Using OpenStack Command-line Interface

This tutorial is based on Ubuntu 20.04. At the end of the tutorial, you will have a machine that can control your cloud project using OpenStack CLI.

Install client

1. Install python, pip and openstackclient

sudo apt install python-dev python3-pip python3-openstackclient

Log-in with Openstack CLI

2. in Project → API Access

3. Press DOWNLOAD OPENSTACK RC FILE drop-down

4. Press Openstack RC FILE to download the rc file.

5. Run

source <path-to-openstack-rc-file>

Verify connection

6. Run openstack server list and check if you can see the instances

$ openstack server list
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------+----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| ID                                   | Name                     | Status | Networks                               | Image                                                   | Flavor       |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------+----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| 6b2bedc4-9d8e-4bf3-be63-1dd49bc2e188 | test-resize-rebuild      | ACTIVE | Internal=172.16.102.207                | ubuntu-focal-20.04-gui                                  | c3.small     |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------+----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+--------------+