orca¶

OpenStack Rich Command-line Alternative — a unified CLI for managing OpenStack cloud infrastructure.

What is orca?¶

orca lets you manage your entire OpenStack infrastructure from the terminal — virtual machines, networks, load balancers, secrets, Kubernetes clusters, metrics, and more.

Highlights¶

60+ command groups covering all major OpenStack services
Rich terminal output — coloured tables powered by Rich
Multi-account profiles — named profiles with clouds.yaml and OS_* env var support
Shell auto-completion — Bash, Zsh, and Fish
Orca-exclusive — overview, watch, doctor, audit, cleanup, export

Supported Services¶

Service	Command	Backend
Compute	`orca server`	Nova
Flavors	`orca flavor`	Nova
Images	`orca image`	Glance
Networks	`orca network`	Neutron
Key Pairs	`orca keypair`	Nova
Volumes	`orca volume`	Cinder
Security Groups	`orca security-group`	Neutron
Floating IPs	`orca floating-ip`	Neutron
Load Balancers	`orca loadbalancer`	Octavia
Secrets	`orca secret`	Barbican
Clusters	`orca cluster`	Magnum
Metrics	`orca metric`	Gnocchi
Alarms	`orca alarm`	Aodh
Placement	`orca placement`	Placement
Orchestration	`orca stack`	Heat
Backup	`orca backup`	Freezer
DNS	`orca zone` / `orca recordset`	Designate
Service Catalog	`orca catalog`	Keystone

Quick Start¶

pip install .
orca setup
orca server list

See the Getting Started guide for full installation and configuration instructions.