vm-host

Enter keyword arguments in the form key=value.

Add a tag to a VM host

maas $PROFILE vm-host add-tag [--help] [-d] [-k] id [data ...] 

Positional arguments

• id

Adds a tag to a given VM host.

Keyword “tag”

Required String. The tag to add.

Command-line options

Compose a virtual machine on the host.

maas $PROFILE vm-host compose [--help] [-d] [-k] id [data ...] 

Positional arguments

• id

Compose a new machine from a VM host.

Keyword “cores”

Optional Int. The minimum number of CPU cores.

Keyword “memory”

Optional Int. The minimum amount of memory, specified in MiB (e.g. 2 MiB == 210241024).

Keyword “hugepages_backed”

Optional Boolean. Whether to request hugepages backing for the machine.

Keyword “pinned_cores”

Optional Int. List of host CPU cores to pin the VM to. If this is passed, the “cores” parameter is ignored.

Keyword “cpu_speed”

Optional Int. The minimum CPU speed, specified in MHz.

Keyword “architecture”

Optional String. The architecture of the new machine (e.g. amd64). This must be an architecture the VM host supports.

Keyword “storage”

Optional String. A list of storage constraint identifiers in the form label:size(tag,tag,...), label:size(tag,tag,...). For more information please see the CLI VM host management page of the official MAAS documentation.

Keyword “interfaces”

Optional. A labeled constraint map associating constraint labels with desired interface properties. MAAS will assign interfaces that match the given interface properties.

Format: label:key=value,key=value,...

Keys:

• id: Matches an interface with the specific id
• fabric: Matches an interface attached to the specified fabric.
• fabric_class: Matches an interface attached to a fabric with the specified class.
• ip: Matches an interface whose VLAN is on the subnet implied by the given IP address, and allocates the specified IP address for the machine on that interface (if it is available).
• mode: Matches an interface with the specified mode. (Currently, the only supported mode is “unconfigured”.)
• name: Matches an interface with the specified name. (For example, “eth0”.)
• hostname: Matches an interface attached to the node with the specified hostname.
• subnet: Matches an interface attached to the specified subnet.
• space: Matches an interface attached to the specified space.
• subnet_cidr: Matches an interface attached to the specified subnet CIDR. (For example, “192.168.0.0/24”.)
• type: Matches an interface of the specified type. (Valid types: “physical”, “vlan”, “bond”, “bridge”, or “unknown”.)
• vlan: Matches an interface on the specified VLAN.
• vid: Matches an interface on a VLAN with the specified VID.
• tag: Matches an interface tagged with the specified tag.

Keyword “hostname”

Optional String. The hostname of the newly composed machine.

Keyword “domain”

Optional Int. The ID of the domain in which to put the newly composed machine.

Keyword “zone”

Optional Int. The ID of the zone in which to put the newly composed machine.

Keyword “pool”

Optional Int. The ID of the pool in which to put the newly composed machine.

Command-line options

Deletes a VM host

maas $PROFILE vm-host delete [--help] [-d] [-k] id [data ...] 

Positional arguments

• id

Deletes a VM host with the given ID.

Keyword “decompose”

Optional Boolean. Whether to also also decompose all machines in the VM host on removal. If not provided, machines will not be removed.

Command-line options

Obtain VM host parameters

maas $PROFILE vm-host parameters [--help] [-d] [-k] id [data ...] 

Positional arguments

• id

This returns a VM host’s configuration parameters. For some types of VM host, this will include private information such as passwords and secret keys.

Note: This method is reserved for admin users.

Command-line options

This operation has been deprecated in favour of ‘Virtual-machine-host read’.

maas $PROFILE vm-host read [--help] [-d] [-k] id [data ...] 

Positional arguments

• id

Command-line options

Refresh a VM host

maas $PROFILE vm-host refresh [--help] [-d] [-k] id [data ...] 

Positional arguments

• id

Performs VM host discovery and updates all discoveredinformation and discovered machines.

Command-line options

Remove a tag from a VM host

maas $PROFILE vm-host remove-tag [--help] [-d] [-k] id [data ...] 

Positional arguments

• id

Removes a given tag from a VM host.

Keyword “tag”

Required String. The tag to add.

Command-line options

Update a specific VM host

maas $PROFILE vm-host update [--help] [-d] [-k] id [data ...] 

Positional arguments

• id

Update a specific VM host by ID.

Note: A VM host’s ‘type’ cannot be updated. The VM host must be deleted and re-added to change the type.

Keyword “name”

Optional String. The VM host’s name.

Keyword “pool”

Optional String. The name of the resource pool associated with this VM host – composed machines will be assigned to this resource pool by default.

Keyword “cpu_over_commit_ratio”

Optional Int. CPU overcommit ratio (0-10)

Keyword “memory_over_commit_ratio”

Optional Int. CPU overcommit ratio (0-10)

Keyword “default_storage_pool”

Optional String. Default KVM storage pool to use when the VM host has storage pools.

Keyword “power_address”

Optional String. Address for power control of the VM host.

Keyword “power_pass”

Optional String. Password for access to power control of the VM host.

Keyword “zone”

Optional String. The VM host’s zone.

Keyword “default_macvlan_mode”

Optional String. Default macvlan mode for VM hosts that use it: bridge, passthru, private, vepa.

Keyword “tags”

Optional String. Tag or tags (command separated) associated with the VM host.

Command-line options

Create a VM host

maas $PROFILE vm-hosts create [--help] [-d] [-k] [data ...] 

Create or discover a new VM host.

Keyword “type”

Required String. The type of VM host to create: lxd or virsh.

Keyword “power_address”

Required String. Address that gives MAAS access to the VM host power control. For example, for virsh qemu+ssh://172.16.99.2/system For lxd, this is just the address of the host.

Keyword “power_user”

Required String. Username to use for power control of the VM host. Required for virsh VM hosts that do not have SSH set up for public-key authentication.

Keyword “power_pass”

Required String. Password to use for power control of the VM host. Required virsh VM hosts that do not have SSH set up for public-key authentication and for lxd if the MAAS certificate is not registered already in the LXD server.

Keyword “name”

Optional String. The new VM host’s name.

Keyword “zone”

Optional String. The new VM host’s zone.

Keyword “pool”

Optional String. The name of the resource pool the new VM host will belong to. Machines composed from this VM host will be assigned to this resource pool by default.

Keyword “tags”

Optional String. A tag or list of tags ( comma delimited) to assign to the new VM host.

Keyword “project”

Optional String. For lxd VM hosts, the project that MAAS will manage. If not provided, the default project will be used. If a nonexistent name is given, a new project with that name will be created.

Keyword “certificate”

Optional. X.509 certificate used to verify the identity of the user. If certificate and key are not provided, and the VM created is LXD type, a X.509 certificate will be created.

Keyword “key”

Optional String. private key used for authentication. If certificate and key are not provided, and the VM created is LXD type, a RSA key will be created.

Command-line options

List VM hosts

maas $PROFILE vm-hosts read [--help] [-d] [-k] [data ...] 

Get a listing of all VM hosts.

Command-line options

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