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- Changed link from Rackspace API docs to OpenStack API docs
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@ -9,16 +9,20 @@ implements 100% of the OpenStack Nova API.
__ http://packages.python.org/python-novaclient/
You'll also probably want to read `Rackspace's API guide`__ (PDF) -- the first
bit, at least -- to get an idea of the concepts. Rackspace is doing the cloud
hosting thing a bit differently from Amazon, and if you get the concepts this
library should make more sense.
You'll also probably want to read `OpenStack Compute Developer Guide API`__ --
the first bit, at least -- to get an idea of the concepts. Rackspace is doing
the cloud hosting thing a bit differently from Amazon, and if you get the
concepts this library should make more sense.
__ http://docs.rackspacecloud.com/servers/api/cs-devguide-latest.pdf
__ http://docs.openstack.org/api/
Development takes place on GitHub__. Bug reports and patches may be filed there.
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.
__ https://github.com/rackspace/python-client
.. _Github: https://github.com/openstack/python-novaclient
.. _Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/python-novaclient
.. _Gerrit: http://wiki.openstack.org/GerritWorkflow
This code a fork of `Jacobian's python-cloudservers`__ If you need API support
for the Rackspace API soley or the BSD license, you should use that repository.
@ -36,8 +40,8 @@ Installing this package gets you a shell command, ``nova``, that you
can use to interact with any Rackspace compatible API (including OpenStack).
You'll need to provide your OpenStack username and API key. You can do this
with the ``--username``, ``--password`` and ``--projectid`` params, but it's easier to just
set them as environment variables::
with the ``--username``, ``--password`` and ``--projectid`` params, but it's
easier to just set them as environment variables::
export NOVA_USERNAME=openstack
export NOVA_PASSWORD=yadayada