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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="section_instance-mgmt">
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<title>Instance management tools</title>
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<para>OpenStack provides command-line, web interface, and API-based
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instance management tools. Third-party management tools are also
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available, using either the native API or the provided EC2-compatible
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API.</para>
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<para>The OpenStack <application>python-novaclient</application> package
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provides a basic command-line utility, which uses the
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<command>nova</command> command. This is available as a native package
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for most Linux distributions, or you can install the latest version
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using the <application>pip</application> python package installer:</para>
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<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>pip install python-novaclient</userinput></screen>
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<para>For more information about <application>python-novaclient</application>
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and other command-line tools, see the <link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/index.html">
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<citetitle>OpenStack End User Guide</citetitle></link>.</para>
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</section>
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