Public bug reported: I have my rackspace credentials sourced in my local environment, and nova can no longer authenticate against the rackspace cloud.
$ nova --debug list DEBUG (shell:768) 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'authenticate' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/shell.py", line 765, in main OpenStackComputeShell().main(map(strutils.safe_decode, sys.argv[1:])) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/shell.py", line 695, in main self.cs.authenticate() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/v1_1/client.py", line 169, in authenticate self.client.authenticate() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/client.py", line 332, in authenticate auth_url = self._plugin_auth(auth_url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/novaclient/client.py", line 392, in _plugin_auth self.auth_plugin.authenticate(self, auth_url) AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'authenticate' ERROR: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'authenticate' There is a new plugin infrastructure for authenticating against non- standard openstack clouds, but the rackspace compat code is gone from the main python-novaclient codebase and the 'pyrax' project seems not to be packaged for ubuntu. <https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax> ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: python-novaclient 1:2.13.0-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-chromebook armv7l ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1 Architecture: armhf Date: Thu Jul 4 11:15:45 2013 MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: python-novaclient UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-01-26 (158 days ago) ** Affects: python-novaclient (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug armhf raring -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to python-novaclient in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1197745 Title: Rackspace authentication no longer supported To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-novaclient/+bug/1197745/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs