Change the size of your server¶

Change the size of a server by changing its flavor.

1. Show information about your server, including its size, which is shown as the value of the flavor property:

   $ openstack server show myCirrosServer
   +--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
   | Field                                | Value                                                    |
   +--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
   | OS-DCF:diskConfig                    | AUTO                                                     |
   | OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone          | nova                                                     |
   | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host                 | node-7.domain.tld                                        |
   | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname  | node-7.domain.tld                                        |
   | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name        | instance-000000f3                                        |
   | OS-EXT-STS:power_state               | 1                                                        |
   | OS-EXT-STS:task_state                | None                                                     |
   | OS-EXT-STS:vm_state                  | active                                                   |
   | OS-SRV-USG:launched_at               | 2016-10-26T01:13:15.000000                               |
   | OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at             | None                                                     |
   | accessIPv4                           |                                                          |
   | accessIPv6                           |                                                          |
   | addresses                            | admin_internal_net=192.168.111.139                       |
   | config_drive                         | True                                                     |
   | created                              | 2016-10-26T01:12:38Z                                     |
   | flavor                               | m1.small (2)                                             |
   | hostId                               | d815539ce1a8fad3d597c3438c13f1229d3a2ed66d1a75447845a2f3 |
   | id                                   | 67bc9a9a-5928-47c4-852c-3631fef2a7e8                     |
   | image                                | cirros-test (dc5ec4b8-5851-4be8-98aa-df7a9b8f538f)       |
   | key_name                             | None                                                     |
   | name                                 | myCirrosServer                                           |
   | os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | []                                                       |
   | progress                             | 0                                                        |
   | project_id                           | c08367f25666480f9860c6a0122dfcc4                         |
   | properties                           |                                                          |
   | security_groups                      | [{u'name': u'default'}]                                  |
   | status                               | ACTIVE                                                   |
   | updated                              | 2016-10-26T01:13:00Z                                     |
   | user_id                              | 0209430e30924bf9b5d8869990234e44                         |
   +--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
   

   The size (flavor) of the server is m1.small (2).

2. List the available flavors with the following command:

   $ openstack flavor list
   +-----+-----------+-------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+
   | ID  | Name      |   RAM | Disk | Ephemeral | VCPUs | Is_Public |
   +-----+-----------+-------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+
   | 1   | m1.tiny   |   512 |    1 |         0 |     1 | True      |
   | 2   | m1.small  |  2048 |   20 |         0 |     1 | True      |
   | 3   | m1.medium |  4096 |   40 |         0 |     2 | True      |
   | 4   | m1.large  |  8192 |   80 |         0 |     4 | True      |
   | 5   | m1.xlarge | 16384 |  160 |         0 |     8 | True      |
   +-----+-----------+-------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+
   

3. To resize the server, use the openstack server resize command and add the server ID or name and the new flavor. For example:

   $ openstack server resize --flavor 4 myCirrosServer
   

   Note

   By default, the openstack server resize command gives the guest operating system a chance to perform a controlled shutdown before the instance is powered off and the instance is resized. The shutdown behavior is configured by the shutdown_timeout parameter that can be set in the nova.conf file. Its value stands for the overall period (in seconds) a guest operating system is allowed to complete the shutdown. The default timeout is 60 seconds.

   The timeout value can be overridden on a per image basis by means of os_shutdown_timeout that is an image metadata setting allowing different types of operating systems to specify how much time they need to shut down cleanly. See Useful image properties for details.

4. Show the status for your server.

   $ openstack server list
   +----------------------+----------------+--------+-----------------------------------------+
   | ID                   | Name           | Status | Networks                                |
   +----------------------+----------------+--------+-----------------------------------------+
   | 67bc9a9a-5928-47c... | myCirrosServer | RESIZE | admin_internal_net=192.168.111.139      |
   +----------------------+----------------+--------+-----------------------------------------+
   

   When the resize completes, the status becomes VERIFY_RESIZE.

5. Confirm the resize. For example:

   $ openstack server resize --confirm 67bc9a9a-5928-47c4-852c-3631fef2a7e8
   

   The server status becomes ACTIVE.

6. If the resize fails or does not work as expected, you can revert the resize. For example:

   $ openstack server resize --revert 67bc9a9a-5928-47c4-852c-3631fef2a7e8
   

   The server status becomes ACTIVE.