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Set environment variables using the OpenStack RC file
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To set the required environment variables for the OpenStack command-line
clients, you must create an environment file called an OpenStack rc
file, or ``openrc.sh`` file. If your OpenStack installation provides
it, you can download the file from the OpenStack Dashboard as an
administrative user or any other user. This project-specific environment
file contains the credentials that all OpenStack services use.
When you source the file, environment variables are set for your current
shell. The variables enable the OpenStack client commands to communicate
with the OpenStack services that run in the cloud.
.. note::
Defining environment variables using an environment file is not a
common practice on Microsoft Windows. Environment variables are
usually defined in the :menuselection:`Advanced > System Properties`
dialog box. One method for using these scripts as-is on Windows is
to install `Git for Windows`_ and using Git Bash to source the environment
variables and to run all CLI commands.
.. _Git for Windows: https://git-for-windows.github.io/
Download and source the OpenStack RC file
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#. Log in to the dashboard and from the drop-down list select the project
for which you want to download the OpenStack RC file.
#. On the :guilabel:`Project` tab, open the :guilabel:`Compute` tab and
click :guilabel:`Access & Security`.
#. On the :guilabel:`API Access` tab, click :guilabel:`Download OpenStack
RC File` and save the file. The filename will be of the form
``PROJECT-openrc.sh`` where ``PROJECT`` is the name of the project for
which you downloaded the file.
#. Copy the ``PROJECT-openrc.sh`` file to the computer from which you
want to run OpenStack commands.
For example, copy the file to the computer from which you want to upload
an image with a ``glance`` client command.
#. On any shell from which you want to run OpenStack commands, source the
``PROJECT-openrc.sh`` file for the respective project.
In the following example, the ``demo-openrc.sh`` file is sourced for
the demo project:
.. code-block:: console
$ . demo-openrc.sh
#. When you are prompted for an OpenStack password, enter the password for
the user who downloaded the ``PROJECT-openrc.sh`` file.
Create and source the OpenStack RC file
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alternatively, you can create the ``PROJECT-openrc.sh`` file from
scratch, if you cannot download the file from the dashboard.
#. In a text editor, create a file named ``PROJECT-openrc.sh`` and add
the following authentication information:
.. code-block:: shell
export OS_USERNAME=username
export OS_PASSWORD=password
export OS_TENANT_NAME=projectName
export OS_AUTH_URL=https://identityHost:portNumber/v2.0
# The following lines can be omitted
export OS_TENANT_ID=tenantIDString
export OS_REGION_NAME=regionName
export OS_CACERT=/path/to/cacertFile
.. warning::
Saving ``OS_PASSWORD`` in plain text may bring a security risk.
You should protect the file or not save ``OS_PASSWORD`` into
the file in the production environment.
#. On any shell from which you want to run OpenStack commands, source the
``PROJECT-openrc.sh`` file for the respective project. In this
example, you source the ``admin-openrc.sh`` file for the admin
project:
.. code-block:: console
$ . admin-openrc.sh
.. note::
You are not prompted for the password with this method. The password
lives in clear text format in the ``PROJECT-openrc.sh`` file.
Restrict the permissions on this file to avoid security problems.
You can also remove the ``OS_PASSWORD`` variable from the file, and
use the ``--password`` parameter with OpenStack client commands
instead.
.. note::
You must set the ``OS_CACERT`` environment variable when using the
https protocol in the ``OS_AUTH_URL`` environment setting because
the verification process for the TLS (HTTPS) server certificate uses
the one indicated in the environment. This certificate will be used
when verifying the TLS (HTTPS) server certificate.
Override environment variable values
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When you run OpenStack client commands, you can override some
environment variable settings by using the options that are listed at
the end of the ``help`` output of the various client commands. For
example, you can override the ``OS_PASSWORD`` setting in the
``PROJECT-openrc.sh`` file by specifying a password on a
:command:`openstack` command, as follows:
.. code-block:: console
$ openstack --os-password PASSWORD server list
Where ``PASSWORD`` is your password.
A user specifies their username and password credentials to interact
with OpenStack, using any client command. These credentials can be
specified using various mechanisms, namely, the environment variable
or command-line argument. It is not safe to specify the password using
either of these methods.
For example, when you specify your password using the command-line
client with the ``--os-password`` argument, anyone with access to your
computer can view it in plain text with the ``ps`` field.
To avoid storing the password in plain text, you can prompt for the
OpenStack password interactively.