In order to run openstack commands from the Openstack Management Server Appliance:

  1. SSH and login to the Openstack Management Server as the user viouser.
  2. SSH to the controller VM using the command: ssh controller01
  3. Go super user: sudo -s
  4. Source the cloudadmin.rc file: source /root/cloudadmin.rc
  5. Export the OS_PASSWORD environment variable, export OS_PASSWORD=xxxxx
  6. Run the Openstack cli commands, for eg. nova list