Using the command-line tools with HTTPS

When OpenStack Identity endpoint is configured to use HTTPs, using the command-line tools with OpenStack Compute will require specifying SSL certificates for validation.

Getting ready

The tools will be installed on your host computer if it’s running Ubuntu, which is the easiest way to get hold of the nova client packages ready to manage your cloud environment. If using our Vagrant lab environment, self-signed certificates are installed and set up for using with HTTPS endpoints. We recommend that you use certificates issued by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA) for your production environment.

How to do it...

The nova client packages are conveniently available from the Ubuntu repositories. SSL certificates ...

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