[Openstack-operators] upgrade instance

Lorin Hochstein lorin at nimbisservices.com
Mon Jan 14 14:59:32 UTC 2013


Whoops, I sent the link to configuring for migrations, this is the one for
configuration for resize:

http://docs.openstack.org/folsom/openstack-compute/admin/content/configuring-resize.html

Currently, the documentation only mentions XenServer when it talks about
setting up ssh keys. But it's required for KVM as well, there's an
outstanding doc bug here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1095095


On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Lorin Hochstein
<lorin at nimbisservices.com>wrote:

> OpenStack allows you to resize running instances to a different flavor
> using the "nova resize" command.
>
>
> http://docs.openstack.org/folsom/openstack-compute/admin/content/nova_cli_resize.html
>
> However, your cloud has to be configured to support migration for this to
> work properly:
>
>
> http://docs.openstack.org/folsom/openstack-compute/admin/content/configuring-migrations.html
>
> In particular, this requires that the nova account can ssh without a
> password (i.e. using public-key authentication) from one compute host to
> another, so that the VM image files can be copied over from one host to
> another. This is because when you do a "resize", the instance can end up
> being scheduled to another compute host.
>
> Lorin
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Peter L. Borghard <pborghard at choopa.com>wrote:
>
>> Try to snapshot an instance and relaunch the instance with a new flavor.
>>  If you're using ephemeral storage this won't be included in the snapshot
>> though, not sure if there is a formal workaround for that.
>>
>>
>> On 01/14/2013 06:34 AM, Nux! wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I can't for the life of me find how to upgrade an instance's RAM or/and
>>> vCPU. Any pointers please?
>>> I'm on Folsom.
>>>
>>>
>>
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>
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> Lorin Hochstein
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Lorin Hochstein
Lead Architect - Cloud Services
Nimbis Services, Inc.
www.nimbisservices.com
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