Command Reference¶

orca organises commands by OpenStack service. Every command supports --help for inline documentation.

orca --help              # List all command groups
orca server --help       # List all server sub-commands
orca server create --help  # Detailed help for a specific command

Command Groups¶

Group	Description
`server`	Compute instances — full lifecycle
`flavor`	List available flavors
`image`	Glance image management
`network`	Networks, subnets, ports & routers
`keypair`	SSH key pair management
`volume`	Block storage volumes & snapshots
`security-group`	Security groups & rules
`floating-ip`	Floating IP allocation & association
`loadbalancer`	Load balancers, listeners, pools, members & health monitors
`secret`	Secrets & containers (Barbican)
`cluster`	Kubernetes clusters & templates (Magnum)
`metric`	Metrics, measures & resources (Gnocchi)
`alarm`	Alarms (Aodh)
`placement`	Placement resources
`stack`	Orchestration stacks (Heat)
`backup`	Backups (Freezer)
`zone` / `recordset`	DNS (Designate)
`catalog`	Service endpoint discovery

Orca-exclusive¶

Command	Description
`overview`	Project dashboard
`watch`	Live auto-refreshing dashboard
`doctor`	Pre-deployment health check
`audit`	Security audit
`cleanup`	Orphaned resource detection
`export`	Infrastructure snapshot to YAML/JSON
`profile`	Multi-account profile management

Common Patterns¶

Confirmation prompts¶

Destructive commands ask for confirmation. Skip with -y/--yes:

orca server delete <id> -y
orca loadbalancer delete <id> --cascade -y

Output format¶

All list/show commands support --format and --column:

orca server list --format json
orca server list --column id --column name
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