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Overview The openstack stack command group manages infrastructure stacks defined by orchestration templates — create, update, suspend, resume, and delete stacks, inspect resources and events, and retrieve stack outputs.
Prerequisites
CLI installed and authenticated — see CLI Setup
Python heatclient installed: pip install python-heatclient
Stacks Create and Update Create stack from template
Create with parameters
Create from environment file
Update stack
Preview stack changes (dry run)
openstack stack create \ --template stack.yaml \ my-stack
List and Inspect List stacks
Show stack details
Show stack in JSON
openstack stack list openstack stack list --nested
Lifecycle Suspend stack
Resume stack
Abandon stack (keep resources)
Delete stack
openstack stack suspend my-stack
Resources List resources in a stack
Show resource details
List resource types
Show resource type schema
openstack stack resource list my-stack openstack stack resource list --nested-depth 3 my-stack
Events List stack events
List with nested resources
Show event details
openstack stack event list my-stack
Outputs List stack outputs
Show a specific output
Extract output value
openstack stack output list my-stack
Template Validation Validate template
Validate with parameters
openstack orchestration template validate \ --template stack.yaml
Next Steps Template Guide Write and validate orchestration templates
Auto-Scaling Configure auto-scaling groups and alarm triggers
