The glance client is the command-line interface (CLI) for the OpenStack Image Service API.
For help on a specific glance command, enter:
$ glance help COMMAND
Example A.4. Usage
glance [--version] [-d] [-v] [-k] [--cert-file CERT_FILE] [--key-file KEY_FILE] [--os-cacert <ca-certificate-file>] [--ca-file OS_CACERT] [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--no-ssl-compression] [-f] [--dry-run] [--ssl] [-H ADDRESS] [-p PORT] [--os-username OS_USERNAME] [-I OS_USERNAME] [--os-password OS_PASSWORD] [-K OS_PASSWORD] [--os-tenant-id OS_TENANT_ID] [--os-tenant-name OS_TENANT_NAME] [-T OS_TENANT_NAME] [--os-auth-url OS_AUTH_URL] [-N OS_AUTH_URL] [--os-region-name OS_REGION_NAME] [-R OS_REGION_NAME] [--os-auth-token OS_AUTH_TOKEN] [-A OS_AUTH_TOKEN] [--os-image-url OS_IMAGE_URL] [-U OS_IMAGE_URL] [--os-image-api-version OS_IMAGE_API_VERSION] [--os-service-type OS_SERVICE_TYPE] [--os-endpoint-type OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE] [-S OS_AUTH_STRATEGY] <subcommand> ...
Example A.5. Positional arguments
<subcommand> add DEPRECATED! Use image-create instead. clear DEPRECATED! delete DEPRECATED! Use image-delete instead. details DEPRECATED! Use image-list instead. image-create Create a new image. image-delete Delete specified image(s). image-download Download a specific image. image-list List images you can access. image-members DEPRECATED! Use member-list instead. image-show Describe a specific image. image-update Update a specific image. index DEPRECATED! Use image-list instead. member-add DEPRECATED! Use member-create instead. member-create Share a specific image with a tenant. member-delete Remove a shared image from a tenant. member-images DEPRECATED! Use member-list instead. member-list Describe sharing permissions by image or tenant. members-replace DEPRECATED! show DEPRECATED! Use image-show instead. update DEPRECATED! Use image-update instead. help Display help about this program or one of its subcommands.
Example A.6. Optional arguments
--version show program's version number and exit -d, --debug Defaults to env[GLANCECLIENT_DEBUG] -v, --verbose Print more verbose output -k, --insecure Explicitly allow glanceclient to perform "insecure SSL" (https) requests. The server's certificate will not be verified against any certificate authorities. This option should be used with caution. --cert-file CERT_FILE Path of certificate file to use in SSL connection. This file can optionally be prepended with the private key. --key-file KEY_FILE Path of client key to use in SSL connection. This option is not necessary if your key is prepended to your cert file. --os-cacert <ca-certificate-file> Path of CA TLS certificate(s) used to verify the remote server's certificate. Without this option glance looks for the default system CA certificates. --ca-file OS_CACERT DEPRECATED! Use --os-cacert. --timeout TIMEOUT Number of seconds to wait for a response --no-ssl-compression Disable SSL compression when using https. -f, --force Prevent select actions from requesting user confirmation. --dry-run DEPRECATED! Only used for deprecated legacy commands. --ssl DEPRECATED! Send a fully-formed endpoint using --os- image-url instead. -H ADDRESS, --host ADDRESS DEPRECATED! Send a fully-formed endpoint using --os- image-url instead. -p PORT, --port PORT DEPRECATED! Send a fully-formed endpoint using --os- image-url instead. --os-username OS_USERNAME Defaults to env[OS_USERNAME] -I OS_USERNAME DEPRECATED! Use --os-username. --os-password OS_PASSWORD Defaults to env[OS_PASSWORD] -K OS_PASSWORD DEPRECATED! Use --os-password. --os-tenant-id OS_TENANT_ID Defaults to env[OS_TENANT_ID] --os-tenant-name OS_TENANT_NAME Defaults to env[OS_TENANT_NAME] -T OS_TENANT_NAME DEPRECATED! Use --os-tenant-name. --os-auth-url OS_AUTH_URL Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_URL] -N OS_AUTH_URL DEPRECATED! Use --os-auth-url. --os-region-name OS_REGION_NAME Defaults to env[OS_REGION_NAME] -R OS_REGION_NAME DEPRECATED! Use --os-region-name. --os-auth-token OS_AUTH_TOKEN Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_TOKEN] -A OS_AUTH_TOKEN, --auth_token OS_AUTH_TOKEN DEPRECATED! Use --os-auth-token. --os-image-url OS_IMAGE_URL Defaults to env[OS_IMAGE_URL] -U OS_IMAGE_URL, --url OS_IMAGE_URL DEPRECATED! Use --os-image-url. --os-image-api-version OS_IMAGE_API_VERSION Defaults to env[OS_IMAGE_API_VERSION] or 1 --os-service-type OS_SERVICE_TYPE Defaults to env[OS_SERVICE_TYPE] --os-endpoint-type OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE Defaults to env[OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE] -S OS_AUTH_STRATEGY, --os_auth_strategy OS_AUTH_STRATEGY DEPRECATED! This option is completely ignored.