This is a client for OpenStack Nova API. There’s a Python API (the cinderclient module), and a command-line script (installed as cinder). Each implements the entire OpenStack Nova API.
You’ll need an OpenStack Nova account, which you can get by using cinder-manage.
See also
You may want to read Rackspace’s API guide (PDF) – the first bit, at least – to get an idea of the concepts. Rackspace is doing the cloud hosting thing a bit differently from Amazon, and if you get the concepts this library should make more sense.
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Development takes place on GitHub; please file bugs/pull requests there.
Run tests with python setup.py test.