=============== OpenStackClient =============== OpenStackClient (aka OSC) is a command-line client for OpenStack that brings the command set for Compute, Identity, Image, Object Storage and Block Storage APIs together in a single shell with a uniform command structure. User Documentation ------------------ .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 Manual Page command-list commands configuration plugins plugin-commands authentication interactive humaninterfaceguide backwards-incompatible Getting Started --------------- * Try :doc:`some commands ` * Read the source `on OpenStack's Git server`_ * Install OpenStackClient from `PyPi`_ or a `tarball`_ Release Notes ------------- .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 Release Notes history Developer Documentation ----------------------- .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 developing command-beta command-options command-wrappers command-errors specs/commands 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) Contributing ============ OpenStackClient utilizes all of the usual OpenStack processes and requirements for contributions. The code is hosted `on OpenStack's Git server`_. `Bug reports`_ and `blueprints`_ may be submitted to the :code:`python-openstackclient` project on `Launchpad`_. Code may be submitted to the :code:`openstack/python-openstackclient` project using `Gerrit`_. Developers may also be found in the `IRC channel`_ ``#openstack-sdks``. .. _`on OpenStack's Git server`: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/python-openstackclient/tree .. _Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/python-openstackclient .. _Gerrit: http://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#development-workflow .. _Bug reports: https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-openstackclient/+bugs .. _blueprints: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/python-openstackclient .. _PyPi: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-openstackclient .. _tarball: http://tarballs.openstack.org/python-openstackclient .. _IRC channel: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/IRC Indices and Tables ================== * :ref:`genindex` * :ref:`modindex` * :ref:`search`