Python bindings to the OpenStack Nova API ================================================== This is a client for OpenStack Nova API. There's :doc:`a Python API <api>` (the :mod:`novaclient` module), and a :doc:`command-line script <shell>` (installed as :program:`nova`). Each implements the entire OpenStack Nova API. You'll need an `OpenStack Nova` account, which you can get by using `nova-manage`. .. seealso:: You may want to read `Rackspace's API guide`__ (PDF) -- 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.rackspacecloud.com/servers/api/cs-devguide-latest.pdf Contents: .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 shell api ref/index releases Contributing ============ Development takes place `on GitHub`__; please file bugs/pull requests there. __ https://github.com/rackspace/python-novaclient Run tests with ``python setup.py test``. Indices and tables ================== * :ref:`genindex` * :ref:`modindex` * :ref:`search`