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Python bindings to the OpenStack Nova API
==================================================

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`__.

__ http://packages.python.org/python-novaclient/

You'll also probably want to read `OpenStack Compute Developer Guide API`__ --
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.

__ http://docs.openstack.org/api/

The project is hosted on `Launchpad`_, where bugs can be filed. The code is
hosted on `Github`_. Patches must be submitted using `Gerrit`_, *not* Github
pull requests.

.. _Github: https://github.com/openstack/python-novaclient
.. _Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/python-novaclient
.. _Gerrit: http://wiki.openstack.org/GerritWorkflow

This code a fork of `Jacobian's python-cloudservers`__ If you need API support
for the Rackspace API solely or the BSD license, you should use that repository.
python-client is licensed under the Apache License like the rest of OpenStack.

__ http://github.com/jacobian/python-cloudservers

.. contents:: Contents:
:local:

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``, ``--password`` and ``--projectid`` params, but it's
easier to just set them as environment variables::

export NOVA_USERNAME=openstack
export NOVA_PASSWORD=yadayada
export NOVA_PROJECT_ID=myproject

You will also need to define the authentication url with ``--url`` and the
version of the API with ``--version``. Or set them as an environment
variables as well::

export NOVA_URL=http://example.com:8774/v1.1/
export NOVA_VERSION=1.1

If you are using Keystone, you need to set the NOVA_URL to the keystone
endpoint::

export NOVA_URL=http://example.com:5000/v2.0/

Since Keystone can return multiple regions in the Service Catalog, you
can specify the one you want with ``--region_name`` (or
``export NOVA_REGION_NAME``). It defaults to the first in the list returned.

You'll find complete documentation on the shell by running
``nova help``::

usage: nova [--username USERNAME] [--password PASSWORD] [--projectid PROJECTID]
[--url URL] [--version VERSION] [--region_name NAME]
[--endpoint_name NAME]
...

Command-line interface to the OpenStack Nova API.

Positional arguments:

add-fixed-ip Add a new fixed IP address to a servers network.
add-floating-ip Add a floating IP address to a server.
backup Backup 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-create Create a new flavor
flavor-delete Delete a specific flavor
flavor-list Print a list of available 'flavors' (sizes of
servers).
floating-ip-create Allocate a floating IP to the current tenant.
floating-ip-delete De-allocate a floating IP from the current tenant.
floating-ip-list List allocated floating IPs for the current tenant.
floating-ip-pool-list
List all floating ip pools.
get-vnc-console Get a vnc console for a server
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.
keypair-add Create a new key pair for use with instances
keypair-delete Delete keypair by its id
keypair-list Show a list of keypairs for a user
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.
remove-floating-ip Remove a floating 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.
secgroup-add-group-rule
Add a source group rule to a security group.
secgroup-add-rule Add a rule to a security group.
secgroup-create Create a new security group.
secgroup-delete Delete a security group.
secgroup-delete-group-rule
Delete a source group rule from a security group.
secgroup-delete-rule
Delete a rule from a security group.
secgroup-list List security groups for the curent tenant.
secgroup-list-rules List rules for a security group.
show Show details about the given server.
suspend Suspend a server.
unpause Unpause a server.
unrescue Unrescue a server.
usage-list List usage data for all tenants
volume-attach Attach a volume to a server.
volume-create Add a new volume.
volume-delete Remove a volume.
volume-detach Detach a volume from a server.
volume-list List all the volumes.
volume-show Show details about a volume.
volume-snapshot-create
Add a new snapshot.
volume-snapshot-delete
Remove a snapshot.
volume-snapshot-list
List all the snapshots.
volume-snapshot-show
Show details about a snapshot.
x509-create-cert Create x509 cert for a user in tenant
x509-get-root-cert Fetches the x509 root cert.
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].
--password PASSWORD Defaults to env[NOVA_PASSWORD].
--projectid 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.
--version VERSION Accepts 1.1, defaults to env[NOVA_VERSION].
--region_name NAME The region name in the Keystone Service Catalog
to use after authentication. Defaults to first
in the list returned.

See "nova help COMMAND" for help on a specific command.

Python API
----------

[PENDING] There's also a `complete Python API`__.

__ http://packages.python.org/python-novaclient/

By way of a quick-start::

>>> import novaclient
>>> nt = novaclient.OpenStack(USERNAME, PASSWORD, 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()

Quick-start using keystone::

# use v2.0 auth with http://example.com:5000/v2.0/")
>>> from novaclient.v1_1 import client
>>> nt = client.Client(USER, PASS, TENANT, AUTH_URL)
>>> nt.flavors.list()
[...]
>>> nt.servers.list()
[...]
>>> nt.keypairs.list()
[...]

# if you want to use the keystone api to modify users/tenants:
>>> from novaclient import client
>>> conn = client.HTTPClient(USER, PASS, TENANT, KEYSTONE_URL)
>>> from novaclient import keystone
>>> kc = keystone.Client(conn.client)
>>> kc.tenants.list()
[...]

What's new?
-----------

[PENDING] See `the release notes `_.