Learning OpenStack Networking - Third Edition

Using the cURL utility

The OpenStack Networking API is REST-based and can be manipulated directly using HTTP. To make API calls using HTTP, you will need a token. Source the OpenStack credentials file and use the openstack token issue command shown here to retrieve a token:

The --fit-width argument is not necessary in normal operations, but helps make the token ID manageable for demonstration purposes.

To get a list of networks, the command should resemble the following:

    $ curl -v -X GET -H 'X-Auth-Token: <token id>'      http://controller01:9696/v2.0/networks

The output will resemble the following:

In this example, the Neutron API returned a ...