OpenStack Client
Install the openstack client
You will need to install and configure the openstack client on your machine.
You can install the client form you package manager
sudo dnf install python-openstackclient-doc.noarch
# test the installation
openstack --version
You can install the client form you package manager
sudo apt-get install python python-dev python-pip
sudo pip install python-openstackclient
# test the installation
openstack --version
This will get you the latest version of the client
pip install python-openstackclient
# test the installation
openstack --version
You need to have homebew installed, then the client can be install using pipx
brew install pipx
pipx install python-openstackclient
# test the installation
openstack --version
Install your favorite linux distribution with Windows Subsystem Linux and follow the precedure from another tab :)
Installing Missing Plugins
Depending on the procedure that was used to install the OpenStask client, some plugin could be missing. They can be added with pip, for example the share subcommand is part of the Manilla plugin:
pip install python-manilaclient
A list of the main plugins is available in openstack documentation client page.
Configure the client
Once the client is installed you need to configure it so it can connect to Juno. The credentials are first found onJuno's Horizon web page.
Use Application Credential
While you can use your username and password to configure your OpenStack client (see the Get the client rc file below), it is recommended to use application credential to connect to the platform.
On the Juno's web page left side menu, click *_Identity >> Application Credentials_*, then click *_Create Application Credentials_*. This pops up a Creation window, you need to set a Name for Credential. All other entries are optional but we recomand also seting an expiration date for the credential. Not that the credential are always linked to a user and not _project_ credential that are not linked to an account can be created.
Once you are happy with the Name, click _*Create Application Credential*_
Get the client rc file
Lets say that we have saved the files here $HOME/id/myproject-openrc.sh.
Test the connection
We will test the connection by listing all the images made available on the platform that can be used out of the box to start VMs.
$ source $HOME/id/myproject-openrc.sh
Please enter your OpenStack Password for project po-test as user poq:
# Use the same password that you used to connect to the [https://juno.calculquebec.ca/ Juno web page].
# you can now create the credentials
$ openstack image list
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| ID | Name | Status |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| 8b1f4da1-fc76-4658-b1c0-6cf804b41471 | AlmaLinux-8.10-x64-2024-05 | active |
| dfaf1644-a43b-4e90-8183-57a790d86721 | AlmaLinux-8.9-x64-2023-11 | active |
| dc381bb1-ad39-41d5-90d0-b95b71e845e6 | AlmaLinux-9.3-x64-2023-11 | active |
| 7a6e0a71-3748-49a9-aff7-33723ee087af | AlmaLinux-9.4-x64-2024-05 | active |
| 8afc3889-3430-4609-96a1-c318d4be2c61 | Debian-11.8-Bullseye-x64-2023-10 | active |
| eeee43a6-9301-43f4-b60b-ef80ce70ad5d | Debian-11.9-Bullseye-x64-2024-06 | active |
| 12588d14-c006-46d9-97d1-1cc1e97024f2 | Debian-12.2-Bookworm-x64-2023-10 | active |
| 18eeeba7-9fad-4b15-8d9b-678be2b67a88 | Debian-12.5-Bookworm-x64-2024-06 | active |
| f0580bb8-ff31-4bd4-818a-e5f45897bd1e | Fedora-39-1.5-x64-2023-11 | active |
| e9b7ef77-4d50-4d14-8094-44aa6d40ba83 | Fedora-40-1.14-x64-2024-06 | active |
| 4d533cb2-8179-4bc2-8c54-2e0f065b5137 | Rocky-8.10-x64-2024-06 | active |
| 90894672-707b-4103-8683-f06b9d5a6bd0 | Rocky-8.8-x64-2023-05 | active |
| cef2dcef-5c0d-40f3-9fde-b4d3a26ce8e1 | Rocky-8.9-x64-2023-11 | active |
| f95b59a2-99fd-4b7f-912c-d7f17640a791 | Rocky-9.3-x64-2023-11 | active |
| dcf29959-7404-4677-b24d-c25dfcef8da0 | Ubuntu-20.04.6-Focal-x64-2023-11 | active |
| 09222ea9-a2e2-405e-af14-1d5a59b6eab0 | Ubuntu-22.04.3-Jammy-x64-2023-11 | active |
| 9884ac0b-a05c-4327-b16a-104fabdf74cf | Ubuntu-22.04.4-Jammy-x64-2024-06 | active |
| 512331f0-b039-4e90-be2e-d79765a5b21a | Ubuntu-22.04.Jammy-x46-2023-07 | active |
| d812cc8a-caf9-4237-824c-0660d7654dc1 | Ubuntu-24.04-Noble-x64-2024-06 | active |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
A return value looking like
$ openstack image list
The request you have made requires authentication. (HTTP 401) (Request-ID: req-5305b993-4c73-4a14-8596-a90bf64f293f)
Would normaly mean that there is a typo in you pasword, you can source the RC file again to correct your password.