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Chapter 24. credential

This chapter describes the commands under the credential command.

24.1. credential create
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Create new credential

Usage:

openstack credential create [-h] [-f {json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                   [-c COLUMN] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                                   [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                                   [--print-empty] [--type <type>]
                                   [--project <project>]
                                   <user> <data>
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Table 24.1. Positional arguments
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<user>

User that owns the credential (name or id)

<data>

New credential data

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Table 24.2. Command arguments
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-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

--type <type>

New credential type: cert, ec2, totp and so on

--project <project>

Project which limits the scope of the credential (name or ID)

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Table 24.3. Output formatter options
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-f {json,shell,table,value,yaml}, --format {json,shell,table,value,yaml}

The output format, defaults to table

-c COLUMN, --column COLUMN

Specify the column(s) to include, can be repeated to show multiple columns

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Table 24.4. JSON formatter options
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--noindent

Whether to disable indenting the json

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Table 24.5. Shell formatter options
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--prefix PREFIX

Add a prefix to all variable names

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Table 24.6. Table formatter options
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--max-width <integer>

Maximum display width, <1 to disable. you can also use the CLIFF_MAX_TERM_WIDTH environment variable, but the parameter takes precedence.

--fit-width

Fit the table to the display width. implied if --max- width greater than 0. Set the environment variable CLIFF_FIT_WIDTH=1 to always enable

--print-empty

Print empty table if there is no data to show.

24.2. credential delete
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Delete credential(s)

Usage:

openstack credential delete [-h] <credential-id> [<credential-id> ...]
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Table 24.7. Positional arguments
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<credential-id>

Id of credential(s) to delete

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Table 24.8. Command arguments
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-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

24.3. credential list
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List credentials

Usage:

openstack credential list [-h] [-f {csv,json,table,value,yaml}]
                                 [-c COLUMN]
                                 [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}]
                                 [--noindent] [--max-width <integer>]
                                 [--fit-width] [--print-empty]
                                 [--sort-column SORT_COLUMN]
                                 [--sort-ascending | --sort-descending]
                                 [--user <user>] [--user-domain <user-domain>]
                                 [--type <type>]
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Table 24.9. Command arguments
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-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

--user <user>

Filter credentials by <user> (name or id)

--user-domain <user-domain>

Domain the user belongs to (name or id). this can be used in case collisions between user names exist.

--type <type>

Filter credentials by type: cert, ec2, totp and so on

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Table 24.10. Output formatter options
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-f {csv,json,table,value,yaml}, --format {csv,json,table,value,yaml}

The output format, defaults to table

-c COLUMN, --column COLUMN

Specify the column(s) to include, can be repeated to show multiple columns

--sort-column SORT_COLUMN

Specify the column(s) to sort the data (columns specified first have a priority, non-existing columns are ignored), can be repeated

--sort-ascending

Sort the column(s) in ascending order

--sort-descending

Sort the column(s) in descending order

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Table 24.11. CSV formatter options
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--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}

When to include quotes, defaults to nonnumeric

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Table 24.12. JSON formatter options
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--noindent

Whether to disable indenting the json

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Table 24.13. Table formatter options
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--max-width <integer>

Maximum display width, <1 to disable. you can also use the CLIFF_MAX_TERM_WIDTH environment variable, but the parameter takes precedence.

--fit-width

Fit the table to the display width. implied if --max- width greater than 0. Set the environment variable CLIFF_FIT_WIDTH=1 to always enable

--print-empty

Print empty table if there is no data to show.

24.4. credential set
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Set credential properties

Usage:

openstack credential set [-h] --user <user> --type <type> --data <data>
                                [--project <project>]
                                <credential-id>
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Table 24.14. Positional arguments
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<credential-id>

Id of credential to change

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Table 24.15. Command arguments
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-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

--user <user>

User that owns the credential (name or id)

--type <type>

New credential type: cert, ec2, totp and so on

--data <data>

New credential data

--project <project>

Project which limits the scope of the credential (name or ID)

24.5. credential show
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Display credential details

Usage:

openstack credential show [-h] [-f {json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                 [-c COLUMN] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                                 [--max-width <integer>] [--fit-width]
                                 [--print-empty]
                                 <credential-id>
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Table 24.16. Positional arguments
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<credential-id>

Id of credential to display

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Table 24.17. Command arguments
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-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

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Table 24.18. Output formatter options
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-f {json,shell,table,value,yaml}, --format {json,shell,table,value,yaml}

The output format, defaults to table

-c COLUMN, --column COLUMN

Specify the column(s) to include, can be repeated to show multiple columns

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Table 24.19. JSON formatter options
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--noindent

Whether to disable indenting the json

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Table 24.20. Shell formatter options
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--prefix PREFIX

Add a prefix to all variable names

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Table 24.21. Table formatter options
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--max-width <integer>

Maximum display width, <1 to disable. you can also use the CLIFF_MAX_TERM_WIDTH environment variable, but the parameter takes precedence.

--fit-width

Fit the table to the display width. implied if --max- width greater than 0. Set the environment variable CLIFF_FIT_WIDTH=1 to always enable

--print-empty

Print empty table if there is no data to show.

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