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openrc User authentication settings

openrc configures login credentials suitable for use with the OpenStack command-line tools. openrc sources stackrc at the beginning (which in turn sources the localrc setion of local.conf) in order to pick up HOST_IP and/or SERVICE_HOST to use in the endpoints. The values shown below are the default values.

OS_TENANT_NAME
The introduction of Keystone to the OpenStack ecosystem has standardized the term tenant as the entity that owns resources. In some places references still exist to the original Nova term project for this use. Also, tenant_name is preferred to tenant_id. 
OS_TENANT_NAME=demo
OS_USERNAME
In addition to the owning entity (tenant), Nova stores the entity performing the action as the user. 
OS_USERNAME=demo
OS_PASSWORD
With Keystone you pass the keystone password instead of an api key. Recent versions of novaclient use OS_PASSWORD instead of NOVA_API_KEYs or NOVA_PASSWORD. 
OS_PASSWORD=secrete
HOST_IP, SERVICE_HOST
Set API endpoint host using HOST_IP. SERVICE_HOST may also be used to specify the endpoint, which is convenient for some localrc configurations. Typically, HOST_IP is set in the localrc section. 
HOST_IP=127.0.0.1
SERVICE_HOST=$HOST_IP
OS_AUTH_URL
Authenticating against an OpenStack cloud using Keystone returns a Token and Service Catalog. The catalog contains the endpoints for all services the user/tenant has access to - including Nova, Glance, Keystone and Swift. 
OS_AUTH_URL=http://$SERVICE_HOST:5000/v2.0
GLANCE_HOST
Some exercises call Glance directly. On a single-node installation, Glance should be listening on HOST_IP. If its running elsewhere it can be set here. 
GLANCE_HOST=$HOST_IP
KEYSTONECLIENT_DEBUG, NOVACLIENT_DEBUG
Set command-line client log level to DEBUG. These are commented out by default. 
# export KEYSTONECLIENT_DEBUG=1
# export NOVACLIENT_DEBUG=1

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