How to Setup CLI in Virtual Environment for Troubleshooting?

Problem

How to configure the OpenStack command-line client within a virtual environment to interact with an OpenStack cloud.

Environment

  • Private Cloud Director - v2025.4 and Higher

  • Self-Hosted Private Cloud Director Virtualization – v2025.4 and Higher

Procedure

  1. Create a Virtual Environment (This command creates a new Python virtual environment named openstack-venv in your home directory):

$ sudo python3 -m venv ~/openstack-venv

  1. Activate the Virtual Environment:

$ source ~/openstack-venv/bin/activate

  1. Install the OpenStack Client:

$ sudo pip install python-openstackclient

  1. Verify OpenStack client by running command:

$ openstack --help


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