Infrastructure Optimization service (watcher) command-line client

The watcher client is the command-line interface (CLI) for the Infrastructure Optimization service (watcher) API and its extensions.

This chapter documents watcher version 1.3.0.

For help on a specific watcher command, enter:

$ watcher help COMMAND

watcher usage

usage: watcher [--version] [-v | -q] [--log-file LOG_FILE] [-h] [--debug]
               [--no-auth] [--os-identity-api-version <identity-api-version>]
               [--os-auth-url <auth-url>] [--os-region-name <region-name>]
               [--os-username <auth-user-name>] [--os-user-id <auth-user-id>]
               [--os-password <auth-password>]
               [--os-user-domain-id <auth-user-domain-id>]
               [--os-user-domain-name <auth-user-domain-name>]
               [--os-tenant-name <auth-tenant-name>]
               [--os-tenant-id <tenant-id>]
               [--os-project-id <auth-project-id>]
               [--os-project-name <auth-project-name>]
               [--os-project-domain-id <auth-project-domain-id>]
               [--os-project-domain-name <auth-project-domain-name>]
               [--os-auth-token <auth-token>]
               [--os-watcher-api-version <os-watcher-api-version>]
               [--os-endpoint-type OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE]
               [--os-endpoint-override <endpoint-override>] [--insecure]
               [--os-cacert <ca-certificate>] [--os-cert <certificate>]
               [--os-key <key>] [--timeout <seconds>]

watcher optional arguments

--version

show program’s version number and exit

-v, --verbose

Increase verbosity of output. Can be repeated.

-q, --quiet

Suppress output except warnings and errors.

--log-file LOG_FILE

Specify a file to log output. Disabled by default.

-h, --help

Show help message and exit.

--debug

Show tracebacks on errors.

--no-auth, -N

Do not use authentication.

--os-identity-api-version <identity-api-version>

Specify Identity API version to use. Defaults to env[OS_IDENTITY_API_VERSION] or 3.

--os-auth-url <auth-url>, -A <auth-url>

Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_URL].

--os-region-name <region-name>, -R <region-name>

Defaults to env[OS_REGION_NAME].

--os-username <auth-user-name>, -U <auth-user-name>

Defaults to env[OS_USERNAME].

--os-user-id <auth-user-id>

Defaults to env[OS_USER_ID].

--os-password <auth-password>, -P <auth-password>

Defaults to env[OS_PASSWORD].

--os-user-domain-id <auth-user-domain-id>

Defaults to env[OS_USER_DOMAIN_ID].

--os-user-domain-name <auth-user-domain-name>

Defaults to env[OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME].

--os-tenant-name <auth-tenant-name>, -T <auth-tenant-name>

Defaults to env[OS_TENANT_NAME].

--os-tenant-id <tenant-id>, -I <tenant-id>

Defaults to env[OS_TENANT_ID].

--os-project-id <auth-project-id>

Another way to specify tenant ID. This option is mutually exclusive with –os-tenant-id. Defaults to env[OS_PROJECT_ID].

--os-project-name <auth-project-name>

Another way to specify tenant name. This option is mutually exclusive with –os-tenant-name. Defaults to env[OS_PROJECT_NAME].

--os-project-domain-id <auth-project-domain-id>

Defaults to env[OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_ID].

--os-project-domain-name <auth-project-domain-name>

Defaults to env[OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME].

--os-auth-token <auth-token>

Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_TOKEN].

--os-watcher-api-version <os-watcher-api-version>

Defaults to env[OS_INFRA_OPTIM_API_VERSION].

--os-endpoint-type OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE

Defaults to env[OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE] or “publicURL”

--os-endpoint-override <endpoint-override>

Use this API endpoint instead of the Service Catalog.

watcher action list

usage: watcher action list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                           [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                           [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                           [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                           [--action-plan <action-plan>] [--audit <audit>]
                           [--detail] [--limit <limit>] [--sort-key <field>]
                           [--sort-dir <direction>] [--marker <marker>]

List information on retrieved actions.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--action-plan <action-plan>

UUID of the action plan used for filtering.

--audit <audit>

UUID of the audit used for filtering.

--detail

Show detailed information about actions.

--limit <limit>

Maximum number of actions to return per request, 0 for no limit. Default is the maximum number used by the Watcher API Service.

--sort-key <field>

Action field that will be used for sorting.

--sort-dir <direction>

Sort direction: “asc” (the default) or “desc”.

--marker <marker>

UUID of the last action in the previous page; displays list of actions after “marker”.

watcher action show

usage: watcher action show [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                           [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                           [--print-empty] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                           <action>

Show detailed information about a given action.

Positional arguments:

<action>

UUID of the action

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher actionplan cancel

usage: watcher actionplan cancel [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                 [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                 [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                 [--prefix PREFIX]
                                 <action-plan>

Cancel action plan command.

Positional arguments:

<action-plan>

UUID of the action_plan.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher actionplan create

usage: watcher actionplan create [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                 [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                 [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                 [--prefix PREFIX] -a <audit_template>
                                 [-t <audit_type>]

Create new audit.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-a <audit_template>, --audit-template <audit_template>

Audit template used for this audit (name or uuid).

-t <audit_type>, --audit_type <audit_type>

Audit type. It must be ONESHOT or CONTINUOUS. Default is ONESHOT.

watcher actionplan delete

usage: watcher actionplan delete [-h] <action-plan> [<action-plan> ...]

Delete action plan command.

Positional arguments:

<action-plan>

UUID of the action plan

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher actionplan list

usage: watcher actionplan list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                               [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                               [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                               [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                               [--audit <audit>] [--detail] [--limit <limit>]
                               [--marker <actionplan>] [--sort-key <field>]
                               [--sort-dir <direction>]

List information on retrieved action plans.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--audit <audit>

UUID of an audit used for filtering.

--detail

Show detailed information about action plans.

--limit <limit>

Maximum number of action plans to return per request, 0 for no limit. Default is the maximum number used by the Watcher API Service.

--marker <actionplan>

The last actionplan UUID of the previous page; displays list of actionplans after “marker”.

--sort-key <field>

Action Plan field that will be used for sorting.

--sort-dir <direction>

Sort direction: “asc” (the default) or “desc”.

watcher actionplan show

usage: watcher actionplan show [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                               [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                               [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                               [--prefix PREFIX]
                               <action-plan>

Show detailed information about a given action plan.

Positional arguments:

<action-plan>

UUID of the action plan

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher actionplan start

usage: watcher actionplan start [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                [--prefix PREFIX]
                                <action-plan>

Start action plan command.

Positional arguments:

<action-plan>

UUID of the action_plan.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher actionplan update

usage: watcher actionplan update [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                 [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                 [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                 [--prefix PREFIX]
                                 <action-plan> <op> <path=value>
                                 [<path=value> ...]

Update action plan command.

Positional arguments:

<action-plan>

UUID of the action_plan.

<op>

Operation: ‘add’, ‘replace’, or ‘remove’.

<path=value>

Attribute to add, replace, or remove. Can be specified multiple times. For ‘remove’, only <path> is necessary.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher audit create

usage: watcher audit create [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                            [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                            [--print-empty] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                            [-t <audit_type>] [-p <name=value>]
                            [-i <interval>] [-g <goal>] [-s <strategy>]
                            [-a <audit_template>] [--auto-trigger]

Create new audit.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-t <audit_type>, --audit_type <audit_type>

Audit type. It must be ONESHOT or CONTINUOUS. Default is ONESHOT.

-p <name=value>, --parameter <name=value>

Record strategy parameter/value metadata. Can be specified multiple times.

-i <interval>, --interval <interval>

Audit interval (in seconds or cron format). Cron inteval can be used like: “*/5 * * * *”. Only used if the audit is CONTINUOUS.

-g <goal>, --goal <goal>

Goal UUID or name associated to this audit.

-s <strategy>, --strategy <strategy>

Strategy UUID or name associated to this audit.

-a <audit_template>, --audit-template <audit_template>

Audit template used for this audit (name or uuid).

--auto-trigger

Trigger automatically action plan once audit is succeeded.

watcher audit delete

usage: watcher audit delete [-h] <audit> [<audit> ...]

Delete audit command.

Positional arguments:

<audit>

UUID or name of the audit

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher audit list

usage: watcher audit list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                          [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                          [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                          [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}] [--detail]
                          [--goal <goal>] [--strategy <strategy>]
                          [--limit <limit>] [--sort-key <field>]
                          [--sort-dir <direction>]

List information on retrieved audits.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--detail

Show detailed information about audits.

--goal <goal>

UUID or name of the goal used for filtering.

--strategy <strategy>

UUID or name of the strategy used for filtering.

--limit <limit>

Maximum number of audits to return per request, 0 for no limit. Default is the maximum number used by the Watcher API Service.

--sort-key <field>

Audit field that will be used for sorting.

--sort-dir <direction>

Sort direction: “asc” (the default) or “desc”.

watcher audit show

usage: watcher audit show [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                          [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                          [--print-empty] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                          <audit>

Show detailed information about a given audit.

Positional arguments:

<audit>

UUID or name of the audit

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher audit update

usage: watcher audit update [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                            [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                            [--print-empty] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                            <audit> <op> <path=value> [<path=value> ...]

Update audit command.

Positional arguments:

<audit>

UUID or name of the audit.

<op>

Operation: ‘add’, ‘replace’, or ‘remove’.

<path=value>

Attribute to add, replace, or remove. Can be specified multiple times. For ‘remove’, only <path> is necessary.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher audittemplate create

usage: watcher audittemplate create [-h]
                                    [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                    [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                    [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                    [--prefix PREFIX] [-s <strategy>]
                                    [-d <description>] [--scope <path>]
                                    <name> <goal>

Create new audit template.

Positional arguments:

<name>

Name for this audit template.

<goal>

Goal UUID or name associated to this audit template.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-s <strategy>, --strategy <strategy>

Strategy UUID or name associated to this audit template.

-d <description>, --description <description>

Description of the audit template.

--scope <path>

Part of the cluster on which an audit will be done. Can be provided either in yaml or json file.

YAML example:

---
- host_aggregates:
  - id: 1
  - id: 2
  - id: 3
- availability_zones:
  - name: AZ1
  - name: AZ2
- exclude:
  - instances:
    - uuid: UUID1
    - uuid: UUID2
  - compute_nodes:
    - name: compute1

JSON example:

[
    {'host_aggregates': [
        {'id': 1},
        {'id': 2},
        {'id': 3}]},
    {'availability_zones': [
        {'name': 'AZ1'},
        {'name': 'AZ2'}]},
    {'exclude': [
        {'instances': [
            {'uuid': 'UUID1'},
            {'uuid': 'UUID2'}]},
        {'compute_nodes': [
            {'name': 'compute1'}]}]}
]

watcher audittemplate delete

usage: watcher audittemplate delete [-h]
                                    <audit-template> [<audit-template> ...]

Delete audit template command.

Positional arguments:

<audit-template>

UUID or name of the audit template

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher audittemplate list

usage: watcher audittemplate list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                                  [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                  [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                  [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                                  [--detail] [--goal <goal>]
                                  [--strategy <strategy>] [--limit <limit>]
                                  [--sort-key <field>]
                                  [--sort-dir <direction>][--marker <marker>]

List information on retrieved audit templates.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--detail

Show detailed information about audit templates.

--goal <goal>

UUID or name of the goal used for filtering.

--strategy <strategy>

UUID or name of the strategy used for filtering.

--limit <limit>

Maximum number of audit templates to return per request, 0 for no limit. Default is the maximum number used by the Watcher API Service.

--sort-key <field>

Audit template field that will be used for sorting.

--sort-dir <direction>

Sort direction: “asc” (the default) or “desc”.

--marker <marker>

UUID of the last audittemplate in the previous page; displays list of audittemplates after “marker”.

watcher audittemplate show

usage: watcher audittemplate show [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                  [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                  [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                  [--prefix PREFIX]
                                  <audit-template>

Show detailed information about a given audit template.

Positional arguments:

<audit-template>

UUID or name of the audit template

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher audittemplate update

usage: watcher audittemplate update [-h]
                                    [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                    [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                    [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                    [--prefix PREFIX]
                                    <audit-template> <op> <path=value>
                                    [<path=value> ...]

Update audit template command.

Positional arguments:

<audit-template>

UUID or name of the audit_template.

<op>

Operation: ‘add’, ‘replace’, or ‘remove’.

<path=value>

Attribute to add, replace, or remove. Can be specified multiple times. For ‘remove’, only <path> is necessary.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher goal list

usage: watcher goal list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                         [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                         [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                         [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}] [--detail]
                         [--limit <limit>] [--sort-key <field>]
                         [--sort-dir <direction>][--marker <marker>]

List information on retrieved goals.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--detail

Show detailed information about each goal.

--limit <limit>

Maximum number of goals to return per request, 0 for no limit. Default is the maximum number used by the Watcher API Service.

--sort-key <field>

Goal field that will be used for sorting.

--sort-dir <direction>

Sort direction: “asc” (the default) or “desc”.

--marker <marker>

UUID of the last goal in the previous page; displays list of goals after “marker”.

watcher goal show

usage: watcher goal show [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                         [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                         [--print-empty] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                         <goal>

Show detailed information about a given goal.

Positional arguments:

<goal>

UUID or name of the goal

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher scoringengine list

usage: watcher scoringengine list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                                  [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                  [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                  [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                                  [--detail] [--limit <limit>]
                                  [--sort-key <field>]
                                  [--sort-dir <direction>][--marker <marker>]

List information on retrieved scoring engines.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--detail

Show detailed information about scoring engines.

--limit <limit>

Maximum number of actions to return per request, 0 for no limit. Default is the maximum number used by the Watcher API Service.

--sort-key <field>

Action field that will be used for sorting.

--sort-dir <direction>

Sort direction: “asc” (the default) or “desc”.

--marker <marker>

UUID of the last scoringengine in the previous page; displays list of scoringengines after “marker”.

watcher scoringengine show

usage: watcher scoringengine show [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                  [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                  [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                  [--prefix PREFIX]
                                  <scoring_engine>

Show detailed information about a given scoring engine.

Positional arguments:

<scoring_engine>

Name of the scoring engine

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher service list

usage: watcher service list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                            [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                            [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                            [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}] [--detail]
                            [--limit <limit>] [--sort-key <field>]
                            [--sort-dir <direction>]

List information on retrieved services.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--detail

Show detailed information about each service.

--limit <limit>

Maximum number of services to return per request, 0 for no limit. Default is the maximum number used by the Watcher API Service.

--sort-key <field>

Goal field that will be used for sorting.

--sort-dir <direction>

Sort direction: “asc” (the default) or “desc”.

watcher service show

usage: watcher service show [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                            [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                            [--print-empty] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                            <service>

Show detailed information about a given service.

Positional arguments:

<service>

ID or name of the service

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher datamodel list

usage: watcher datamodel list [-h] [-f {csv,json,table,value,yaml}]
                              [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                              [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                              [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                              [--sort-column SORT_COLUMN] [--type <type>]
                              [--audit <audit>] [--detail]

List information on retrieved data model.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--type <type>

Type of Datamodel user want to list. Supported values: compute. Future support values: storage, baremetal. Default type is compute.

--audit <audit>

UUID of the audit. used to filter data model by the scope in audit.

--detail

Show detailed information about data model.

watcher strategy list

usage: watcher strategy list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                             [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                             [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                             [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                             [--goal <goal>] [--detail] [--limit <limit>]
                             [--sort-key <field>] [--sort-dir <direction>]
                             [--marker <marker>]

List information on retrieved strategies.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--goal <goal>

UUID or name of the goal

--detail

Show detailed information about each strategy.

--limit <limit>

Maximum number of strategies to return per request, 0 for no limit. Default is the maximum number used by the Watcher API Service.

--sort-key <field>

Goal field that will be used for sorting.

--sort-dir <direction>

Sort direction: “asc” (the default) or “desc”.

--marker <marker>

UUID of the last strategy in the previous page; displays list of strategies after “marker”.

watcher strategy show

usage: watcher strategy show [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                             [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                             [--print-empty] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                             <strategy>

Show detailed information about a given strategy.

Positional arguments:

<strategy>

UUID or name of the strategy

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

watcher strategy state

usage: watcher strategy state [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                              [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                              [--fit-width] [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                              [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                              [--sort-column SORT_COLUMN]
                              <strategy>

Retrieve information about strategy requirements.

Positional arguments:

<strategy>

Name of the strategy

Optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit