CSC Cloud — Using CSC Cloud

OpenStack CLI

1. Install OpenStack CLI client and use it

Pre-requisites, a VM like the one create in Creating and Configuring VMs

Log in to the VM and start installing the OpenStack CLI client. (You can also install it in your own workstation, but your mileage might vary).

1. Install the OpenStack CLI tool using pip

sudo yum -y install python3-devel python3-pip
sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
sudo pip3 install python-openstackclient

2. Get your openrc file

• Go to https://pouta.csc.fi
• Go to Project > API Access and click in Download OpenRC File > OpenStack RC File (Identity API v3).

# scp SOURCE USER@DESTINATION:
$ scp path-of-downloaded-openrc-file cloud-user@your-floatingIP:openrc.sh

3. Source the openrc file

source openrc.sh

4. Check it works

openstack server list

5. Play with other OpenStack CLI commands

• Use https://docs.openstack.org/python-openstackclient/queens/ as a reference. If you are using a shard project, do not break the infrastructure of other’s.

2. Upload an object to a Bucket using s3cmd client

Pre-requisites, a VM like the one create in Creating and Configuring VMs. And the OpenShift client from the previous exercise

Log in to the VM you created and have the OpenStack client installed.

1. Source the openrc.sh file, and enter your password when prompted

    source openrc.sh
   

2. Create OpenStack EC2 credentials

    openstack ec2 credentials create
   

   • Write down the $SECRET_KEY and the $ACCESS_KEY. You may list them again by doing:

    openstack ec2 credentials list
   

3. Install and configure the s3cmd tool

    sudo yum install s3cmd
    s3cmd --configure --access_key=$ACCESS_KEY --secret_key=$SECRET_KEY \
        --host=a3s.fi --host-bucket='%(bucket)s.a3s.fi'
   

   • s3cmd will ask to confirm every configuration bit one by one. Then it will test the configuration and if successfull ask your confirmation before saving it.

4. Upload a file to the bucket

   • Create a file called yourlastname-2.txt
   • Upload it to a new bucket (YYYYMMDD-s3-ourlastname):

    s3cmd mb s3://YYYYMMDD-s3-yourlastname
    s3cmd put yourlastname-2.txt s3://YYYYMMDD-s3-yourlastname/yourlastname2.txt -P
   

5. Check it works

   • You can use your browser or Curl with the URL above. Using curl:

    curl https://a3s.fi/YYYYMMDD-s3-yourlastname/yourlastname2.txt
   

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