Affinity: ensures instances are in the same compute node
Anti-Affinity: ensures that the instances are not in the same compute node.
nova server-group-list
+----+------+----------+---------+----------+ | Id | Name | Policies | Members | Metadata | +----+------+----------+---------+----------+ +----+------+----------+---------++---------+
nova server-group-create far-apart anti-affinity ## ‘far-apart’ is just an arbitrary name I used
+--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------------+---------+----------+
| Id                                   | Name      | Policies           | Members | Metadata |
+--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------------+---------+----------+
| 9c7cfb99-8c00-4e4c-a0af-83e076ecaca4 | far-apart | [u'anti-affinity'] | []      | {}       |
+--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------------+---------++---------+
nova server-group-list
+--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------------+---------+----------+
| Id                                   | Name      | Policies           | Members | Metadata |
+--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------------+---------+----------+
| 9c7cfb99-8c00-4e4c-a0af-83e076ecaca4 | far-apart | [u'anti-affinity'] | []      | {}       |
+--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------------+---------++---------+
nova image-list
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------+--------+ | ID | Name | Status | Server | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------+--------+ | a9b90fb0-3aac-497a-8406-232673d28138 | CentOS 6 | ACTIVE | | | bfc2b4b9-fbe6-47ee-81a3-669d9b467423 | CentOS 7 | ACTIVE | | | 2e9cc0e4-ceb6-4835-ba7f-0cef2d258743 | Debian 7 | ACTIVE | | | eec68595-6c2b-42b5-a8d6-23c4a726ff53 | Ubuntu 12.04 | ACTIVE | | | 5abd9119-c915-4b82-b12e-acfb3b34510f | Ubuntu 14.04 | ACTIVE | | | 7955bc8f-d672-4828-98a4-1418c9f49d92 | CoreOS | ACTIVE | | | c4ddfa41-bdc2-4071-9193-36b4b5d2f354 | CoreOS - Stable 522.4.0 | ACTIVE | | | 890af720-81d1-4f5d-a1ca-8ca06a75d403 | CoreOS 766.4.0 | ACTIVE | | | b5dbdbc0-fb90-4751-bed2-e15c20d20dfd | Debian 8 | ACTIVE | | | dfa76e89-6dff-4e42-b976-d3ad6f86116e | Fedora 23 Atomic Cloud | ACTIVE | | | 65d55d62-0385-42aa-9057-f0838d9bb9b8 | Fedora 23 Base | ACTIVE | | | b969e51f-7079-4e83-bfed-c1c40d87bda4 | Fedora 23 Base | ACTIVE | | | 2272fa77-0935-44b7-ab51-cbf5b482e3eb | FreeBSD-10.1 | ACTIVE | | | 31352442-1241-4614-b2c5-7244e9fc68cc | OpenSUSE 13.2 | ACTIVE | | | 5a8d5b0b-8e12-467e-8f48-6e0d537c88a8 | apple | ACTIVE | | | e14fb7fd-d841-479f-8ab0-a77e4e7a7d78 | apple1 | ACTIVE | | | 5a78c4b9-f373-484e-b840-2b29441d4d0c | cirros-0.3.3 | ACTIVE | | | 87642a6c-0340-4ff4-89d5-ed378b07bd21 | pfSense 2.2 | ACTIVE | | | a076ba7e-934b-453b-a37c-e12affe1f9ac | pfSense 2.2 | ACTIVE | | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------+--------+
nova flavor-list
+-----+------------+-----------+------+-----------+------+-------+-------------+-----------+ | ID | Name | Memory_MB | Disk | Ephemeral | Swap | VCPUs | RXTX_Factor | Is_Public | +-----+------------+-----------+------+-----------+------+-------+-------------+-----------+ | 111 | Standard 1 | 1024 | 16 | 0 | | 1 | 1.0 | True | | 112 | Standard 2 | 2048 | 32 | 0 | | 2 | 1.0 | True | | 113 | Standard 3 | 4096 | 64 | 0 | | 3 | 1.0 | True | | 114 | Standard 4 | 8192 | 128 | 0 | | 4 | 1.0 | True | | 115 | Standard 5 | 16384 | 128 | 0 | | 5 | 1.0 | True | | 116 | Standard 6 | 32768 | 128 | 0 | | 6 | 1.0 | True | | 117 | Standard 7 | 65536 | 128 | 0 | | 8 | 1.0 | True | | 211 | Small HD 3 | 4096 | 32 | 0 | | 3 | 1.0 | True | | 212 | Small HD 4 | 8192 | 32 | 0 | | 4 | 1.0 | True | | 213 | Small HD 5 | 16384 | 32 | 0 | | 5 | 1.0 | True | | 214 | Small HD 6 | 32768 | 32 | 0 | | 6 | 1.0 | True | | 215 | Small HD 7 | 65536 | 32 | 0 | | 8 | 1.0 | True | +-----+------------+-----------+------+-----------+------+-------+-------------+-----------+
nova network-list
+--------------------------------------+------------+------+ | ID | Label | Cidr | +--------------------------------------+------------+------+ | 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 | net-public | - | | 2bc06339-90df-4558-9768-c41170474021 | cyberNet | - | +--------------------------------------+------------+------+
nova boot –image “cirros-0.3.3” –flavor “Standard 1” –nic net-id=2bc06339-90df-4558-9768-c41170474021 test01
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Property                             | Value                                               |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig                    | MANUAL                                              |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone          | NL2                                                 |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state               | 0                                                   |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state                | scheduling                                          |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state                  | building                                            |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at               | -                                                   |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at             | -                                                   |
| accessIPv4                           |                                                     |
| accessIPv6                           |                                                     |
| adminPass                            | BASwxWREvrg7                                        |
| config_drive                         |                                                     |
| created                              | 2015-12-16T13:58:27Z                                |
| flavor                               | Standard 1 (111)                                    |
| hostId                               |                                                     |
| id                                   | d5c99895-5adb-4d67-b7ab-4d17afd9454f                |
| image                                | cirros-0.3.3 (5a78c4b9-f373-484e-b840-2b29441d4d0c) |
| key_name                             | -                                                   |
| metadata                             | {}                                                  |
| name                                 | test01                                              |
| os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | []                                                  |
| progress                             | 0                                                   |
| security_groups                      | default                                             |
| status                               | BUILD                                               |
| tenant_id                            | d255d10b134146aba4dc21e1283a8992                    |
| updated                              | 2015-12-16T13:58:27Z                                |
| user_id                              | a7add9f9e662400291200a15c7f2ec5d                    |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
nova show d5c99895-5adb-4d67-b7ab-4d17afd9454f
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Property                             | Value                                                    |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig                    | MANUAL                                                   |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone          | NL2                                                      |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state               | 1                                                        |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state                | -                                                        |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state                  | active                                                   |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at               | 2015-12-16T13:59:03.000000                               |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at             | -                                                        |
| accessIPv4                           |                                                          |
| accessIPv6                           |                                                          |
| config_drive                         |                                                          |
| created                              | 2015-12-16T13:58:27Z                                     |
| cyberNet network                     | 10.11.12.8                                               |
| flavor                               | Standard 1 (111)                                         |
| hostId                               | 097d84fc7ade671a7b1e012a6be05669b486620549c1aa3737dfa0f1 |  
| id                                   | d5c99895-5adb-4d67-b7ab-4d17afd9454f                     |
| image                                | cirros-0.3.3 (5a78c4b9-f373-484e-b840-2b29441d4d0c)      |
| key_name                             | -                                                        |
| metadata                             | {}                                                       |
| name                                 | test01                                                   |
| os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | []                                                       |
| progress                             | 0                                                        |
| security_groups                      | default                                                  |
| status                               | ACTIVE                                                   |
| tenant_id                            | d255d10b134146aba4dc21e1283a8992                         |
| updated                              | 2015-12-16T13:59:03Z                                     |
| user_id                              | a7add9f9e662400291200a15c7f2ec5d                         |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
note down the host id#
nova boot –image “cirros-0.3.3” –flavor “Standard 1” –nic net-id=2bc06339-90df-4558-9768-c41170474021 test02
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Property                             | Value                                               |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig                    | MANUAL                                              |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone          | NL2                                                 |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state               | 0                                                   |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state                | scheduling                                          |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state                  | building                                            |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at               | -                                                   |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at             | -                                                   |
| accessIPv4                           |                                                     |
| accessIPv6                           |                                                     |
| adminPass                            | ag5SqpQooMAM                                        |
| config_drive                         |                                                     |
| created                              | 2015-12-16T13:59:33Z                                |
| flavor                               | Standard 1 (111)                                    |
| hostId                               |                                                     |
| id                                   | bdc869cc-2f74-4c28-903d-a33132fb26bd                |
| image                                | cirros-0.3.3 (5a78c4b9-f373-484e-b840-2b29441d4d0c) |
| key_name                             | -                                                   |
| metadata                             | {}                                                  |
| name                                 | test02                                              |
| os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | []                                                  |
| progress                             | 0                                                   |
| security_groups                      | default                                             |
| status                               | BUILD                                               |
| tenant_id                            | d255d10b134146aba4dc21e1283a8992                    |
| updated                              | 2015-12-16T13:59:33Z                                |
| user_id                              | a7add9f9e662400291200a15c7f2ec5d                    |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
nova show bdc869cc-2f74-4c28-903d-a33132fb26bd
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Property                             | Value                                                    |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig                    | MANUAL                                                   |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone          | NL2                                                      |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state               | 0                                                        |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state                | spawning                                                 |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state                  | building                                                 |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at               | -                                                        |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at             | -                                                        |
| accessIPv4                           |                                                          |
| accessIPv6                           |                                                          |
| config_drive                         |                                                          |
| created                              | 2015-12-16T13:59:33Z                                     |
| flavor                               | Standard 1 (111)                                         |
| hostId                               | 097d84fc7ade671a7b1e012a6be05669b486620549c1aa3737dfa0f1 |
| id                                   | bdc869cc-2f74-4c28-903d-a33132fb26bd                     |
| image                                | cirros-0.3.3 (5a78c4b9-f373-484e-b840-2b29441d4d0c)      |
| key_name                             | -                                                        |
| metadata                             | {}                                                       |
| name                                 | test02                                                   |
| os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | []                                                       |
| progress                             | 0                                                        |
| status                               | BUILD                                                    |
| tenant_id                            | d255d10b134146aba4dc21e1283a8992                         |
| updated                              | 2015-12-16T13:59:34Z                                     |
| user_id                              | a7add9f9e662400291200a15c7f2ec5d                         |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
## same host id as above.
nova boot –image “cirros-0.3.3” –flavor “Standard 1” –nic net-id=2bc06339-90df-4558-9768-c41170474021 –hint group=9c7cfb99-8c00-4e4c-a0af-83e076ecaca4 test03
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Property                             | Value                                               |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig                    | MANUAL                                              |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone          | NL2                                                 |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state               | 0                                                   |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state                | scheduling                                          |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state                  | building                                            |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at               | -                                                   |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at             | -                                                   |
| accessIPv4                           |                                                     |
| accessIPv6                           |                                                     |
| adminPass                            | kNAkq5gtpYiF                                        |
| config_drive                         |                                                     |
| created                              | 2015-12-16T14:00:39Z                                |
| flavor                               | Standard 1 (111)                                    |
| hostId                               |                                                     |
| id                                   | efc1e9db-5153-461d-ae4d-937f3001cc25                |
| image                                | cirros-0.3.3 (5a78c4b9-f373-484e-b840-2b29441d4d0c) |
| key_name                             | -                                                   |
| metadata                             | {}                                                  |
| name                                 | test03                                              |
| os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | []                                                  |
| progress                             | 0                                                   |
| security_groups                      | default                                             |
| status                               | BUILD                                               |
| tenant_id                            | d255d10b134146aba4dc21e1283a8992                    |
| updated                              | 2015-12-16T14:00:39Z                                |
| user_id                              | a7add9f9e662400291200a15c7f2ec5d                    |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
nova show efc1e9db-5153-461d-ae4d-937f3001cc25
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Property                             | Value                                                    |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig                    | MANUAL                                                   |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone          | NL2                                                      |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state               | 1                                                        |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state                | -                                                        |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state                  | active                                                   |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at               | 2015-12-16T14:01:09.000000                               |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at             | -                                                        |
| accessIPv4                           |                                                          |
| accessIPv6                           |                                                          |
| config_drive                         |                                                          |
| created                              | 2015-12-16T14:00:39Z                                     |
| cyberNet network                     | 10.11.12.10                                              |
| flavor                               | Standard 1 (111)                                         |
| hostId                               | 8ec5fa45ed66ee9d270009fe92930d6a0a0e901d2204e0c1142dce71 | 
| id                                   | efc1e9db-5153-461d-ae4d-937f3001cc25                     |
| image                                | cirros-0.3.3 (5a78c4b9-f373-484e-b840-2b29441d4d0c)      |
| key_name                             | -                                                        |
| metadata                             | {}                                                       |
| name                                 | test03                                                   |
| os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | []                                                       |
| progress                             | 0                                                        |
| security_groups                      | default                                                  |
| status                               | ACTIVE                                                   |
| tenant_id                            | d255d10b134146aba4dc21e1283a8992                         |
| updated                              | 2015-12-16T14:01:09Z                                     |
| user_id                              | a7add9f9e662400291200a15c7f2ec5d                         |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
its on a different node now .. hostId is different.
nova boot –image “cirros-0.3.3” –flavor “Standard 1” –nic net-id=2bc06339-90df-4558-9768-c41170474021 –hint group=9c7cfb99-8c00-4e4c-a0af-83e076ecaca4 test04
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Property                             | Value                                               |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig                    | MANUAL                                              |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone          | NL2                                                 |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state               | 0                                                   |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state                | scheduling                                          |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state                  | building                                            |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at               | -                                                   |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at             | -                                                   |
| accessIPv4                           |                                                     |
| accessIPv6                           |                                                     |
| adminPass                            | 9w6mmzeAXhjo                                        |
| config_drive                         |                                                     |
| created                              | 2015-12-16T14:00:45Z                                |
| flavor                               | Standard 1 (111)                                    |
| hostId                               |                                                     |
| id                                   | f33eedc4-dc54-4e8d-91bf-3b092ff5d01e                |
| image                                | cirros-0.3.3 (5a78c4b9-f373-484e-b840-2b29441d4d0c) |
| key_name                             | -                                                   |
| metadata                             | {}                                                  |
| name                                 | test04                                              |
| os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | []                                                  |
| progress                             | 0                                                   |
| security_groups                      | default                                             |
| status                               | BUILD                                               |
| tenant_id                            | d255d10b134146aba4dc21e1283a8992                    |
| updated                              | 2015-12-16T14:00:45Z                                |
| user_id                              | a7add9f9e662400291200a15c7f2ec5d                    |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
nova show f33eedc4-dc54-4e8d-91bf-3b092ff5d01e
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Property                             | Value                                                    |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig                    | MANUAL                                                   |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone          | NL2                                                      |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state               | 1                                                        |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state                | -                                                        |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state                  | active                                                   |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at               | 2015-12-16T14:01:22.000000                               |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at             | -                                                        |
| accessIPv4                           |                                                          |
| accessIPv6                           |                                                          |
| config_drive                         |                                                          |
| created                              | 2015-12-16T14:00:45Z                                     |
| cyberNet network                     | 10.11.12.11                                              |
| flavor                               | Standard 1 (111)                                         |
| hostId                               | 09a42bd721cd6cad4c7c251feed65a037320c8fd6d69b18129050254 | 
| id                                   | f33eedc4-dc54-4e8d-91bf-3b092ff5d01e                     |
| image                                | cirros-0.3.3 (5a78c4b9-f373-484e-b840-2b29441d4d0c)      |
| key_name                             | -                                                        |
| metadata                             | {}                                                       |
| name                                 | test04                                                   |
| os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | []                                                       |
| progress                             | 0                                                        |
| security_groups                      | default                                                  |
| status                               | ACTIVE                                                   |
| tenant_id                            | d255d10b134146aba4dc21e1283a8992                         |
| updated                              | 2015-12-16T14:01:22Z                                     |
| user_id                              | a7add9f9e662400291200a15c7f2ec5d                         |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
yet another different host
nova list
+--------------------------------------+--------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------------------------+ | ID | Name | Status | Task State | Power State | Networks | +--------------------------------------+--------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------------------------+ | d5c99895-5adb-4d67-b7ab-4d17afd9454f | test01 | ACTIVE | - | Running | cyberNet=10.11.12.8 | | bdc869cc-2f74-4c28-903d-a33132fb26bd | test02 | ACTIVE | - | Running | cyberNet=10.11.12.9 | | efc1e9db-5153-461d-ae4d-937f3001cc25 | test03 | ACTIVE | - | Running | cyberNet=10.11.12.10 | | f33eedc4-dc54-4e8d-91bf-3b092ff5d01e | test04 | ACTIVE | - | Running | cyberNet=10.11.12.11 | +--------------------------------------+--------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------------------------+
If you get a host-not-found, it means there are no eligible hosts for the new instance, and used up or have some instances of that project.