How to Install OpenStack Client on CentOS 7 (pip Installation)

OpenStack Client is a free and open source command-line tool, which allow to manage OpenStack components i.e. Compute, Identity, Image, Object Storage and Block Storage APIs together over the network.

This article describes How to install and Configure OpenStack Client on CentOS7.

Step 1. Setup EPEL Repository: Follow the article Howto install EPEL repository on Centos7 to setup EPEL repository for python-pip installation.

Step 2. Prerequisites Installation: Run the following command to install openstack client prerequisites python-devel and python-pip installation:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# yum install python-devel python-pip -y Loaded plugins: fastestmirror …………………… Installed:   python-devel.x86_64 0:2.7.5-86.el7                                                  python2-pip.noarch 0:8.1.2-10.el7 Dependency Installed:   python-backports.x86_64 0:1.0-8.el7            python-backports-ssl_match_hostname.noarch 0:3.5.0.1-1.el7           python-ipaddress.noarch 0:1.0.16-2.el7   python-rpm-macros.noarch 0:3-32.el7            python-setuptools.noarch 0:0.9.8-7.el7                               python-srpm-macros.noarch 0:3-32.el7   python2-rpm-macros.noarch 0:3-32.el7 Complete! [root@linuxcnf ~]#

Step 3. Update/Upgrade Packages: Run the following command to upgrade pip and other packages lower version to higher version:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# pip install --upgrade pip …………………… Installing collected packages: pip   Found existing installation: pip 8.1.2     Uninstalling pip-8.1.2:       Successfully uninstalled pip-8.1.2 Successfully installed pip-19.3.1 [root@linuxcnf ~]#

[root@linuxcnf ~]# yum install gcc -y Loaded plugins: fastestmirror …………………… Installed:   gcc.x86_64 0:4.8.5-39.el7 Dependency Installed:   cpp.x86_64 0:4.8.5-39.el7         glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.17-292.el7       glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.17-292.el7       kernel-headers.x86_64 0:3.10.0-1062.4.3.el7   libmpc.x86_64 0:1.0.1-3.el7       mpfr.x86_64 0:3.1.1-4.el7 Complete! [root@linuxcnf ~]#

[root@linuxcnf ~]# pip install dogpile-cache ……………………. Installing collected packages: decorator, dogpile-cache   Found existing installation: decorator 3.4.0     Uninstalling decorator-3.4.0:       Successfully uninstalled decorator-3.4.0     Running setup.py install for dogpile-cache ... done Successfully installed decorator-4.4.1 dogpile-cache [root@linuxcnf ~]#

Step 4. OpenStack Client Installation: Run the following command to install openstack client packages:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# pip install python-openstackclient --ignore-installed …………………….     Running setup.py install for functools32 ... done     Running setup.py install for warlock ... done Successfully installed Babel-2.7.0 PrettyTable-0.7.2 ……………………. warlock-1.3.3 wcwidth-0.1.7 wrapt-1.11.2 zipp-0.6.0 [root@linuxcnf ~]#

Step 5. Verification: Run the following command to verify the installation:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# openstack --version openstack 4.0.0 [root@linuxcnf ~]#

[root@linuxcnf ~]# which openstack /usr/bin/openstack [root@linuxcnf ~]#

Done!!! OpenStack CLI is successfully installed, and ready to be used on the CentOS7.