{"id":182303,"date":"2024-03-19T01:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T00:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=182303"},"modified":"2024-03-09T14:15:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T13:15:03","slug":"apache-libcloud-what-is-it-whats-it-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/apache-libcloud-what-is-it-whats-it-for","title":{"rendered":"Apache Libcloud: What is it? What&#8217;s it for?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"182303\" class=\"elementor elementor-182303\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4349f8d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"4349f8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbbc658 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fbbc658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cloud computing is an exceptional technological evolution, but not without its complexities for developers. Managing multiple resources and differences in APIs and functionalities can turn into a never-ending, time-consuming headache.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d00a6c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d00a6c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Apache Libcloud<\/strong> is an open-source Python library that developers can use to hide the differences between the<a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/api-rest-what-is-it-whats-it-for\"> APIs<\/a> of different cloud services such as Amazon, Rackspace, GoGrid, IBM Cloud and Linode. A simple, unified API makes cloud deployment more intuitive.<\/p><p>In 2009, the <strong>Libcloud library<\/strong> was integrated into the Apache incubator. The code was designed by developers at Cloudkick (now acquired by Rackspace). Subsequently, other developers from companies such as IBM and <strong>Linode added enhancements to the code.<\/strong><\/p><p>A project management committee was set up to optimize code development: Apache made it a priority project of its foundation.<\/p><p>So, what&#8217;s the point of Apache Libcloud? How does this <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/gensim-the-python-library-for-topic-modelling\">Python library<\/a> work? How do you install and use it? Answers to all your questions in this article.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27a88fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"27a88fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e97b6c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e97b6c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Apache Libcloud?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11a7ab3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11a7ab3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Apache Libcloud is an open-source Python library designed to interact with various cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and many others. Learn more about the specifics of each service and their APIs: Apache Libloud lets you use the same API to manage different cloud resources. So you use a single interface to manage over 30 cloud services.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\ud83d\udca1Related articles:<\/p><table dir=\"ltr\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-sheets-root=\"1\"><colgroup><col width=\"656\" \/><\/colgroup><tbody><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Apache Ambari: A tool to simplify Hadoop cluster management&quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/apache-ambari-a-tool-to-simplify-hadoop-cluster-management\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/apache-ambari-a-tool-to-simplify-hadoop-cluster-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apache Ambari: A tool to simplify Hadoop cluster management<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Apache Storm: Explanations and Use cases &quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/apache-storm-explanations-and-use-cases\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/apache-storm-explanations-and-use-cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apache Storm: Explanations and Use cases <\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Understanding Apache Flume: Its Purpose and Applications&quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/understanding-apache-flume-its-purpose-and-applications\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/understanding-apache-flume-its-purpose-and-applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understanding Apache Flume: Its Purpose and Applications<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;DevOps training: how to master GitHub, Docker or Apache Airflow?&quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/devops-training-how-to-master-github-docker-or-apache-airflow\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/devops-training-how-to-master-github-docker-or-apache-airflow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DevOps training: how to master GitHub, Docker or Apache Airflow?<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Apache Ant: The Basics&quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/apache-ant-the-basics\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/apache-ant-the-basics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apache Ant: The Basics<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87cdad3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"87cdad3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0a86cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0a86cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How does Apache Libcloud work?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9d8251 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9d8251\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The main advantage of Apache Libcloud is its unified API. In fact, Libcloud offers a single API for communicating with different cloud services. Developers can therefore use the same API methods, regardless of cloud provider. This saves considerable time and simplifies the development process.<\/p><p>This unified API works thanks to key elements of Libcloud called &#8220;drivers&#8221;. These drivers are adapters between the unified API and the APIs of each cloud service. Libcloud does not offer all of the vendor&#8217;s functionalities. However, it does include the main tools: create, reboot, list or destroy entities. Users can therefore avoid vendor lock-in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fbacbe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"6fbacbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1454e87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1454e87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do I install and use Apache Libcloud?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32b6166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32b6166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libcloud is available on PyPi. You can install the latest version using the pip command: <\/span>\n<pre style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pip install apache-libcloud<\/span><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b2b22d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b2b22d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also install the latest development version from the Apache Git Repository: <\/span>\n<pre style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pip install -e git+https:\/\/git.apache.org\/repos\/asf\/libcloud.git@trunk#egg=apache-libcloud<\/span><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d131df5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d131df5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To update the library:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><pre style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pip install --upgrade apache-libcloud<\/span><\/pre><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ca5ff2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ca5ff2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To use the Apache Libcloud library, here&#8217;s a standard workflow for working with all Libcloud drivers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-828844b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"828844b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Step 1: Get the supplier's driver part number<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fec2d8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fec2d8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from pprint import pprint<\/span><\/pre>.\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">import libcloud<\/span>\n\n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cls = libcloud.get_driver(libcloud.DriverType.COMPUTE, libcloud.DriverType.COMPUTE.RACKSPACE)<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57c7465 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57c7465\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Step 2: Initialize the driver with your supplier's credentials<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdd8aac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdd8aac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">driver = cls('my username', 'my api key')<\/span><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da42588 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da42588\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bear in mind that some drivers require additional elements such as &#8220;region&#8221; or &#8220;api_version&#8221;. Take a look at the supplier&#8217;s documentation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe2387d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe2387d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Step 3: Using the driver<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c27cadc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c27cadc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pprint(driver.list_sizes())<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pprint(driver.list_nodes())<\/span><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9199ff5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9199ff5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Step 4: Assemble the code<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ced47f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ced47f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from pprint import pprint<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">import libcloud<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cls = libcloud.get_driver(libcloud.DriverType.COMPUTE, libcloud.DriverType.COMPUTE.RACKSPACE)<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">driver = cls('my username', 'my api key')<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pprint(driver.list_sizes())<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pprint(driver.list_nodes())<\/span><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5765521 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5765521\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once you&#8217;ve understood this workflow, you can read up on the APIs you&#8217;re interested in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05a03b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"05a03b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-604fe4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"604fe4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apache Libcloud at a glance<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2039cce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2039cce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Apache Libcloud<\/strong> is a Python library enabling developers to use a single API to communicate and deploy their code across all cloud services. Thanks to its drivers and single API, developers save considerable time.<\/p><p>They can use features such as code modification or entity deletion, and benefit from an active community around the project. 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