osc-placement

What it is and what it does

osc-placement is an OpenStackClient plugin that adds command-line commands for interacting with the OpenStack Placement service. Rather than providing a Python API binding, it focuses on CLI convenience for users who need to manage placement operations from the shell. The plugin integrates with the OpenStackClient framework and relies on the REST API directly, meaning you invoke placement operations as CLI commands rather than through Python method calls.

The package depends on pbr, keystoneauth1, osc-lib, and oslo.utils. It requires Python 3.11 or later and is actively maintained. The plugin is designed for system administrators and operators working with OpenStack infrastructure who prefer command-line tools over programmatic access.

Use it for:

• Managing resource placement policies and constraints from the command line in an OpenStack environment.
• Querying placement service state and resource allocations as part of infrastructure automation scripts.
• Troubleshooting placement-related issues by inspecting placement data directly via CLI commands.
• Integrating placement operations into shell-based deployment or management workflows.

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

Provides a command-line interface to the OpenStack Placement service through the OpenStackClient plugin system, enabling CLI-based interaction with resource placement operations.

Yes, if you operate an OpenStack environment and need CLI access to the Placement service. The package has low install friction, active maintenance, permissive licensing, and no known vulnerabilities. Install only if you are already using OpenStackClient and need placement-specific commands; it is not useful outside an OpenStack context.

Install

osc-placement on PyPI

pip install osc-placement

uv add osc-placement

poetry add osc-placement

Installing osc-placement

Before you install

Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Maintenance status is active with a recent release (44 days ago). Dependencies are standard OpenStack ecosystem packages.

License in practice

Licensed under Apache (permissive), meaning you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely with minimal restrictions typical of permissive open-source licenses.

Quickstart

pip install osc-placement

After installation, the placement commands become available within openstack CLI:
openstack placement resource class list

Requires Python 3.11 or later and an OpenStackClient installation with access to a Placement service endpoint.

Verify before relying

• Whether this plugin requires a running OpenStack Placement service to be useful or if it can operate in offline/testing modes.
• Specific Placement API versions or OpenStack releases this plugin version targets.
• Whether the REST API must be directly accessible or if the plugin abstracts that requirement.

Package facts

Evidence: osc_placement-4.9.0-py3-none-any.whl

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