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1) --version in README should be --os-volume-api-version

2) CINDER_URL should be OS_AUTH_URL

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Python bindings to the OpenStack Cinder API
===========================================
This is a client for the OpenStack Cinder API. There's a Python API (the
``cinderclient`` module), and a command-line script (``cinder``). Each
implements 100% of the OpenStack Cinder API.
See the `OpenStack CLI guide`_ for information on how to use the ``cinder``
command-line tool. You may also want to look at the
`OpenStack API documentation`_.
.. _OpenStack CLI Guide: http://docs.openstack.org/cli/quick-start/content/
.. _OpenStack API documentation: http://docs.openstack.org/api/
The project is hosted on `Launchpad`_, where bugs can be filed. The code is
hosted on `Github`_. Patches must be submitted using `Gerrit`_, *not* Github
pull requests.
.. _Github: https://github.com/openstack/python-cinderclient
.. _Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/python-cinderclient
.. _Gerrit: http://wiki.openstack.org/GerritWorkflow
This code a fork of `Jacobian's python-cloudservers`__ If you need API support
for the Rackspace API solely or the BSD license, you should use that repository.
python-cinderclient is licensed under the Apache License like the rest of OpenStack.
__ http://github.com/jacobian/python-cloudservers
.. contents:: Contents:
:local:
Command-line API
----------------
Installing this package gets you a shell command, ``cinder``, that you
can use to interact with any Rackspace compatible API (including OpenStack).
You'll need to provide your OpenStack username and password. You can do this
with the ``--os-username``, ``--os-password`` and ``--os-tenant-name``
params, but it's easier to just set them as environment variables::
export OS_USERNAME=openstack
export OS_PASSWORD=yadayada
export OS_TENANT_NAME=myproject
You will also need to define the authentication url with ``--os-auth-url``
and the version of the API with ``--os-volume-api-version``. Or set them as
environment variables as well::
export OS_AUTH_URL=http://example.com:8774/v1.1/
export OS_VOLUME_API_VERSION=1
If you are using Keystone, you need to set the OS_AUTH_URL to the keystone
endpoint::
export OS_AUTH_URL=http://example.com:5000/v2.0/
Since Keystone can return multiple regions in the Service Catalog, you
can specify the one you want with ``--os-region-name`` (or
``export OS_REGION_NAME``). It defaults to the first in the list returned.
You'll find complete documentation on the shell by running
``cinder help``::
usage: cinder [--debug] [--os-username <auth-user-name>]
[--os-password <auth-password>]
[--os-tenant-name <auth-tenant-name>] [--os-auth-url <auth-url>]
[--os-region-name <region-name>] [--service-type <service-type>]
[--service-name <service-name>]
[--volume-service-name <volume-service-name>]
[--endpoint-type <endpoint-type>]
[--os-volume-api-version <compute-api-ver>]
[--os-cacert <ca-certificate>] [--retries <retries>]
<subcommand> ...
Command-line interface to the OpenStack Cinder API.
Positional arguments:
<subcommand>
absolute-limits Print a list of absolute limits for a user
create Add a new volume.
credentials Show user credentials returned from auth
delete Remove a volume.
endpoints Discover endpoints that get returned from the
authenticate services
extra-specs-list Print a list of current 'volume types and extra specs'
(Admin Only).
list List all the volumes.
quota-class-show List the quotas for a quota class.
quota-class-update Update the quotas for a quota class.
quota-defaults List the default quotas for a tenant.
quota-show List the quotas for a tenant.
quota-update Update the quotas for a tenant.
rate-limits Print a list of rate limits for a user
rename Rename a volume.
show Show details about a volume.
snapshot-create Add a new snapshot.
snapshot-delete Remove a snapshot.
snapshot-list List all the snapshots.
snapshot-rename Rename a snapshot.
snapshot-show Show details about a snapshot.
type-create Create a new volume type.
type-delete Delete a specific volume type
type-key Set or unset extra_spec for a volume type.
type-list Print a list of available 'volume types'.
bash-completion Prints all of the commands and options to stdout so
that the
help Display help about this program or one of its
subcommands.
list-extensions List all the os-api extensions that are available.
Optional arguments:
--debug Print debugging output
--os-username <auth-user-name>
Defaults to env[OS_USERNAME].
--os-password <auth-password>
Defaults to env[OS_PASSWORD].
--os-tenant-name <auth-tenant-name>
Defaults to env[OS_TENANT_NAME].
--os-auth-url <auth-url>
Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_URL].
--os-region-name <region-name>
Defaults to env[OS_REGION_NAME].
--service-type <service-type>
Defaults to compute for most actions
--service-name <service-name>
Defaults to env[CINDER_SERVICE_NAME]
--volume-service-name <volume-service-name>
Defaults to env[CINDER_VOLUME_SERVICE_NAME]
--endpoint-type <endpoint-type>
Defaults to env[CINDER_ENDPOINT_TYPE] or publicURL.
--os-volume-api-version <compute-api-ver>
Accepts 1,defaults to env[OS_VOLUME_API_VERSION].
--os-cacert <ca-certificate>
Specify a CA bundle file to use in verifying a TLS
(https) server certificate. Defaults to env[OS_CACERT]
--retries <retries> Number of retries.
Python API
----------
There's also a complete Python API, but it has not yet been documented.
Quick-start using keystone::
# use v2.0 auth with http://example.com:5000/v2.0/")
>>> from cinderclient.v1 import client
>>> nt = client.Client(USER, PASS, TENANT, AUTH_URL, service_type="volume")
>>> nt.volumes.list()
[...]
See release notes and more at `<http://docs.openstack.org/developer/python-cinderclient/>`_.
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