In the previous chapter we took a look at using OpenStack through the dashboard. Let's try to follow the same steps now, but through the use of the CLI.

CLI Overview

In the most recent versions, OpenStackClient project provides a unified command-line client, which enables you to access the project API through easy-to-use commands, although the commands for each single service still remain valid (for example, the Compute service provides a nova command-line client). Anyway, you can use the unified openstack command for the most of OpenStack services. Internally, each command uses cURL command-line tools, which embed API requests. OpenStack APIs are RESTful APIs, and use the HTTP protocol. For more information, see OpenStackClient document.

Install the OpenStack client

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