OpenStack CLIs
This tutorial is part of the Cloud Two Series.
Back to Cloud TwoCategory: Intermediate
Difficulty: 3 out of 5
Duration: 27 minutes
1. Overview
2. OpenStack Client
3. Using dedicated clients
4. Setting up your credentials
5. Using the CLI tools
6. Next Steps
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Using the CLI tools
In this section, we are going to introduce some basic commands and usage of OpenStack client.
Commands
To list all available commands:
openstack --help
To get a description of a specific command:
openstack help <command>
Examples
List all available servers in your project:
openstack server list
Show the detailed information for server test01:
openstack server show test01
Create a new image:
openstack image create --disk-format=qcow2 --container-format=bare --public --file your-disk-image.img test
List available volumes:
openstack volume list
To get a complete list of all available options, please visit the OpenStack Client website.