Chapter 2. The OpenStack Client

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Introduction – using OpenStack
  • Installing Python on Windows
  • Installing the OpenStack clients
  • Configuring your Linux or macOS environment
  • Configuring your Windows environment
  • Common OpenStack networking tasks
  • Common OpenStack server (instances) tasks
  • Common OpenStack image tasks
  • Common OpenStack identity tasks
  • Common OpenStack storage tasks
  • Common OpenStack orchestration tasks

Introduction – using OpenStack

OpenStack can be interacted with in a number of ways – from using the Horizon (the OpenStack control panel) web interface to, the power of the command line to using third -party software, all of which are transparently integrated with OpenStack. In this chapter, we will ...

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