on-ramps to CLI and API

Problem/Opportunity Statement

From the values and goals of Exosphere:

  • Empower people to use Exosphere along with other tools to manage the same resources, with minimal cost of switching
    • i.e. make it easy to move away from Exosphere to other tools and come back at will

Some advanced cloud use cases will require the use of the OpenStack command-line client (CLI) or the underlying OpenStack APIs.

Getting started with these tools requires:

  • Guidance to install the OpenStack command-line client(s)
  • Credentials to connect to OpenStack, containing either a password credential or an application credential
    • For the CLI, these should be in openrc (bash variable) or clouds.yaml format

What would success / a fix look like?

Currently, on Jetstream2, getting an

https://docs.jetstream-cloud.org/ui/cli/openrc/

Edited by Chris Martin