python-novaclient/doc/source/api.rst
meretiko 54ed91583f The novaclient Python API doc keystoneauth example fixed
The novaclient Python API document's keystoneauth session
example is not working.

AttributeError: 'Password' object has no attribute 'Password'
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The :mod:`novaclient` Python API
================================
.. module:: novaclient
:synopsis: A client for the OpenStack Nova API.
.. currentmodule:: novaclient
Usage
-----
First create a client instance with your credentials::
>>> from novaclient import client
>>> nova = client.Client(VERSION, USERNAME, PASSWORD, PROJECT_ID, AUTH_URL)
Here ``VERSION`` can be a string or ``novaclient.api_versions.APIVersion`` obj.
If you prefer string value, you can use ``1.1`` (deprecated now), ``2`` or
``2.X`` (where X is a microversion).
Alternatively, you can create a client instance using the keystoneauth
session API::
>>> from keystoneauth1 import loading
>>> from keystoneauth1 import session
>>> from novaclient import client
>>> loader = loading.get_plugin_loader('password')
>>> auth = loader.load_from_options(auth_url=AUTH_URL,
... username=USERNAME,
... password=PASSWORD,
... project_id=PROJECT_ID)
>>> sess = session.Session(auth=auth)
>>> nova = client.Client(VERSION, session=sess)
If you have PROJECT_NAME instead of a PROJECT_ID, use the project_name
parameter. Similarly, if your cloud uses keystone v3 and you have a DOMAIN_NAME
or DOMAIN_ID, provide it as `user_domain_(name|id)` and if you are using a
PROJECT_NAME also provide the domain information as `project_domain_(name|id)`.
For more information on this keystoneauth API, see `Using Sessions`_.
.. _Using Sessions: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/keystoneauth/using-sessions.html
It is also possible to use an instance as a context manager in which case
there will be a session kept alive for the duration of the with statement::
>>> from novaclient import client
>>> with client.Client(VERSION, USERNAME, PASSWORD,
... PROJECT_ID, AUTH_URL) as nova:
... nova.servers.list()
... nova.flavors.list()
...
It is also possible to have a permanent (process-long) connection pool,
by passing a connection_pool=True::
>>> from novaclient import client
>>> nova = client.Client(VERSION, USERNAME, PASSWORD, PROJECT_ID,
... AUTH_URL, connection_pool=True)
Then call methods on its managers::
>>> nova.servers.list()
[<Server: buildslave-ubuntu-9.10>]
>>> nova.flavors.list()
[<Flavor: 256 server>,
<Flavor: 512 server>,
<Flavor: 1GB server>,
<Flavor: 2GB server>,
<Flavor: 4GB server>,
<Flavor: 8GB server>,
<Flavor: 15.5GB server>]
>>> fl = nova.flavors.find(ram=512)
>>> nova.servers.create("my-server", flavor=fl)
<Server: my-server>
.. warning:: Direct initialization of ``novaclient.v2.client.Client`` object
can cause you to "shoot yourself in the foot". See launchpad bug-report
`1493576`_ for more details.
.. _1493576: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1493576
Reference
---------
For more information, see the reference:
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
ref/index
ref/v2/index