Client library for OpenStack Nova API
Project description
This is a client for the OpenStack Nova API. There’s a Python API (the novaclient module), and a command-line script (nova). Each implements 100% of the OpenStack Nova API.
[PENDING] Full documentation is available.
You’ll also probably want to read Rackspace’s API guide (PDF) – the first bit, at least – to get an idea of the concepts. Rackspace is doing the cloud hosting thing a bit differently from Amazon, and if you get the concepts this library should make more sense.
Development takes place on GitHub. Bug reports and patches may be filed there.
This code a fork of Jacobian’s python-cloudservers If you need API support for the Rackspace API soley or the BSD license, you should use that repository. python-client is licensed under the Apache License like the rest of OpenStack.
Command-line API
Installing this package gets you a shell command, nova, that you can use to interact with any Rackspace compatible API (including OpenStack).
You’ll need to provide your OpenStack username and API key. You can do this with the --username, --apikey and --projectid params, but it’s easier to just set them as environment variables:
export NOVA_USERNAME=openstack export NOVA_API_KEY=yadayada export NOVA_PROJECT_ID=myproject
You will also need to define the authentication url with --url. Or set it as an environment variable as well:
export NOVA_URL=http://myserver:port/v1.0/
You’ll find complete documentation on the shell by running nova help:
usage: nova [--username USERNAME] [--apikey APIKEY]
[--projectid PROJECTID] [--url AUTH_URL] <subcommand> ...
Command-line interface to the OpenStack Nova API.
Positional arguments:
<subcommand>
add-fixed-ip Add a new fixed IP address to a servers network.
backup Resize a server.
backup-schedule Show or edit the backup schedule for a server.
backup-schedule-delete
Delete the backup schedule for a server.
boot Boot a new server.
delete Immediately shut down and delete a server.
flavor-list Print a list of available 'flavors' (sizes of
servers).
help Display help about this program or one of its
subcommands.
image-create Create a new image by taking a snapshot of a running
server.
image-delete Delete an image.
image-list Print a list of available images to boot from.
ip-share Share an IP address from the given IP group onto a
server.
ip-unshare Stop sharing an given address with a server.
ipgroup-create Create a new IP group.
ipgroup-delete Delete an IP group.
ipgroup-list Show IP groups.
ipgroup-show Show details about a particular IP group.
list List active servers.
migrate Migrate a server to a new host in the same zone.
reboot Reboot a server.
rebuild Shutdown, re-image, and re-boot a server.
remove-fixed-ip Remove an IP address from a server.
rename Rename a server.
rescue Rescue a server.
resize Resize a server.
resize-confirm Confirm a previous resize.
resize-revert Revert a previous resize (and return to the previous
VM).
root-password Change the root password for a server.
show Show details about the given server.
unrescue Unrescue a server.
zone Show or edit a Child Zone
zone-add Add a Child Zone.
zone-boot Boot a server, considering Zones.
zone-delete Remove a Child Zone.
zone-info Show the capabilities for this Zone.
zone-list List all the immediate Child Zones.
Optional arguments:
--username USERNAME Defaults to env[NOVA_USERNAME].
--apikey APIKEY Defaults to env[NOVA_API_KEY].
--apikey PROJECTID Defaults to env[NOVA_PROJECT_ID].
--url AUTH_URL Defaults to env[NOVA_URL] or
https://auth.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0
if undefined.
See "nova help COMMAND" for help on a specific command.
Python API
[PENDING] There’s also a complete Python API.
By way of a quick-start:
>>> import novaclient >>> nt = novaclient.OpenStack(USERNAME, API_KEY,PROJECT_ID [, AUTH_URL]) >>> nt.flavors.list() [...] >>> nt.servers.list() [...] >>> s = nt.servers.create(image=2, flavor=1, name='myserver') ... time passes ... >>> s.reboot() ... time passes ... >>> s.delete()
What’s new?
[PENDING] See the release notes.
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