Use the viocli deployment command to manage your VMware Integrated OpenStack deployment.

The viocli deployment command uses the following syntax.

viocli deployment ACTION [-d NAME] [-p] [-h] [-v]

Parameter

Mandatory or Optional

Description

ACTION

Use one of the following positional arguments:

  • start

  • stop

  • pause

  • resume

  • configure

  • cert-req-create

  • cert-update

  • getlogs

  • status

Mandatory

start

Start the deployment.

stop

Stop the deployment.

pause

Pause the deployment.

resume

Resume the paused deployment.

configure

Reconfigure the entire deployment.

cert-req-create

Create a certificate signing request for a certificate authority.

cert-update

Update VMware Integrated OpenStack with the provided certificate.

getlogs

Generate log files for the current deployment, including the ansible executed commands and output. Log files are written to /var/log/viocli/viocli.log and rotated after they reach 100 MB, with a maximum of seven rotations.

status

Generate reports on the following potential issues:

  • Synchronization issues between the management server and OpenStack nodes, including time of occurrence, the affected node, and reason for failed status.

  • Connections to OpenStack processes and average connection count.

  • Broken network connections, including time of occurrence, the hostnames and ports that failed to connect, or single host, if applicable.

  • OpenStack database issues, including time of occurrence, FAILED or SUCCESS status, reason for failure if applicable, and the current size of the database cluster.

  • Missing processes, including time of occurrence, node where issue occurred, status, and reason for failure, if applicable.

-d, --deployment NAME

Automatic

Name of deployment to use.

Applied automatically. The default value is the name of the current deployment.

-p, --progress

Optional

Show progress of the current upgrade operation.

-h, --help

Optional

Show the use and arguments for this command.

-v, --verbose

Optional

Enter verbose mode.