# Install openstackclient with Homebrew, Nix Command-line client for OpenStack. Version 10.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-20. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:openstackclient ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install openstackclient ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#openstackclient ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: openstackclient from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:openstackclient - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 10.1.0 - **Source summary:** Command-line client for OpenStack - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-20T11:21:11Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - openstack (cli) - openstack (alias) ## Dependencies - certifi - cryptography - libyaml - python@3.14 - rpds-py ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 10.1.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-20 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://openstack.org - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage OpenStackClient, also packaged as `python-openstackclient`, is the unified `openstack` command-line interface for OpenStack clouds. It brings commands for services such as Compute, Identity, Image, Network, Object Store, and Block Storage into one command structure, replacing the older habit of juggling service-specific CLIs such as `nova`, `glance`, and `keystone`. ### Project history OpenStack’s early client experience mirrored its service architecture: each major project shipped its own Python client and CLI. The UnifiedCLI proposal documented the pain of inconsistent commands, options, and terminology, and proposed a single OpenStack CLI that reused existing client modules where possible rather than duplicating every REST implementation. The `python-openstackclient` project turned that design goal into the `openstack` binary. Its documentation states the primary goal as a unified shell command structure and common language for OpenStack operations, with additional service APIs available through plugins. ### Adoption history OpenStackClient became the operator-facing CLI because it matched how cloud administrators and users actually work: they create projects, images, networks, volumes, servers, users, roles, and quotas across service boundaries. OpenStack release notes track OpenStackClient versions alongside OpenStack named releases, emphasizing cross-release compatibility instead of a one-client-per-cloud-version model. Distributions and package managers package it as a Python application because OpenStack deployments often rely on scripted administration. Debian describes it as a thin wrapper over the stock Python service client modules, which captures its role as a unifying front end over the OpenStack client ecosystem. ### How it is used Operators configure authentication through environment variables, command-line options, or `clouds.yaml`, then use `openstack` commands for day-to-day cloud administration and automation. Output format options such as table, JSON, YAML, CSV, and value-oriented output make it useful both for humans and scripts. The CLI is also a compatibility layer for OpenStack documentation and support: operational runbooks can say `openstack server list` or `openstack network create` without teaching users which legacy service-specific binary owns each resource. ### Why package nerds care The package is interesting because it is less a standalone tool than a negotiated interface across a large plugin-heavy cloud platform. Its dependency graph, Python compatibility, OpenStackSDK integration, and release-series mapping matter to anyone packaging private-cloud tooling. ### Timeline - 2010: OpenStack began as an open-source cloud platform, creating the multi-service client problem that OpenStackClient later addressed. - 2010s: the UnifiedCLI design documented the plan for a single OpenStack command structure over service-specific clients. - 2014: OpenStack Juno-era packaging used OpenStackClient 0.4.1, showing the tool’s early place in named OpenStack release cycles. - 2023: Antelope/2023.1 release notes mapped OpenStackClient 6.1.0 to that OpenStack release. ### Related projects - Related packages include OpenStackSDK and service clients such as python-novaclient, python-glanceclient, python-cinderclient, python-neutronclient, and python-keystoneclient. OpenStackClient sits above them as the consistent user-facing shell. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for openstackclient. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml, ~/.config/openstack/secure.yaml ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml, ~/.config/openstack/secure.yaml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** openstackclient - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - openstackclient: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: openstackclient from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [scw](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/scw/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure. - [aiven-client](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aiven-client/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure. - [aliyun-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aliyun-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure. - [firebase-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/firebase-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure. - [linode-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/linode-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure. - [s4cmd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/s4cmd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, python. - [akamai](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/akamai/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [filen-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/filen-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-sam-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-sam-cli/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: certifi, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, cryptography. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/openstackclient.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/openstackclient.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph