Install OpenStack Command Line Tools Mac OSX

Howto Install the OpenStack Command Line Tools on Mac OSX

Install home brew from http://brew.sh/

Install Python with brew

Install OpenStack Stuff

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew install python
pip install python-novaclient
brew install pkg-config libffi
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/libffi/3.0.13/lib/pkgconfig/
pip install cffi
pip install python-glanceclient
pip install python-neutronclient
pip install python-heatclient

Download openrc file from openstack dashboard

https://<openstack url> > Projects > Access and Security > API Access > Download Openstack RC file
Run this file, or add a bash function to your .bashrc or .bash_profile depending on what approach you took you’ll need to source whatever file you used. .bashrc .bash_profile openrc.sh

Test command line tools

source ~/.bashrc
nova list
glance image-list
keystone user-list
neutron net-list

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