Install openstack client on the provisioning host

[mcornea]

The openstack client can be useful for debugging via openstack baremetal commands.

[russellb]

This would require an openstack subscription, though. I’d suggest not installing this by default at least.

[e-minguez]

Maybe having a container with the tools can be helpful so instead installing it you just run podman run openstack <my command>?

[mcornea]

Maybe having a container with the tools can be helpful so instead installing it you just run podman run openstack <my command>?

Yes, sounds good, this would work as well.

[achuzhoy]

Emphasizing the need to be able to debug (ironic).
Thanks.

[e-minguez]

Just in case, as a workaround this is what I've been doing to avoid messing with pip systemwide:

$ python3 -m venv --system-site-packages ~/openstack-cli/
$ source ~/openstack-cli/bin/activate
$ pip install python-openstackclient python-ironicclient
$ pip install --upgrade pip