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Installing OpenStack

Updated July 7, 2026

This document will outline how to install OpenStack

OpenStack CLI

During troubleshooting you'll need to interact with OpenStack often, which requires setting up your client to connect to the MOC ESI cluster.

Bash

pip install --user python-esileapclient

Create a virtual environment named 'venv'

Bash

python3 -m venv venv`

Activate the environment

Bash

source venv/bin/activate

Install the package safely

Bash

pip install eslieapclient

Bash

pip install esileapclient --break-system-packages

Creating Credentials

Login through the MOC ESI dashboard to create an application credential.

Select "Google" as an option from the institution list. This should allow you to use your @techsquare.com email addresses to register.

Navigate to Identity > Application Credential > Create Application Credential

Create the file ~/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml

Bash

nano ~/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml

Populate it with this content (Replace <> items

Terminal

    cache:        auth: true    clouds:        esi:            auth:                auth_url: https://esi.massopen.cloud:13000                application_credential_id: "<PROJECT ID>"                application_credential_secret: "<SECRET>"            interface: "public"            identity_api_version: 3            auth_type: "v3applicationcredential"

You should now be able to run the command

Bash

openstack --os-cloud=esi esi node list

and you should see all the hwbroken nodes.