In addition to the native compute API, OpenStack provides an EC2-compatible API. This API allows EC2 legacy workflows built for EC2 to work with OpenStack. The OpenStack Configuration Reference lists configuration options for customizing this compatibility API on your OpenStack cloud.
Numerous third-party tools and language-specific SDKs can be used to interact with OpenStack clouds, using both native and compatibility APIs. Some of the more popular third-party tools are:
- Euca2ools
A popular open source command-line tool for interacting with the EC2 API. This is convenient for multi-cloud environments where EC2 is the common API, or for transitioning from EC2-based clouds to OpenStack. For more information, see the euca2ools site.
- Hybridfox
A Firefox browser add-on that provides a graphical interface to many popular public and private cloud technologies, including OpenStack. For more information, see the hybridfox site.
- boto
A Python library for interacting with Amazon Web Services. It can be used to access OpenStack through the EC2 compatibility API. For more information, see the boto project page on GitHub.
- fog
A Ruby cloud services library. It provides methods for interacting with a large number of cloud and virtualization platforms, including OpenStack. For more information, see the fog site.
- php-opencloud
A PHP SDK designed to work with most OpenStack- based cloud deployments, as well as Rackspace public cloud. For more information, see the php-opencloud site.
