python-openstackclient/README.rst
Eric Fried d0bfef807d Doc: launchpad => storyboard
A few docs still referred to launchpad, which osc hasn't used in a
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.. Change things from this point on
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OpenStackClient
===============
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:target: https://pypi.org/project/python-openstackclient/
:alt: Latest Version
OpenStackClient (aka OSC) is a command-line client for OpenStack that brings
the command set for Compute, Identity, Image, Network, Object Store and Block
Storage APIs together in a single shell with a uniform command structure.
The primary goal is to provide a unified shell command structure and a common
language to describe operations in OpenStack.
* `PyPi`_ - package installation
* `Online Documentation`_
* `Storyboard project`_ - bugs and feature requests
* `Blueprints`_ - feature specifications (historical only)
* `Source`_
* `Developer`_ - getting started as a developer
* `Contributing`_ - contributing code
* `Testing`_ - testing code
* IRC: #openstack-sdks on Freenode (irc.freenode.net)
* License: Apache 2.0
.. _PyPi: https://pypi.org/project/python-openstackclient
.. _Online Documentation: https://docs.openstack.org/python-openstackclient/latest/
.. _Blueprints: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/python-openstackclient
.. _`Storyboard project`: https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/project/openstack/python-openstackclient
.. _Source: https://opendev.org/openstack/python-openstackclient
.. _Developer: https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/project-setup/python.html
.. _Contributing: https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html
.. _Testing: https://docs.openstack.org/python-openstackclient/latest/contributor/developing.html#testing
.. _Release Notes: https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/python-openstackclient
Getting Started
===============
OpenStack Client can be installed from PyPI using pip::
pip install python-openstackclient
There are a few variants on getting help. A list of global options and supported
commands is shown with ``--help``::
openstack --help
There is also a ``help`` command that can be used to get help text for a specific
command::
openstack help
openstack help server create
If you want to make changes to the OpenStackClient for testing and contribution,
make any changes and then run::
python setup.py develop
or::
pip install -e .
Configuration
=============
The CLI is configured via environment variables and command-line
options as listed in https://docs.openstack.org/python-openstackclient/latest/cli/authentication.html.
Authentication using username/password is most commonly used::
export OS_AUTH_URL=<url-to-openstack-identity>
export OS_IDENTITY_API_VERSION=3
export OS_PROJECT_NAME=<project-name>
export OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME=<project-domain-name>
export OS_USERNAME=<username>
export OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME=<user-domain-name>
export OS_PASSWORD=<password> # (optional)
The corresponding command-line options look very similar::
--os-auth-url <url>
--os-identity-api-version 3
--os-project-name <project-name>
--os-project-domain-name <project-domain-name>
--os-username <username>
--os-user-domain-name <user-domain-name>
[--os-password <password>]
If a password is not provided above (in plaintext), you will be interactively
prompted to provide one securely.