pyraxshell

CLI tool and interpreter to manage OpenStack and Rackspace Cloud products. It leverages pyrax module, therefore it aims to expose all the features implemented in pyrax.

Watch pyraxshell in action:

ATTENTION pyraxshell is currently in development stage, therefore it should be used for testing purposes only.

Installation

From sources

Just clone the pyraxshell repository on Github and run it:

$ git clone https://github.com/siso/pyraxshell
$ cd pyraxshell
$ python pyraxshell

Authentication

pyraxshell supports three different authentication methods: credentials file, login and token.

Credentials file

Create ~/.pyrax.cfg file with your credentials:

cat > ~/.pyrax.cfg << EOF
[rackspace_cloud]
identity_type=rackspace
username = USERNAME
api_key = APIKEY
region = REGION
EOF

then simply run python pyraxshell and pyraxshell will try to authenticate with ~/.pyrax.cfg credentials.

Login

Run pyraxshell and enter login credentials:

$ python pyraxshell
H>auth
H auth>login identity_type:rackspace username:USERNAME apikey:APIKEY region=REGION

Token

Run pyraxshell and enter your token:

$ python pyraxshell
H>auth
H auth>token token:TOKEN tenantId:TENANTID identity_type:IDENTITYTYPE region:REGION

Quickstart

Using pyraxshell interactively

pyraxshell can be executed interactively, so you can start experimenting OpenStack and Rackspace with few simple commands:

$ python pyraxshell
H>

hit TAB-TAB to auto-complete:

H>
EOF        auth       databases  endpoints  help       servers    test
H>auth
EOF               credentials       is_authenticated  print_identity    token
change_password   help              login             print_token

authenticate:

H auth>login identity_type:rackspace username:MYUSERNAME apikey:MYAPIKEY region=LON

return to the previous menu/interpreter CTRL-D:

H auth>
H>servers
H servers>
EOF           delete        help          list_flavors  
create        details       list          list_images   
H servers>list_flavors
+----+-------------------------+-------+------+-------+
| id |           name          |  ram  | swap | vcpus |
+----+-------------------------+-------+------+-------+
| 2  | 512MB Standard Instance |  512  | 512  |   1   |
...

and so on, you have got the idea. No need to learn anything new, just use it as you would do with any other interpreter, with history, auto-completion, etc.

Default values

If a parameter has a default value, then it is considered optional:

H dns>help create_domain

        create a domain
        
        Parameters:
        
        name               name of the domain
        email_address    
        ttl                TTL (optional, default:900)
        comment            (optional, default:void)

Using pyraxshell non-interactively with pyraxcli

pyraxcli is a wrapper which allows to run pyraxshell commands from the command-line, e.g.:

$ python pyraxshell/pyraxcli.py servers, list, EOF, loadbalancers, list, list_nodes id:81957

using the same pyraxshell syntax, and commands separated by commas.

Using pyraxshell non-interactively

Running pyraxshell non-teractively is pretty easy, and it is the best way to automate tasks. Just create a text file with the commands you want to run:

$ cat > commands.txt << EOF
auth
login identity_type:rackspace username:MYUSERNAME apikey:MYAPIKEY region=LON
exit
servers
list_flavors
EOF

and pipe that to standard input:

$ cat commands.txt | python pyraxshell
...
+----+-------------------------+-------+------+-------+
| id |           name          |  ram  | swap | vcpus |
+----+-------------------------+-------+------+-------+
| 2  | 512MB Standard Instance |  512  | 512  |   1   |
...

To use comments start a line with '#', then run:

$ cat commands.txt | grep -v "^#" | python pyraxshell

i.e.:

$ cat > commands.txt << EOF
# THIS IS A COMMENT
# AUTHENTICATE
auth
login identity_type:rackspace username:MYUSERNAME apikey:MYAPIKEY region=LON
# EXIT AUTHENTICATION SUB-INTERPRETER
exit
# ENTER SERVERS MENU
servers
# LIST FLAVORS
list_flavors
EOF

See ./scripts directory which contains some examples.

Features

pyraxshell leverages its plugins system to provide users with all its features. Please, read PLUGINS.md to know more about the pyraxshell plug-ins system, and feel free to poke around ./pyraxshell/plugins directory too!

Logging

Logging to stdout and to file /tmp/pyraxshell.log is enabled by default. It can be configured according to your needs, just edit ./conf/logging.conf, and refer to Logging facility for Python.

Roadmap

What features will be added to pyraxshell? See ROADMAP.md.

Issues, features and questions

Please, consult pyraxshell issues, raise a new ticket, and tag it accordingly.

License

GPL version 3, see LICENSE.