lab 10.2.8 (and possible others) --net-id vs --net-name

phiney

in command
nova boot --flavor smallfry --image cirros \
--security-group web-ssh --key-name finance-key \
--nic net-id=blah-blah bc1

we need to know the id of the network we created, where as we could just use the name

nova boot --flavor smallfry --image cirros \
--security-group web-ssh --key-name finance-key \
--nic net-name=finance-internal bc1

seems easier to me.

probably applies to other situations where the doco calls for an id.

p

serewicz

Why something is done a particular way can be a difficult thing to figure out.  With the advent of domains there is a chance the name would be the same and have a different ID.

I think that contacting the developer who wrote that code as well as the planning and blueprint committess would be a good place to start in getting these sorts of commands changed.  

You can find the contact information for the various groups here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Nova