

57.3. quota set

Set quotas for project or class

Usage:

openstack quota set [-h] [--class] [--cores <cores>]
                           [--fixed-ips <fixed-ips>]
                           [--injected-file-size <injected-file-size>]
                           [--injected-path-size <injected-path-size>]
                           [--injected-files <injected-files>]
                           [--instances <instances>] [--key-pairs <key-pairs>]
                           [--properties <properties>] [--ram <ram>]
                           [--server-groups <server-groups>]
                           [--server-group-members <server-group-members>]
                           [--backups <backups>]
                           [--backup-gigabytes <backup-gigabytes>]
                           [--gigabytes <gigabytes>]
                           [--per-volume-gigabytes <per-volume-gigabytes>]
                           [--snapshots <snapshots>] [--volumes <volumes>]
                           [--floating-ips <floating-ips>]
                           [--secgroup-rules <secgroup-rules>]
                           [--secgroups <secgroups>] [--networks <networks>]
                           [--subnets <subnets>] [--ports <ports>]
                           [--routers <routers>]
                           [--rbac-policies <rbac-policies>]
                           [--subnetpools <subnetpools>]
                           [--volume-type <volume-type>]
                           [--force | --no-force]
                           <project/class>
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Table 57.8. Positional arguments
ValueSummary

<project/class>

Set quotas for this project or class (name or id)

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Table 57.9. Command arguments
ValueSummary

-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

--class

deprecated set quotas for <class>. deprecated as quota classes were never fully implemented and only the default class is supported. (compute and volume only)

--cores <cores>

New value for the cores quota

--fixed-ips <fixed-ips>

New value for the fixed-ips quota

--injected-file-size <injected-file-size>

New value for the injected-file-size quota

--injected-path-size <injected-path-size>

New value for the injected-path-size quota

--injected-files <injected-files>

New value for the injected-files quota

--instances <instances>

New value for the instances quota

--key-pairs <key-pairs>

New value for the key-pairs quota

--properties <properties>

New value for the properties quota

--ram <ram>

New value for the ram quota

--server-groups <server-groups>

New value for the server-groups quota

--server-group-members <server-group-members>

New value for the server-group-members quota

--backups <backups>

New value for the backups quota

--backup-gigabytes <backup-gigabytes>

New value for the backup-gigabytes quota

--gigabytes <gigabytes>

New value for the gigabytes quota

--per-volume-gigabytes <per-volume-gigabytes>

New value for the per-volume-gigabytes quota

--snapshots <snapshots>

New value for the snapshots quota

--volumes <volumes>

New value for the volumes quota

--floating-ips <floating-ips>

New value for the floating-ips quota

--secgroup-rules <secgroup-rules>

New value for the secgroup-rules quota

--secgroups <secgroups>

New value for the secgroups quota

--networks <networks>

New value for the networks quota

--subnets <subnets>

New value for the subnets quota

--ports <ports>

New value for the ports quota

--routers <routers>

New value for the routers quota

--rbac-policies <rbac-policies>

New value for the rbac-policies quota

--subnetpools <subnetpools>

New value for the subnetpools quota

--volume-type <volume-type>

Set quotas for a specific <volume-type>

--force

Force quota update (only supported by compute and network) (default for network)

--no-force

Do not force quota update (only supported by compute and network) (default for compute)

57.4. quota show

Show quotas for project or class. Specify ``--os-compute-api-version 2.50`` or higher to see ``server-groups`` and ``server-group-members`` output for a given quota class.

Usage:

openstack quota show [-h] [-f {csv,json,table,value,yaml}] [-c COLUMN]
                            [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                            [--noindent] [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                            [--print-empty] [--sort-column SORT_COLUMN]
                            [--sort-ascending | --sort-descending]
                            [--class | --default | --usage]
                            [--all | --compute | --volume | --network]
                            [<project/class>]
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Table 57.10. Positional arguments
ValueSummary

<project/class>

Show quotas for this project or class (name or id) (defaults to current project)

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Table 57.11. Command arguments
ValueSummary

-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

--class

deprecated show quotas for <class>. deprecated as quota classes were never fully implemented and only the default class is supported. Use --default instead which is also supported by the network service. (compute and volume only)

--default

Show default quotas for <project>

--usage

Show details about quotas usage

--all

Show quotas for all services

--compute

Show compute quota

--volume

Show volume quota

--network

Show network quota

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Table 57.12. Output formatter options
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 to show multiple columns

--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

--sort-ascending

Sort the column(s) in ascending order

--sort-descending

Sort the column(s) in descending order

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Table 57.13. CSV formatter options
ValueSummary

--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}

When to include quotes, defaults to nonnumeric

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Table 57.14. JSON formatter options
ValueSummary

--noindent

Whether to disable indenting the json

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Table 57.15. Table formatter options
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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