free_veids.md

free_veids

The free_veids executable will output all free VEIDs (smaller than 10000). Useful to assign unused VEIDs to new VMs to be created.

This executable is still in alpha version: not properly tested, no clear process, no stable interface. Pending this ticket.

Process

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sequenceDiagram
participant Main as ./bin/free_veids
participant CMDB as CMDB

Main->>+CMDB: Get VEID metadata for nodes
CMDB-->>-Main: VEIDs
Main->>Main: Display free VEIDs

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Usage

Usage: ./bin/free_veids [options]

Main options:
    -d, --debug                      Activate debug mode
    -h, --help                       Display help and exit

Nodes handler options:
    -o, --show-nodes                 Display the list of possible nodes and exit

Command runner options:
    -s, --show-commands              Display the commands that would be run instead of running them

Examples

./bin/free_veids

Example of output:

=> ./bin/free_veids
Free VEIDs: [420, 426, 428, 430, 434, 437..438, 445..446, 449..450, 453, 456..457, 459, 464, 466..467, 471, 475..476, 484, 488, 490, 493, 500..502, 504..513, 523, 525, 536, 544, 546, 554..555, 560..566, 578, 589, 594, 642..659, 668..9999]

Used credentials

Credential	Usage

Used Metadata

Metadata	Type	Usage
veid	String or Integer	VEID associated to the node

Used environment variables

Variable	Usage

External tools dependencies

None