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+NETWORK=$1
+SEC_GRP=$2
+VM=$3
+IMAGE=$4
+FLAVOR=$5
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]
+ then
+ echo "Usage: novaboot.sh {network} {security-group-name} {vm#} {image}.
+ ie. novaboot.sh net1 client_sg 3 lubuntu|cirros-0.3.2-x86_64-uec"
+ exit
+fi
+
+: ${VM:=1}
+: ${IMAGE:=cirros-0.3.4-x86_64-uec}
+
+
+IMAGE_ID=`nova image-list | egrep $IMAGE | awk '{print $2}'`
+set -- $IMAGE_ID
+IMAGE_ID=$1
+PORT_ID=`neutron port-create $NETWORK --security-group $SEC_GRP | egrep "\sid\s" | awk '{print $4}'`
+#echo "image ",$IMAGE_ID
+#echo "flavor ", $FLAVOR
+#echo "port ",$PORT_ID
+#echo "name ", $SECGRP, $VM
+nova boot --image $IMAGE_ID --flavor $FLAVOR --nic port-id=$PORT_ID "$NETWORK-$SEC_GRP-$VM"
+