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Appendix B. Additional Host Parameters for Hammer CLI

This appendix provides some information on additional parameters for the hammer host create command.

B.1. Common Interface Parameters

These parameters are used with the --interface option for all provisioning types:

ParameterDescription 

mac

MAC address for the interface

 

ip

IP address for the interface

 

type

The type of interface. For example: interface, bmc, or bond

 

name

The host name associated with this interface`

 

subnet_id

The subnet ID on the Satellite Server

 

domain_id

The domain ID on the Satellite Server

 

identifier

The device identifier. For example: eth0

 

managed

Boolean for managed interfaces. Set to true or false

 

primary

Boolean for primary interfaces. Managed hosts needs to have one primary interface. Set to true or false

 

provision

Boolean for whether to provision on this interface. Set to true or false

 

virtual

Boolean for whether the interface is a VLAN interface. Set to true or false

 

Use the following parameters if virtual is true:

ParameterDescription 

tag

VLAN tag, this attribute has precedence over the subnet VLAN ID. Only for virtual interfaces.

 

attached_to

Identifier of the interface to which this interface belongs. For example: eth1.

 

Use the following parameters if type is bond:

ParameterDescription 

mode

The bonding mode. One of balance-rr, active-backup, balance-xor, broadcast, 802.3ad, balance-tlb, balance-alb

 

attached_devices

Identifiers of slave interfaces. For example: [eth1,eth2]

 

bond_options

Additional bonding options

 

Use the following parameters if type is bmc:

ParameterDescription 

provider

The BMC provider. Only IPMI is supported

 

username

The username for the BMC device

 

password

The password for the BMC device

 

B.2. EC2 Parameters

Available parameters for --compute-attributes:

ParameterDescription 

flavor_id

The EC2 flavor to use

 

image_id

The AMI ID of the image to use

 

availability_zone

The availability zone within the region of the EC2 provider

 

security_group_ids

The IDs for security groups to use

 

managed_ip

To utilize a public or private IP

 

B.3. Libvirt Parameters

Available keys for --compute-attributes:

ParameterDescription 

cpus

Number of CPUs

 

memory

Amount of memory in bytes

 

start

Boolean to start the machine

 

Available keys for --interface:

ParameterDescription 

compute_type

Either bridge or network

 

compute_network / compute_bridge

Name of the network or physical interface

 

compute_model

The interface model. One of virtio, rtl8139, ne2k_pci, pcnet, or e1000

 

Available keys for --volume:

ParameterDescription 

pool_name

The storage pool to store the volume

 

capacity

The capacity of the volume. For example: 10G

 

format_type

The disk type. Either raw or qcow2

 

B.4. Red Hat OpenStack Platform Parameters

Available keys for --compute-attributes:

ParameterDescription 

flavor_ref

The flavor to use

 

image_ref

The image to use

 

tenant_id

The tenant to use

 

security_groups

A list of security groups to use

 

network

The network to connect the instance

 

B.5. Red Hat Virtualization Parameters

Available keys for --compute-attributes:

ParameterDescription 

cluster

The cluster ID to contain the host

 

template

The hardware profile to use

 

cores

The number of CPU cores to use

 

memory

The amount of memory in bytes

 

start

Boolean to start the machine

 

Available keys for --interface:

ParameterDescription 

compute_name

The interface name. For example: eth0

 

compute_network

The network in the cluster to use

 

Available keys for --volume:

ParameterDescription 

size_gb

Volume size in GB

 

storage_domain

The storage domain to use

 

bootable

Boolean to set the volume as bootable. Only one volume can be bootable

 

B.6. VMware Interface Parameters

Available keys for --compute-attributes:

ParameterDescription 

cpus

Number of CPUs for the host

 

corespersocket

Number of cores per CPU socket. Applicable to hosts using hardware versions less than v10.

 

memory_mb

Amount of memory in MB

 

cluster

Cluster ID for the host

 

path

Path to folder to organize the host

 

guest_id

Guest OS ID

 

scsi_controller_type

ID of the VMware controller

 

hardware_version

VMware hardware version ID

 

start

Boolean to start the machine

 

Available keys for --interface:

ParameterDescription 

compute_type

Type of the network adapter. One of VirtualVmxnet, VirtualVmxnet2, VirtualVmxnet3, VirtualE1000, VirtualE1000e, VirtualPCNet32.

 

compute_network

VMware network ID

 

Available keys for --volume:

ParameterDescription 

datastore

The datastore ID

 

name

The name of the volume

 

size_gb

The size in GB

 

thin

Boolean value to enable thin provisioning

 

eager_zero

Boolean value to enable Eager Zero thick provisioning