Adding a model
A Juju controller can host multiple models to accommodate
different workloads or use cases. When a controller is created, it creates
an initial model called 'default', but more models can be added to the
controller using the juju add-model command:
juju add-model [options] <model name>
Model names can be the same when hosted on different controllers, but they must be unique when hosted on a single controller. For example, two users could both have a model called 'secret', but each user could only host one model names 'secret' on a single controller.
Model names may only contain lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, and may not start with a hyphen.
See juju help add-model for details on this command or see the
command reference page.
Examples
Add a model named 'lxd-trusty-staging' for the current (LXD) controller:
juju add-model lxd-trusty-staging
It is possible to add a model for a controller different to the current one, by specifying the controller to use. To add a model named 'gce-test' for the non-current 'gce' controller:
juju add-model gce-test --controller gce
Add a model named 'rackspace-prod' for the current (Rackspace) controller, specifying an existing credential ('mysecret'):
juju add-model rackspace-prod --credential mysecret
By default, Juju will automatically select the newly created model.
Subsequent commands (unless using the -m switch to
choose a specific model) will operate on this model. This can be confirmed
by running the juju switch command with no arguments. So, for example,
after the above command, running:
juju switch
...will return output like this:
rackspace:admin/rackspace-prod
In some cases (e.g. when scripting), this behaviour may be undesirable. In
this case, you can add --no-switch to the command to keep the current model
selected:
juju add-model rackspace-dev --no-switch juju switch
...will still return:
rackspace:admin/rackspace-prod