Using OpenStackClient¶

Getting Started¶

• Try some commands

• Read the source on OpenStack’s Git server

• Install OpenStackClient from PyPi or a tarball

Release Notes¶

Contributor Documentation¶

Project Goals¶

• Use the OpenStack Python API libraries, extending or replacing them as required

• Use a consistent naming and structure for commands and arguments

• Provide consistent output formats with optional machine parseable formats

• Use a single-binary approach that also contains an embedded shell that can execute multiple commands on a single authentication (see libvirt’s virsh for an example)

• Independence from the OpenStack project names; only API names are referenced (to the extent possible)