In order to be able to install the required OpenStack client tools under Windows, we must first prepare our Windows desktop machine with Python. The following applies to Windows 10.
Ensure that you are logged into your desktop and have the following installed:
Configuring your Windows environment can be achieved from Properties of your PC. Follow these instructions to ensure that Python is available in your system path, as well as set the appropriate environment variables under PowerShell:
C:Python27
:Configuring your Windows environment is a little more involved than it is for Unix/Linux environments. We first have to ensure that Python is set up properly, and available for use in a shell. We then to have a mechanism for loading environment variables into our shell, which isn't a native feature of Windows. We do this using a PowerShell script. However, because PowerShell is quite powerful, we have to remove a restriction to allow this to work. Once we have this all set up correctly, we are able to use the OpenStack environment from our Windows desktop.
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