create(name,image,flavor,meta=None,files=None, reservation_id=None,min_count=None,max_count=None,security_groups=None,userdata=None, key_name=None, availability_zone=None, block_device_mapping=None,block_device_mapping_v2=None,nics=None,scheduler_hints=None,config_drive=None,disk_config=None,**kwargs) Create (boot) a new server.
Parameters:
name – Something to name the server.
image – The Image to boot with.
flavor – The Flavor to boot onto.
meta – A dict of arbitrary key/value metadata to store for thisserver. Both keys and values must be <=255 characters.
files – A dict of files to overrwrite on the server upon boot.Keys are file names (i.e./etc/passwd) and valuesare the file contents (either as a string or as afile-like object).A maximum of five entries is allowed,and each file must be 10k or less.
reservation_id – a UUID for the set of servers being requested.
min_count – (optional extension) The minimum number ofservers to launch.
max_count – (optional extension) The maximum number ofservers to launch.
security_groups – A list of security group names
userdata – user data to pass to be exposed by the metadataserver this can be a file type object as well or astring.
key_name – (optional extension) name of previously createdkeypair to inject into the instance.
availability_zone – Name of the availability zone for instanceplacement.
block_device_mapping – (optional extension) A dict of blockdevice mappings for this server.
block_device_mapping_v2 – (optional extension) A dict of blockdevice mappings for this server.
nics – (optional extension) an ordered list of nics to beadded to this server, with information aboutconnected networks, fixed IPs, port etc.
scheduler_hints – (optional extension) arbitrary key-value pairsspecified by the client to help boot an instance
config_drive – (optional extension) value for config driveeither boolean, or volume-id
disk_config – (optional extension) control how the disk ispartitioned when the server is created. possiblevalues are ‘AUTO’ or ‘MANUAL’.