| Author: | glance@lists.launchpad.net | 
|---|---|
| Date: | 2017-09-15 | 
| Copyright: | OpenStack Foundation | 
| Version: | 15.0.0 | 
| Manual section: | 1 | 
| Manual group: | cloud computing | 
glance-manage [options]
glance-manage is a utility for managing and configuring a Glance installation. One important use of glance-manage is to setup the database. To do this run:
glance-manage db_sync
Note: glance-manage commands can be run either like this:
glance-manage db sync
or with the db commands concatenated, like this:
glance-manage db_sync
- db
 - This is the prefix for the commands below when used with a space rather than a _. For example “db version”.
 - db_version
 - This will print the current migration level of a glance database.
 - db_upgrade [VERSION]
 - This will take an existing database and upgrade it to the specified VERSION.
 - db_version_control
 - Place the database under migration control.
 - db_sync [VERSION]
 - Place an existing database under migration control and upgrade it to the specified VERSION.
 - db_expand
 - Run this command to expand the database as the first step of a rolling upgrade process.
 - db_migrate
 - Run this command to migrate the database as the second step of a rolling upgrade process.
 - db_contract
 - Run this command to contract the database as the last step of a rolling upgrade process.
 - db_export_metadefs [PATH | PREFIX]
 - Export the metadata definitions into json format. By default the definitions are exported to /etc/glance/metadefs directory. Note: this command will overwrite existing files in the supplied or default path.
 - db_load_metadefs [PATH]
 - Load the metadata definitions into glance database. By default the definitions are imported from /etc/glance/metadefs directory.
 - db_unload_metadefs
 - Unload the metadata definitions. Clears the contents of all the glance db tables including metadef_namespace_resource_types, metadef_tags, metadef_objects, metadef_resource_types, metadef_namespaces and metadef_properties.
 
General Options
The following paths are searched for a glance-manage.conf file in the
following order:
~/.glance~//etc/glance/etcAll options set in glance-manage.conf override those set in
glance-registry.conf and glance-api.conf.
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