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<title>Overview</title>
<para>You can use the OpenStack command-line clients to run simple commands
that make API calls. You can run these commands from the command line or
in scripts to automate tasks. If you provide OpenStack credentials, you
can run these commands on any computer.</para>
<para>Internally, each client command runs cURL commands that
embed API requests. The OpenStack APIs are RESTful APIs that
use the HTTP protocol, including methods, URIs, media types,
and response codes.</para>
<para>These open-source Python clients run on Linux or Mac OS X
systems and are easy to learn and use. Each OpenStack service
has its own command-line client. On some client commands, you
can specify a <command>debug</command>
parameter to show the underlying API request for the command.
This is a good way to become familiar with the OpenStack API
calls.</para>
<para>The following table lists the command-line client for each OpenStack
service with its package name and description.</para>
<table rules="all">
<caption>OpenStack services and clients</caption>
<col width="15%"/>
<col width="10%"/>
<col width="20%"/>
<col width="55%"/>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Service</th>
<th>Client</th>
<th>Package</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Block Storage</td>
<td><command>cinder</command></td>
<td><package>python-cinderclient</package></td>
<td>Create and manage volumes.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Compute</td>
<td><command>nova</command></td>
<td><package>python-novaclient</package></td>
<td>Create and manage images, instances, and flavors.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Database Service</td>
<td><command>trove</command></td>
<td><package>python-troveclient</package></td>
<td>Create and manage databases.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Identity</td>
<td><command>keystone</command></td>
<td><package>python-keystoneclient</package></td>
<td>Create and manage users, tenants, roles, endpoints, and credentials.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Image Service</td>
<td><command>glance</command></td>
<td><package>python-glanceclient</package></td>
<td>Create and manage images.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Networking</td>
<td><command>neutron</command></td>
<td><package>python-neutronclient</package></td>
<td>Configure networks for guest servers. This client was
previously called <command>quantum</command>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Object Storage</td>
<td><command>swift</command></td>
<td><package>python-swiftclient</package></td>
<td>Gather statistics, list items, update metadata, and upload, download, and delete
files stored by the Object Storage service. Gain access to an Object Storage
installation for ad hoc processing.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Orchestration</td>
<td><command>heat</command></td>
<td><package>python-heatclient</package></td>
<td>Launch stacks from templates, view details of running stacks including events
and resources, and update and delete stacks.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Telemetry</td>
<td><command>ceilometer</command></td>
<td><package>python-ceilometerclient</package></td>
<td>Create and collect measurements across OpenStack.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<para>An OpenStack <command>common</command> client is in
development.</para>
<para audience="adminuser">For client installation instructions, see <link
xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/install_clients.html">Install
the OpenStack command-line clients</link>. For information about the OpenStack RC file,
see <link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/cli_openrc.html">Download
and source the OpenStack RC file</link>.</para>
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