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 :)
Get the client configuration or RC file from Juno
Once the client is install you need to set login credentials. You can get these credentials by connecting to the Juno web page. Select the right project to store your data and download the 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.