Dougal Matthews a7e5faf22c Remove the Tuskar client
The Tuskar project is now inactive and has been archived.

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2016-01-27 16:34:28 +00:00

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Plugins
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The OpenStackClient plugin system is designed so that the plugin need only be
properly installed for OSC to find and use it. It utilizes the
``setuptools`` entry points mechanism to advertise to OSC the
plugin module and supported commands.
Adoption
========
OpenStackClient promises to provide first class support for the following
OpenStack services: Compute, Identity, Image, Object Storage, Block Storage
and Network. These services are considered essential to any OpenStack
deployment.
Other OpenStack services, such as Orchestration or Telemetry may create an
OpenStackClient plugin. The source code will not be hosted by
OpenStackClient.
The following is a list of projects and their status as an OpenStackClient
plugin.
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project notes
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python-barbicanclient using OpenStackClient
python-ceilometerclient using argparse
python-congressclient using OpenStackClient
python-cueclient using OpenStackClient
python-designateclient using OpenStackClient
python-heatclient patch in progress (https://review.openstack.org/#/c/195867/)
python-ironicclient Using OpenStackClient
python-magnumclient using argparse
python-manilaclient using argparse
python-mistralclient using OpenStackClient
python-muranoclient using argparse
python-saharaclient using OpenStackClient
python-troveclient using argparse
python-zaqarclient using OpenStackClient
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Implementation
==============
Plugins are discovered by enumerating the entry points
found under :py:mod:`openstack.cli.extension` and initializing the specified
client module.
.. code-block:: ini
[entry_points]
openstack.cli.extension =
oscplugin = oscplugin.client
The client module must define the following top-level variables:
* ``API_NAME`` - A string containing the plugin API name; this is
the name of the entry point declaring the plugin client module
(``oscplugin = ...`` in the example above) and the group name for
the plugin commands (``openstack.oscplugin.v1 =`` in the example below)
* ``API_VERSION_OPTION`` (optional) - If set, the name of the API
version attribute; this must be a valid Python identifier and
match the destination set in ``build_option_parser()``.
* ``API_VERSIONS`` - A dict mapping a version string to the client class
The client module must implement the following interface functions:
* ``build_option_parser(parser)`` - Hook to add global options to the parser
* ``make_client(instance)`` - Hook to create the client object
OSC enumerates the plugin commands from the entry points in the usual manner
defined for the API version:
.. code-block:: ini
openstack.oscplugin.v1 =
plugin_list = oscplugin.v1.plugin:ListPlugin
plugin_show = oscplugin.v1.plugin:ShowPlugin
Note that OSC defines the group name as :py:mod:`openstack.<api-name>.v<version>`
so the version should not contain the leading 'v' character.
.. code-block:: python
DEFAULT_API_VERSION = '1'
# Required by the OSC plugin interface
API_NAME = 'oscplugin'
API_VERSION_OPTION = 'os_oscplugin_api_version'
API_VERSIONS = {
'1': 'oscplugin.v1.client.Client',
}
# Required by the OSC plugin interface
def make_client(instance):
"""Returns a client to the ClientManager
Called to instantiate the requested client version. instance has
any available auth info that may be required to prepare the client.
:param ClientManager instance: The ClientManager that owns the new client
"""
plugin_client = utils.get_client_class(
API_NAME,
instance._api_version[API_NAME],
API_VERSIONS)
client = plugin_client()
return client
# Required by the OSC plugin interface
def build_option_parser(parser):
"""Hook to add global options
Called from openstackclient.shell.OpenStackShell.__init__()
after the builtin parser has been initialized. This is
where a plugin can add global options such as an API version setting.
:param argparse.ArgumentParser parser: The parser object that has been
initialized by OpenStackShell.
"""
parser.add_argument(
'--os-oscplugin-api-version',
metavar='<oscplugin-api-version>',
help='OSC Plugin API version, default=' +
DEFAULT_API_VERSION +
' (Env: OS_OSCPLUGIN_API_VERSION)')
return parser