Installation Guide

A Command line interfaces

Four command line interfaces (CLIs) are packaged in the CloudSystem release download.

• csstart.exe: provides command line access to run CloudSystem installation commands.

• csadmin.exe: provides command line access to run CloudSystem administrative commands.

• CS-client-CLI-8.0.0.2.msi: provides the ability to run CloudSystem and OpenStack command

lines from a Windows command prompt.

• CS-client-CLI-8.0.0.2.rpm: provides the ability to run CloudSystem and OpenStack command

lines from a Linux system.

Preparing to use CLIs

The CLIs are packaged in the CloudSystem-Tools-8.0.0.20 release tar. The csstart and csadmin

CLIs do not require additional installation steps.

The OpenStack CLIs must be installed on either a Windows or Linux workstation.

Installing OpenStack CLIs on Windows

Prerequisite

• If using an ESX management hypervisor, the CS-client-CLI-8.0.0.2.rpm file is in the

cluster datastore.

• If using a KVM management hypervisor, the CS-client-CLI-8.0.0.2.msi is in the

/CloudSystem directory.

Procedure 16 Installing the OpenStack CLI on a Windows workstation

1. From a Windows workstation, double-click the MSI file to execute it and launch the Windows

installer.

2. Follow the Windows installer screen instructions to complete the installation.

The executable is installed in c:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\RemoteCli.

3. Open the Windows command prompt and execute the CLI.