
If a nova-manage command is executed without the -h option or a subcommand the user gets an ugly traceback. This is easily recreated: $ tox -e venv -- nova-manage db Make the action argument required, so we get a helpful error message instead. $ nova-manage db usage: nova-manage db [-h] {archive_deleted_rows,ironic_flavor_migration, null_instance_uuid_scan,online_data_migrations, purge,sync,version} ... nova-manage db: error: the following arguments are required: action Note that unit tests appear to be impossible for this, since doing so attempts to initialize an oslo.config 'CONF' singleton and this is something we've already done in 'nova.test' and can't do again. Change-Id: I24d03eed3aa3b882c49916938f4c25d76fd4e831 Closes-Bug: #1837199 Co-Authored-By: Stephen Finucane <stephenfin@redhat.com>
OpenStack Nova
OpenStack Nova provides a cloud computing fabric controller, supporting a wide variety of compute technologies, including: libvirt (KVM, Xen, LXC and more), Hyper-V, VMware, XenServer, OpenStack Ironic and PowerVM.
Use the following resources to learn more.
API
To learn how to use Nova's API, consult the documentation available online at:
For more information on OpenStack APIs, SDKs and CLIs in general, refer to:
Operators
To learn how to deploy and configure OpenStack Nova, consult the documentation available online at:
In the unfortunate event that bugs are discovered, they should be reported to the appropriate bug tracker. If you obtained the software from a 3rd party operating system vendor, it is often wise to use their own bug tracker for reporting problems. In all other cases use the master OpenStack bug tracker, available at:
Developers
For information on how to contribute to Nova, please see the contents of the CONTRIBUTING.rst.
Any new code must follow the development guidelines detailed in the HACKING.rst file, and pass all unit tests.
Further developer focused documentation is available at:
Other Information
During each Summit and Project Team Gathering, we agree on what the whole community wants to focus on for the upcoming release. The plans for nova can be found at: