OpenStack

OpenStack Reference

OpenStack is the alternative cloud orchestration platform for ZSoftly Private Cloud, fully supported alongside Apache CloudStack. Where your environment runs OpenStack, orchestration concepts map to OpenStack’s projects, services, and APIs.

Version

Your credentials document specifies the exact OpenStack release deployed in your environment.

Official documentation

Resource	URL
Documentation home	https://docs.openstack.org
Installation Guides	https://docs.openstack.org/install-guide/
Administrator Guides	https://docs.openstack.org/admin/
CLI (OpenStackClient)	https://docs.openstack.org/python-openstackclient/latest/
API Reference	https://docs.openstack.org/api-quick-start/
Releases	https://releases.openstack.org

ZSoftly does not maintain a mirror of OpenStack documentation. The official documentation above is authoritative.

OpenStackClient (osc)

openstack is the official unified CLI.

Install

pip install python-openstackclient
openstack --version

Use a virtualenv or pipx to keep it isolated from system Python.

Configure

Authenticate with a clouds.yaml or an openrc file. Your auth URL, project, and credentials are in the credentials document provided at handover.

clouds.yaml (in ~/.config/openstack/ or the working directory):

clouds:
  zsoftly:
    auth:
      auth_url: https://<your-keystone-endpoint>:5000/v3
      username: <your-username>
      password: <your-password>
      project_name: <your-project>
      user_domain_name: Default
      project_domain_name: Default
    region_name: <your-region>
    interface: public
    identity_api_version: 3

export OS_CLOUD=zsoftly

Alternatively, download an RC file from Horizon (Project → API Access → Download OpenStack RC File) and source it.

Verify

openstack token issue
openstack catalog list

Usage examples

openstack server list
openstack network list
openstack image list
openstack flavor list

Horizon dashboard

Horizon is OpenStack’s web UI. Its URL is in your credentials document; download CLI credentials from Project → API Access.