============= glance-manage ============= ------------------------- Glance Management Utility ------------------------- :Author: glance@lists.launchpad.net :Date: 2016-10-6 :Copyright: OpenStack Foundation :Version: 13.0.0 :Manual section: 1 :Manual group: cloud computing SYNOPSIS ======== glance-manage [options] DESCRIPTION =========== 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 COMMANDS ======== **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 ** This will take an existing database and upgrade it to the specified VERSION. **db_version_control** Place the database under migration control. **db_sync ** Place a database under migration control and upgrade, creating it first if necessary. **db_export_metadefs** Export the metadata definitions into json format. By default the definitions are exported to /etc/glance/metadefs directory. **db_load_metadefs** 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. OPTIONS ======= **General Options** .. include:: general_options.rst **--sql_connection=CONN_STRING** A proper SQLAlchemy connection string as described `here `_ .. include:: footer.rst CONFIGURATION ============= The following paths are searched for a ``glance-manage.conf`` file in the following order: * ``~/.glance`` * ``~/`` * ``/etc/glance`` * ``/etc`` All options set in ``glance-manage.conf`` override those set in ``glance-registry.conf`` and ``glance-api.conf``.