@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ TOKEN=`curl -s -d  "{\"auth\":{\"passwordCredentials\": {\"username\": \"$NOVA_U

 # List servers for tenant:

 nova list

-# List of flavors:

-nova flavor-list

-

 # Images

 # ------

@@ -82,8 +79,38 @@ nova image-list

 # But we recommend using glance directly

 glance -A $TOKEN index

-# show details of the active servers::

-#

-#     nova show 1234

-#

-nova list | grep ACTIVE | cut -d \| -f2 | xargs -n1 nova show

+# Let's grab the id of the first AMI image to launch

+IMAGE=`glance -A $TOKEN index | egrep ami | cut -d" " -f1`

+

+

+# Flavors

+# -------

+

+# List of flavors:

+nova flavor-list

+

+# and grab the first flavor in the list to launch

+FLAVOR=`nova flavor-list | head -n 4 | tail -n 1 | cut -d"|" -f2`

+

+NAME="firstpost"

+

+nova boot --flavor $FLAVOR --image $IMAGE $NAME

+

+# let's give it 10 seconds to launch

+sleep 10

+

+# check that the status is active

+nova show $NAME | grep status | grep -q ACTIVE

+

+# get the IP of the server

+IP=`nova show $NAME | grep "private network" | cut -d"|" -f3`

+

+# ping it once (timeout of a second)

+ping -c1 -w1 $IP

+

+# shutdown the server

+nova delete $NAME

+

+# FIXME: validate shutdown within 5 seconds 

+# (nova show $NAME returns 1 or status != ACTIVE)?

+