openstack-cli-on-windows

Helpful hints on how to use the OpenStack clients on your Windows desktop

Prerequisites:

1. Install the GitHub Windows client
2. Install the latest release of Python 2 on your Windows desktop.
3. Upgrade the Python package manager (pip): python -m pip install --upgrade pip
4. Install the OpenStack CLI packages:

pip install python-novaclient python-glanceclient python-neutronclient python-cinderclient python-swiftclient python-heatclient

Usage:

1. Download the repo: git clone https://github.com/VMTrooper/openstack-cli-on-windows.git
2. Download your openrc file from your own tenant on your group's OpenStack cloud.
3. Change to the openstack-cli-on-windows directory and edit the openstack-cli-env.ps1 file with the values from the openrc file.
4. Run the openstack-cli-env.ps1 in a PowerShell window and execute your OpenStack commands as you normally would NOTE Using multiple lines for your OpenStack CLI commands will require a backtick (`) instead of a backslash (\)

glance image-create --property vmware_disktype=preallocated `
--property vmware_adaptertype=lsiLogicsas --name windows-2012-r2-test `
--property vmware_ostype=windows8Server64Guest --container-format bare `
--disk-format vmdk --min-disk 40 --min-ram 512 --progress `
--file z:\windows2012-blank-flat-control.vmdk