Determine Volume Attachment With OpenStack CLI

Problem

Sometimes the Instance column in the Volumes and Tenants tab is blank despite the volume being attached to an instance.

Environment

• Platform9 Managed OpenStack - v3.6.0 and Higher
• OpenStack CLI Client

Procedure

1. Source your RC file.

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$ source [file_name.rc]

2. View the volume using the following command.

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$ openstack volume show [__volume_uuid__]

3. Check the server_id in the attachments section of the above output.

| attachments                    | [{u'server_id': u'd01e7ae1-72d2-41a4-9d6e-315da123456b', u'attachment_id': u'324b2efc-35bd-47a2-8603-a7019a4f920a', u'attached_at': u'2019-05-07T17:56:19.000000', u'host_name': None,            |

4. Get the details of the instance using the following command.

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$ openstack server show [__server_id__]

Additional Information

1. Installing the OpenStack CLI.
2. Commonly used CLI commands.