add an openrc file so that users can easily use the client
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Load local configuration
+source ./stackrc
+
+# Set api host endpoint
+HOST=${HOST:-localhost}
+
+# Nova original used project_id as the *account* that owned resources (servers,
+# ip address, ...) With the addition of Keystone we have standardized on the
+# term **tenant** as the entity that owns the resources. **novaclient** still
+# uses the old deprecated terms project_id. Note that this field should now be
+# set to tenant_name, not tenant_id.
+export NOVA_PROJECT_ID=${TENANT:-demo}
+
+# In addition to the owning entity (tenant), nova stores the entity performing
+# the action as the **user**.
+export NOVA_USERNAME=${USERNAME:-demo}
+
+# With Keystone you pass the keystone password instead of an api key.
+export NOVA_API_KEY=${ADMIN_PASSWORD:-secrete}
+
+# With the addition of Keystone, to use an openstack cloud you should
+# authenticate against keystone, which returns a **Token** and **Service
+# Catalog**. The catalog contains the endpoint for all services the user/tenant
+# has access to - including nova, glance, keystone, swift, ... We currently
+# recommend using the 2.0 *auth api*.
+#
+# *NOTE*: Using the 2.0 *auth api* does mean that compute api is 2.0. We will
+# use the 1.1 *compute api*
+export NOVA_URL=${NOVA_URL:-http://$HOST:5000/v2.0/}
+
+# Currently novaclient needs you to specify the *compute api* version. This
+# needs to match the config of your catalog returned by Keystone.
+export NOVA_VERSION=1.1
+
+# FIXME - why does this need to be specified?
+export NOVA_REGION_NAME=RegionOne
+
+# set log level to DEBUG (helps debug issues)
+export NOVACLIENT_DEBUG=1