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Python bindings to the OpenStack Nova API
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This is a client for the OpenStack Nova API. There's a Python API (the
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``novaclient`` module), and a command-line script (``nova``). Each
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implements 100% of the OpenStack Nova API.
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See the `OpenStack CLI guide`_ for information on how to use the ``nova``
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command-line tool. You may also want to look at the
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`OpenStack API documentation`_.
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.. _OpenStack CLI Guide: http://docs.openstack.org/cli/quick-start/content/
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.. _OpenStack API documentation: http://docs.openstack.org/api/
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The project is hosted on `Launchpad`_, where bugs can be filed. The code is
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hosted on `Github`_. Patches must be submitted using `Gerrit`_, *not* Github
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pull requests.
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.. _Github: https://github.com/openstack/python-novaclient
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.. _Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/python-novaclient
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.. _Gerrit: http://wiki.openstack.org/GerritWorkflow
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python-novaclient is licensed under the Apache License like the rest of
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OpenStack.
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.. contents:: Contents:
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:local:
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Command-line API
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Installing this package gets you a shell command, ``nova``, that you
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can use to interact with any OpenStack cloud.
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You'll need to provide your OpenStack username and password. You can do this
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with the ``--os-username``, ``--os-password`` and ``--os-tenant-name``
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params, but it's easier to just set them as environment variables::
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export OS_USERNAME=openstack
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export OS_PASSWORD=yadayada
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export OS_TENANT_NAME=myproject
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You will also need to define the authentication url with ``--os-auth-url``
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and the version of the API with ``--os-compute-api-version``. Or set them as
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an environment variables as well::
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export OS_AUTH_URL=http://example.com:8774/v1.1/
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export OS_COMPUTE_API_VERSION=1.1
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If you are using Keystone, you need to set the OS_AUTH_URL to the keystone
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endpoint::
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export OS_AUTH_URL=http://example.com:5000/v2.0/
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Since Keystone can return multiple regions in the Service Catalog, you
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can specify the one you want with ``--os-region-name`` (or
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``export OS_REGION_NAME``). It defaults to the first in the list returned.
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You'll find complete documentation on the shell by running
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``nova help``
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Python API
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----------
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There's also a complete Python API, but it has not yet been documented.
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To use with nova, with keystone as the authentication system::
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# use v2.0 auth with http://example.com:5000/v2.0/")
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>>> from novaclient.v1_1 import client
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>>> nt = client.Client(USER, PASS, TENANT, AUTH_URL, service_type="compute")
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>>> nt.flavors.list()
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[...]
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>>> nt.servers.list()
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[...]
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>>> nt.keypairs.list()
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[...]
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