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Overview
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Each OpenStack project provides a command-line client, which enables
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you to access the project API through easy-to-use commands. For
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example, the Compute service provides a nova command-line client.
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You can run the commands from the command line, or include the
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commands within scripts to automate tasks. If you provide OpenStack
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credentials, such as your user name and password, you can run these
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commands on any computer.
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Internally, each command uses cURL command-line tools, which embed API
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requests. OpenStack APIs are RESTful APIs, and use the HTTP
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protocol. They include methods, URIs, media types, and response codes.
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OpenStack APIs are open-source Python clients, and can run on Linux or
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Mac OS X systems. On some client commands, you can specify a debug
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parameter to show the underlying API request for the command. This is
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a good way to become familiar with the OpenStack API calls.
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As a cloud end user, you can use the OpenStack dashboard to provision
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your own resources within the limits set by administrators. You can
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modify the examples provided in this section to create other types and
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sizes of server instances.
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The following table lists the command-line client for each OpenStack
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service with its package name and description.
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+----------------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------+
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|Service |Client |Package |Description |
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|Block Storage |cinder |python-cinderclient |Create and manage |
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| | | |volumes. |
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+----------------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------+
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|Compute |nova |python-novaclient |Create and manage |
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| | | |images, instances, and |
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| | | |flavors. |
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+----------------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------+
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|Database service|trove |python-troveclient |Create and manage |
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| | | |databases. |
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+----------------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------+
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|Identity |keystone |python-keystoneclient |Create and manage |
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| | | |users, tenants, roles, |
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| | | |endpoints, and |
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| | | |credentials. |
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+----------------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------+
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|Image service |glance |python-glanceclient |Create and manage |
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| | | |images. |
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+----------------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------+
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|Networking |neutron |python-neutronclient |Configure networks for |
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| | | |guest servers. |
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+----------------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------+
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|Object Storage |swift |python-swiftclient |Gather statistics, list |
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| | | |items, update metadata, |
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| | | |and upload, download, |
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| | | |and delete files stored |
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| | | |by the Object Storage |
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| | | |service. Gain access to |
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| | | |an Object Storage |
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| | | |installation for ad hoc |
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| | | |processing. |
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|Orchestration |heat |python-heatclient |Launch stacks from |
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| | | |templates, view details |
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| | | |of running stacks |
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| | | |including events and |
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| | | |resources, and update |
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| | | |and delete stacks. |
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|Telemetry |ceilometer|python-ceilometerclient|Create and collect |
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| | | |measurements across |
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|Data processing |sahara |python-saharaclient |Create and manage |
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| | | |Hadoop clusters on |
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|Common client |openstack |python-openstackclient |Common client for the |
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| | | |OpenStack project. |
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