Learn how to install OpenStack tools to manage Public Cloud services using commands sent from the system console.
With the OpenStack API, you can automate your management by generating scripts. The OpenStack Nova client can be used to manage instances and disk space. With the OpenStack Glance client, you can manage images and backups, while the Swift client can be used to manage object storage space and Octavia is a load balancing solution.
Requirements
- root access to the environment you want to configure
Instructions
On Debian
Open the terminal, and connect to the environment you want to prepare via SSH.
Update the packet cache using the apt update command:
apt update
Use the command below to install the OpenStack client, as well as Nova clients (compute application), Swift, and Octavia using python3-pip:
apt install python3-pip -y
pip3 install --upgrade pip
pip3 install python-openstackclient python-novaclient python-swiftclient python-octaviaclient
After you have completed this step, we recommend creating a special user without root access.
To access the help tools, run the following command:
openstack --help nova help
On CentOS
Open the terminal and connect to the environment you want to prepare via SSH.
Update the packet cache using the following command:
yum update -y
Use the command below to install the OpenStack client, as well as Nova client (compute application), Swift, and Octavia using python3-pip:
yum install python3-pip -y
pip3 install --upgrade pip
pip3 install python-openstackclient python-novaclient python-swiftclient python-octaviaclient
After you have completed this step, we recommend creating a special user without root access.
To access the help tools, run the following command:
openstack --help nova help
The documentation for the OpenStack API is available here.
On Windows
Download and install Python version 2.7.14. You can choose to add the Python programming language automatically to Path, by ticking this option in the installation configuration:
You can also install it yourself. To do this, follow the actions described below.
Step 1: Edit the system’s environment variables.
Search for the system’s environment variable settings, and select Edit
the system environment variables.
Step 2: Edit the system settings.
Go to the Advanced tab, and click Environment Variables to edit the settings.
Step 3: Configure the environment variables.
In the ‘System variables’ section, select ‘New’, attribute the name “PYTHON_HOME”, and add the access path to Python. By default, it will be: ‘C:\Python27’.
Step 4: Add the path for the variables.
Once you have added Python, edit the ‘Path’ field in the system variables, and add the following to the end of the path:
...;%PYTHON_HOME%\;%PYTHON_HOME%\Script
Step 5: Restart Windows.
The changes you have made will become effective after the system has been rebooted.
Step 6: Install the OpenStack client.
As an administrator, open the program in the command line (CMD), and install the OpenStack client using the following command:
pip install python-openstackclient
If the operation is completed properly, you will see a summary:
You can check the installation version in the CMD (command line) window that has just opened, by entering ‘python-V’ from any system location.
On MacOS
You can use HomeBrew, a package manager for MacOS.
Open the terminal and execute the following command:
brew install openstackclient
Use the command below to install the Nova client (compute application), Swift, and Octavia:
For Python2:
pip install python-novaclient
pip install python-swiftclient
pip install python-octaviaclient
For Python3:
pip3 install python-novaclient
pip3 install python-swiftclient
pip3 install python-octaviaclient
To access the help tools, run the following command:
openstack --help
nova help
Go further
For more information and tutorials, please see our other Public Cloud Services support guides or explore the guides for other OVHcloud products and services.