GLANCE-REPLICATOR(1)

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✨ glance-replicator ✨

okay bestie, so this is the Glance Replicator — it lives in manual section 1 (the user commands girlies 💅) and its manual group is cloud computing 🌈

It's a real one, and here's who made it happen:

  • Author: OpenStack Glance Project Team 👑
  • Contact: <glance@lists.launchpad.net>
  • Date: 2025-04-02
  • Copyright: OpenStack Foundation
  • Version: 30.0.0
  • Manual section: 1
  • Manual group: cloud computing

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

glance-replicator <command> [options] [args]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ok so glance-replicator is this little utility that can be used to populate a new glance server using the images stored in an existing glance server 🫶 and the way it does it?? the images in the replicated glance server preserve the uuids, metadata, and image data from the original ✨ like, nothing gets lost, no cap. that's the whole vibe. it's giving "copy your whole museum into a whole new building and every painting keeps its own name tag" 💖

👑 COMMANDS 👑

  • help <command> — spits out help for one of the commands listed below, bestie. so helpful 💅
  • compare — what is missing from the slave glance? 👀 detective mode fr fr
  • dump — dump the contents of a glance instance to local disk. getting it all out and onto your disk 🍓
  • livecopy — load the contents of one glance instance into another. a whole glow-up transfer, live 🔥
  • load — load the contents of a local directory into glance. reverse dump, iconic behavior ✨
  • size — determine the size of a glance instance if dumped to disk. math o'clock 📏

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -h, --help — show this help message and exit 🌸
  • -c CHUNKSIZE, --chunksize=CHUNKSIZE — amount of data to transfer per HTTP write. chunk it up bestie 🎀
  • -d, --debug — print debugging information. turn the brain noise on 🧚
  • -D DONTREPLICATE, --dontreplicate=DONTREPLICATE — list of fields to not replicate. the "leave these at home" list 🚫
  • -m, --metaonly — only replicate metadata, not images. just the info, not the pixels 💀
  • -l LOGFILE, --logfile=LOGFILE — path of file to log to 📝
  • -s, --syslog — log to syslog instead of a file. same drama, different destination ✨
  • -t TOKEN, --token=TOKEN — pass in your authentication token if you have one. If you use this option the same token is used for both the master and the slave. one token for both, efficiency queen 👑
  • -M MASTERTOKEN, --mastertoken=MASTERTOKEN — pass in your authentication token if you have one. This is the token used for the master. 🫶
  • -S SLAVETOKEN, --slavetoken=SLAVETOKEN — pass in your authentication token if you have one. This is the token used for the slave. 💖
  • -v, --verbose — print more verbose output. talk to me more, i want the tea ☕

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

💀 BUGS 💀

not bugs as in "ew a bug" — bugs as in "here's where to go snitch" 😭 report them, bestie, it's a public service 🔥

🧚 Author 🧚

OpenStack

2010-present, OpenStack Foundation.

okay that's the whole thing, you're so welcome 🫶 and for the lil sign-off: this page is from version 33.0.0, dated Sep 30, 2026 — slay, go replicate something, ily, bye 💜✨

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