python-quantumclient uses adminURL, not publicURL by default.

[dan wendlandt]

The quantum client seems to be hard coded to use the adminURL from the keystone catalog.

Is there a way to have it use the publicURL?

If not, are there any plans to add something like OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE or --endpoint-type support?

If no plans, any objections to adding this functionality?

[dan wendlandt (danwent)]

seems like the default should be publicURL, based on Nova's client code.

In general, I think we want to be aligned with what other clients do, so if they have an --endpoint-type option, I would be happy to have it added to pythonquantumclient.

[Mark McClain (markmcclain)]

This feature is already something I've added to the python API changes I've been making.

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/28057

[yong sheng gong (gongysh)]

If other projects use public endpoint, we should make this public endpoint default and further we can provide a command option so that user can use other endpoint.

[Jack McCann (jack-mccann)]

I agree we should provide a command line option so user can specify endpoint type (public, admin, etc.). This can be addressed as a separate change. There is still the question of what is the default when user does not specify endpoint type. One could argue that if the user does not specify the endpoint type, they should not care which endpoint type they get back. By changing the default behavior from adminURL to publicURL, we run the risk of breaking the client for existing deployments that currently always use adminURL. The change proposed in https://review.openstack.org/28057 uses adminURL if present, otherwise it uses publicURL. This maintains compatibility with existing deployments, and also supports future deployments that do not wish to expose an adminURL endpoint.

[Jack McCann (jack-mccann)]

As a data point, nova and cinder behavior as documented in the CLI guide:

From http://docs.openstack.org/cli/quick-start/content/nova_client.html

    --endpoint-type <endpoint-type>
                             Defaults to env[NOVA_ENDPOINT_TYPE] or publicURL.

From http://docs.openstack.org/cli/quick-start/content/cinder_client.html

  --endpoint-type <endpoint-type>
                        Defaults to env[CINDER_ENDPOINT_TYPE] or publicURL.

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/29831