Chapter 6. A time series storage and resources index service (gnocchi) command-line client

The gnocchi client is the command-line interface (CLI) for the A time series storage and resources index service (gnocchi) API and its extensions.

This chapter documents gnocchi version 3.1.1.

For help on a specific gnocchi command, enter: 

$ gnocchi help COMMAND

6.1. gnocchi usage

usage: gnocchi [--version] [-v | -q] [--log-file LOG_FILE] [-h] [--debug]
               [--gnocchi-api-version GNOCCHI_API_VERSION] [--insecure]
               [--os-cacert <ca-certificate>] [--os-cert <certificate>]
               [--os-key <key>] [--timeout <seconds>] [--os-auth-type <name>]
               [--user <gnocchi user>] [--endpoint <gnocchi endpoint>]

6.2. gnocchi 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.
--gnocchi-api-version GNOCCHI_API_VERSION
Defaults to env[GNOCCHI_API_VERSION] or 1.
--os-auth-type <name>, --os-auth-plugin <name>
Authentication type to use

6.2.1. gnocchi archive-policy create

usage: gnocchi archive-policy create [-h]
                                     [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                     [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                     [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                     [--prefix PREFIX] -d <DEFINITION>
                                     [-b BACK_WINDOW] [-m AGGREGATION_METHODS]
                                     name

Create an archive policy

Positional arguments:

name
name of the archive policy

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-d <DEFINITION>, --definition <DEFINITION>
two attributes (separated by ',') of an archive policy definition with its name and value separated with a ':'
-b BACK_WINDOW, --back-window BACK_WINDOW
back window of the archive policy
-m AGGREGATION_METHODS, --aggregation-method AGGREGATION_METHODS
aggregation method of the archive policy

6.2.2. gnocchi archive-policy delete

usage: gnocchi archive-policy delete [-h] name

Delete an archive policy

Positional arguments:

name
Name of the archive policy

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

6.2.3. gnocchi archive-policy list

usage: gnocchi archive-policy list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                                   [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                   [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                   [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]

List archive policies

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

6.2.4. gnocchi archive-policy show

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

Show an archive policy

Positional arguments:

name
Name of the archive policy

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

6.2.5. gnocchi archive-policy update

usage: gnocchi archive-policy update [-h]
                                     [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                     [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                     [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                     [--prefix PREFIX] -d <DEFINITION>
                                     name

Update an archive policy

Positional arguments:

name
name of the archive policy

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-d <DEFINITION>, --definition <DEFINITION>
two attributes (separated by ',') of an archive policy definition with its name and value separated with a ':'

6.2.6. gnocchi archive-policy-rule create

usage: gnocchi archive-policy-rule create [-h]
                                          [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                          [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                          [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                          [--prefix PREFIX] -a
                                          ARCHIVE_POLICY_NAME -m
                                          METRIC_PATTERN
                                          name

Create an archive policy rule

Positional arguments:

name
Rule name

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-a ARCHIVE_POLICY_NAME, --archive-policy-name ARCHIVE_POLICY_NAME
Archive policy name
-m METRIC_PATTERN, --metric-pattern METRIC_PATTERN
Wildcard of metric name to match

6.2.7. gnocchi archive-policy-rule delete

usage: gnocchi archive-policy-rule delete [-h] name

Delete an archive policy rule

Positional arguments:

name
Name of the archive policy rule

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

6.2.8. gnocchi archive-policy-rule list

usage: gnocchi archive-policy-rule list [-h]
                                        [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                                        [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                        [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                        [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]

List archive policy rules

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

6.2.9. gnocchi archive-policy-rule show

usage: gnocchi archive-policy-rule show [-h]
                                        [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                        [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                        [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                        [--prefix PREFIX]
                                        name

Show an archive policy rule

Positional arguments:

name
Name of the archive policy rule

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

6.2.10. gnocchi benchmark measures add

usage: gnocchi benchmark measures add [-h] [--resource-id RESOURCE_ID]
                                      [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                      [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                      [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                      [--prefix PREFIX] [--workers WORKERS]
                                      --count COUNT [--batch BATCH]
                                      [--timestamp-start TIMESTAMP_START]
                                      [--timestamp-end TIMESTAMP_END] [--wait]
                                      metric

Do benchmark testing of adding measurements

Positional arguments:

metric
ID or name of the metric

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--resource-id RESOURCE_ID, -r RESOURCE_ID
ID of the resource
--workers WORKERS, -w WORKERS
Number of workers to use
--count COUNT, -n COUNT
Number of total measures to send
--batch BATCH, -b BATCH
Number of measures to send in each batch
--timestamp-start TIMESTAMP_START, -s TIMESTAMP_START
First timestamp to use
--timestamp-end TIMESTAMP_END, -e TIMESTAMP_END
Last timestamp to use
--wait
Wait for all measures to be processed

6.2.11. gnocchi benchmark measures show

usage: gnocchi benchmark measures show [-h]
                                       [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                       [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                       [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                       [--prefix PREFIX]
                                       [--resource-id RESOURCE_ID]
                                       [--aggregation AGGREGATION]
                                       [--start START] [--stop STOP]
                                       [--granularity GRANULARITY] [--refresh]
                                       [--resample RESAMPLE]
                                       [--workers WORKERS] --count COUNT
                                       metric

Do benchmark testing of measurements show

Positional arguments:

metric
ID or name of the metric

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--resource-id RESOURCE_ID, -r RESOURCE_ID
ID of the resource
--aggregation AGGREGATION
aggregation to retrieve
--start START
beginning of the period
--stop STOP
end of the period
--granularity GRANULARITY
granularity to retrieve
--refresh
force aggregation of all known measures
--resample RESAMPLE
granularity to resample time-series to (in seconds)
--workers WORKERS, -w WORKERS
Number of workers to use
--count COUNT, -n COUNT
Number of total measures to send

6.2.12. gnocchi benchmark metric create

usage: gnocchi benchmark metric create [-h] [--resource-id RESOURCE_ID]
                                       [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                       [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                       [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                       [--prefix PREFIX]
                                       [--archive-policy-name ARCHIVE_POLICY_NAME]
                                       [--workers WORKERS] --count COUNT
                                       [--keep]

Do benchmark testing of metric creation

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--resource-id RESOURCE_ID, -r RESOURCE_ID
ID of the resource
--archive-policy-name ARCHIVE_POLICY_NAME, -a ARCHIVE_POLICY_NAME
name of the archive policy
--workers WORKERS, -w WORKERS
Number of workers to use
--count COUNT, -n COUNT
Number of metrics to create
--keep, -k
Keep created metrics

6.2.13. gnocchi benchmark metric show

usage: gnocchi benchmark metric show [-h] [--resource-id RESOURCE_ID]
                                     [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                     [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                     [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                     [--prefix PREFIX] [--workers WORKERS]
                                     --count COUNT
                                     metric [metric ...]

Do benchmark testing of metric show

Positional arguments:

metric
ID or name of the metrics

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--resource-id RESOURCE_ID, -r RESOURCE_ID
ID of the resource
--workers WORKERS, -w WORKERS
Number of workers to use
--count COUNT, -n COUNT
Number of metrics to get

6.2.14. gnocchi capabilities list

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

List capabilities

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

6.2.15. gnocchi measures add

usage: gnocchi measures add [-h] [--resource-id RESOURCE_ID] -m MEASURE metric

Add measurements to a metric

Positional arguments:

metric
ID or name of the metric

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--resource-id RESOURCE_ID, -r RESOURCE_ID
ID of the resource
-m MEASURE, --measure MEASURE
timestamp and value of a measure separated with a '@'

6.2.16. gnocchi measures aggregation

usage: gnocchi measures aggregation [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                                    [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                    [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                    [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}] -m
                                    METRIC [METRIC ...]
                                    [--aggregation AGGREGATION]
                                    [--reaggregation REAGGREGATION]
                                    [--start START] [--stop STOP]
                                    [--granularity GRANULARITY]
                                    [--needed-overlap NEEDED_OVERLAP]
                                    [--query QUERY]
                                    [--resource-type RESOURCE_TYPE]
                                    [--groupby GROUPBY] [--refresh]
                                    [--resample RESAMPLE] [--fill FILL]

Get measurements of aggregated metrics

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-m METRIC [METRIC …​], --metric METRIC [METRIC …​]
metrics IDs or metric name
--aggregation AGGREGATION
granularity aggregation function to retrieve
--reaggregation REAGGREGATION
groupby aggregation function to retrieve
--start START
beginning of the period
--stop STOP
end of the period
--granularity GRANULARITY
granularity to retrieve
--needed-overlap NEEDED_OVERLAP
percent of datapoints in each metrics required
--query QUERY
A query to filter resource. The syntax is a combination of attribute, operator and value. For example: id=90d58eea-70d7-4294-a49a-170dcdf44c3c would filter resource with a certain id. More complex queries can be built, e.g.: not (flavor_id!="1" and memory>=24). Use "" to force data to be interpreted as string. Supported operators are: not, and, ∧ or, ∨, >=, ⇐, !=, >, <, =, ==, eq, ne, lt, gt, ge, le, in, like, ≠, ≥, ≤, like, in.
--resource-type RESOURCE_TYPE
Resource type to query
--groupby GROUPBY
Attribute to use to group resources
--refresh
force aggregation of all known measures
--resample RESAMPLE
granularity to resample time-series to (in seconds)
--fill FILL
Value to use when backfilling timestamps with missing values in a subset of series. Value should be a float or 'null'.

6.2.17. gnocchi measures batch-metrics

usage: gnocchi measures batch-metrics [-h] file

Positional arguments:

file
File containing measurements to batch or - for stdin (see Gnocchi REST API docs for the format

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

6.2.18. gnocchi measures batch-resources-metrics

usage: gnocchi measures batch-resources-metrics [-h] [--create-metrics] file

Positional arguments:

file
File containing measurements to batch or - for stdin (see Gnocchi REST API docs for the format

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--create-metrics
Create unknown metrics

6.2.19. gnocchi measures show

usage: gnocchi measures show [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                             [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                             [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                             [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                             [--resource-id RESOURCE_ID]
                             [--aggregation AGGREGATION] [--start START]
                             [--stop STOP] [--granularity GRANULARITY]
                             [--refresh] [--resample RESAMPLE]
                             metric

Get measurements of a metric

Positional arguments:

metric
ID or name of the metric

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--resource-id RESOURCE_ID, -r RESOURCE_ID
ID of the resource
--aggregation AGGREGATION
aggregation to retrieve
--start START
beginning of the period
--stop STOP
end of the period
--granularity GRANULARITY
granularity to retrieve
--refresh
force aggregation of all known measures
--resample RESAMPLE
granularity to resample time-series to (in seconds)

6.2.20. gnocchi metric create

usage: gnocchi metric create [-h] [--resource-id RESOURCE_ID]
                             [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                             [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                             [--print-empty] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                             [--archive-policy-name ARCHIVE_POLICY_NAME]
                             [--unit UNIT]
                             [METRIC_NAME]

Create a metric

Positional arguments:

METRIC_NAME
Name of the metric

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--resource-id RESOURCE_ID, -r RESOURCE_ID
ID of the resource
--archive-policy-name ARCHIVE_POLICY_NAME, -a ARCHIVE_POLICY_NAME
name of the archive policy
--unit UNIT, -u UNIT
unit of the metric

6.2.21. gnocchi metric delete

usage: gnocchi metric delete [-h] [--resource-id RESOURCE_ID]
                             metric [metric ...]

Delete a metric

Positional arguments:

metric
IDs or names of the metric

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--resource-id RESOURCE_ID, -r RESOURCE_ID
ID of the resource

6.2.22. gnocchi metric list

usage: gnocchi metric list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                           [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--print-empty]
                           [--noindent]
                           [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                           [--limit <LIMIT>] [--marker <MARKER>]
                           [--sort <SORT>]

List metrics

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--limit <LIMIT>
Number of metrics to return (Default is server default)
--marker <MARKER>
Last item of the previous listing. Return the next results after this value
--sort <SORT>
Sort of metric attribute (example: user_id:desc-nullslast

6.2.23. gnocchi metric show

usage: gnocchi metric show [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                           [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--print-empty]
                           [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                           [--resource-id RESOURCE_ID]
                           metric

Show a metric

Positional arguments:

metric
ID or name of the metric

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--resource-id RESOURCE_ID, -r RESOURCE_ID
ID of the resource

6.2.24. gnocchi resource batch delete

usage: gnocchi resource batch delete [-h]
                                     [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                     [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                     [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                     [--prefix PREFIX] [--type RESOURCE_TYPE]
                                     query

Delete a batch of resources based on attribute values

Positional arguments:

query
A query to filter resource. The syntax is a combination of attribute, operator and value. For example: id=90d58eea-70d7-4294-a49a-170dcdf44c3c would filter resource with a certain id. More complex queries can be built, e.g.: not (flavor_id!="1" and memory>=24). Use "" to force data to be interpreted as string. Supported operators are: not, and, ∧ or, ∨, >=, ⇐, !=, >, <, =, ==, eq, ne, lt, gt, ge, le, in, like, ≠, ≥, ≤, like, in.

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--type RESOURCE_TYPE, -t RESOURCE_TYPE
Type of resource

6.2.25. gnocchi resource create

usage: gnocchi resource create [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                               [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                               [--print-empty] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                               [--type RESOURCE_TYPE] [-a ATTRIBUTE]
                               [-m ADD_METRIC] [-n CREATE_METRIC]
                               resource_id

Create a resource

Positional arguments:

resource_id
ID of the resource

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--type RESOURCE_TYPE, -t RESOURCE_TYPE
Type of resource
-a ATTRIBUTE, --attribute ATTRIBUTE
name and value of an attribute separated with a ':'
-m ADD_METRIC, --add-metric ADD_METRIC
name:id of a metric to add
-n CREATE_METRIC, --create-metric CREATE_METRIC
name:archive_policy_name of a metric to create

6.2.26. gnocchi resource delete

usage: gnocchi resource delete [-h] resource_id

Delete a resource

Positional arguments:

resource_id
ID of the resource

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

6.2.27. gnocchi resource history

usage: gnocchi resource history [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                                [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                                [--details] [--limit <LIMIT>]
                                [--marker <MARKER>] [--sort <SORT>]
                                [--type RESOURCE_TYPE]
                                resource_id

Show the history of a resource

Positional arguments:

resource_id
ID of a resource

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--details
Show all attributes of generic resources
--limit <LIMIT>
Number of resources to return (Default is server default)
--marker <MARKER>
Last item of the previous listing. Return the next results after this value
--sort <SORT>
Sort of resource attribute (example: user_id:desc-nullslast
--type RESOURCE_TYPE, -t RESOURCE_TYPE
Type of resource

6.2.28. gnocchi resource list

usage: gnocchi resource list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                             [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                             [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                             [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                             [--details] [--history] [--limit <LIMIT>]
                             [--marker <MARKER>] [--sort <SORT>]
                             [--type RESOURCE_TYPE]

List resources

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--details
Show all attributes of generic resources
--history
Show history of the resources
--limit <LIMIT>
Number of resources to return (Default is server default)
--marker <MARKER>
Last item of the previous listing. Return the next results after this value
--sort <SORT>
Sort of resource attribute (example: user_id:desc-nullslast
--type RESOURCE_TYPE, -t RESOURCE_TYPE
Type of resource

6.2.29. gnocchi resource show

usage: gnocchi resource show [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                             [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                             [--print-empty] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                             [--type RESOURCE_TYPE]
                             resource_id

Show a resource

Positional arguments:

resource_id
ID of a resource

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--type RESOURCE_TYPE, -t RESOURCE_TYPE
Type of resource

6.2.30. gnocchi resource update

usage: gnocchi resource update [-h] [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                               [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                               [--print-empty] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                               [--type RESOURCE_TYPE] [-a ATTRIBUTE]
                               [-m ADD_METRIC] [-n CREATE_METRIC]
                               [-d DELETE_METRIC]
                               resource_id

Update a resource

Positional arguments:

resource_id
ID of the resource

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--type RESOURCE_TYPE, -t RESOURCE_TYPE
Type of resource
-a ATTRIBUTE, --attribute ATTRIBUTE
name and value of an attribute separated with a ':'
-m ADD_METRIC, --add-metric ADD_METRIC
name:id of a metric to add
-n CREATE_METRIC, --create-metric CREATE_METRIC
name:archive_policy_name of a metric to create
-d DELETE_METRIC, --delete-metric DELETE_METRIC
Name of a metric to delete

6.2.31. gnocchi resource-type create

usage: gnocchi resource-type create [-h]
                                    [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                    [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                    [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                    [--prefix PREFIX] [-a ATTRIBUTE]
                                    name

Create a resource type

Positional arguments:

name
name of the resource type

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-a ATTRIBUTE, --attribute ATTRIBUTE
attribute definition, attribute_name:attribute_type:at tribute_is_required:attribute_type_option_name=attribu te_type_option_value:… For example: display_name:string:true:max_length=255

6.2.32. gnocchi resource-type delete

usage: gnocchi resource-type delete [-h] name

Delete a resource type

Positional arguments:

name
name of the resource type

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

6.2.33. gnocchi resource-type list

usage: gnocchi resource-type list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,table,value,yaml}]
                                  [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                  [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                  [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]

List resource types

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

6.2.34. gnocchi resource-type show

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

Show a resource type

Positional arguments:

name
name of the resource type

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

6.2.35. gnocchi resource-type update

usage: gnocchi resource-type update [-h]
                                    [-f {html,json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                    [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                    [--print-empty] [--noindent]
                                    [--prefix PREFIX] [-a ATTRIBUTE]
                                    [-r REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE]
                                    name

Positional arguments:

name
name of the resource type

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-a ATTRIBUTE, --attribute ATTRIBUTE
attribute definition, attribute_name:attribute_type:at tribute_is_required:attribute_type_option_name=attribu te_type_option_value:… For example: display_name:string:true:max_length=255
-r REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE, --remove-attribute REMOVE_ATTRIBUTE
attribute name

6.2.36. gnocchi status

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

Show the status of measurements processing

Optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit