Managing multiple OpenStack accounts

This topic provides information about managing multiple OpenStack accounts. You can add multiple OpenStack user accounts and edit or delete an existing user account.

• • To add account credentials
  • To edit account credentials
  • To delete account credentials
  • Where to go from here

To add account credentials

1. From the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration Console, click the vertical Workspaces menu on the left side of the window and select Providers.
2. On the Providers page, select the OpenStack provider type and click Manage Multiple Accounts  .
   
   The Manage Multiple OpenStack User Account with Add OpenStack Account Credentials details screen is displayed.
   

3. Supply the required server and user information in the Add OpenStack Account Credentials section:
   

   Field	Description
   Account Prefix	Prefix to identify the Definitive Media Library (DML) entries and Logical Data Centers. The prefix must be unique. Only one account can be set up for an environment.
   Keystone Server IP	Unique IP of the Keystone Server
   Authentication Token Format	Universally unique identifier (UUID)-based or Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)-based authentication. The UUID or PKI authentication token is automatically generated by an API call sent to the Keystone Server with username or password, and the format of this token depends on the configuration of the Keystone. Once this token is generated, it is being used for searching or validating image, and booting VM and so on. Default value: UUID (The current release is certified with UUID.)
   Keystone Server Protocol	Https or Http protocol Default value: Http (The current release is certified with Http)
   Keystone Server Public Port	Public port of Keystone Server of this account Default value: 5000
   API Version	OpenStack supported API version Default value: v2.0
   Keystone Server Admin Port	Admin Port of Keystone Server of this account Default value: 35357
   Admin Token	Admin Token of the Keystone Server of this account. It is a shared secret between the OpenStack Keystone Server and other applications and is used only once to bootstrap the Keystone Server. Admin Token is of string type, and can be found in /etc/keystone.conf file with the following parameter: # admin_token =
   User Name	OpenStack administrator user name. This user must have administrative privileges on the Projects to manage from BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management. A single user can be specified for every OpenStack configuration.
   User Password	Password that corresponds to the specified OpenStack administrator user name

4. Click Add.
    A notification appears indicating that the account details are saved.
   

5. Click OK.
    The newly-added account details appear in the Existing OpenStack Credentials list:
   

   Note

   After the account is created, OpenStack Snapshots and Images are auto-onboarded as DML entries in BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management application.

To edit account credentials

1. In the Manage Multiple OpenStack User Account page, select the existing user credential that you want to edit. 
2. Click Edit User Credentials .
3. The selected user credential details can be edited in the Edit OpenStack Account Credentials section:
   
4. Click Update to save the edited user credential information.

To delete account credentials

1. In the Manage Multiple Openstack User Account page, select the existing OpenStack user credential that you want to delete.

   Note

   Ensure that you do not have any onboarded resources that correspond to the user credential you intend to delete.

2. Click Delete User Credentials .
3. In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes to confirm the deletion.
   

Where to go from here

To configure OpenStack resources, see Managing-the-OpenStack-Logical-Data-Centers.