using <uuid>${uuid}</uuid> and instance['uuid'] as the value is working fine. i'll commit a patch.
stack@devstack001:~$ nova list
+--------------------------------------+------------+--------+------------------+
| ID | Name | Status | Networks |
+--------------------------------------+------------+--------+------------------+
| b8f85947-2edf-4c4e-9051-393f680d4a61 | testing007 | ACTIVE | private=10.0.0.8 |
+--------------------------------------+------------+--------+------------------+
using <uuid>$ {uuid}< /uuid> and instance['uuid'] as the value is working fine. i'll commit a patch.
stack@devstack0 01:~$ nova list ------- ------- ------- ------- ----+-- ------- ---+--- -----+- ------- ------- ---+ ------- ------- ------- ------- ----+-- ------- ---+--- -----+- ------- ------- ---+ 2edf-4c4e- 9051-393f680d4a 61 | testing007 | ACTIVE | private=10.0.0.8 | ------- ------- ------- ------- ----+-- ------- ---+--- -----+- ------- ------- ---+
+------
| ID | Name | Status | Networks |
+------
| b8f85947-
+------
stack@devstack0 01:~$ ps ax | grep b8f85947- 2edf-4c4e- 9051-393f680d4a 61 qemu-system- x86_64 [...] -name instance-00000007 -uuid b8f85947- 2edf-4c4e- 9051-393f680d4a 61 -nodefconfig [...]
3013 ? S 0:13 /usr/bin/