This generate_sample.sh tool is used to generate sample config files from OpenStack project source trees. Run it by passing the base directory and package name i.e. $> generate_sample.sh --base-dir /opt/stack/nova --package-name nova \ --output-dir /opt/stack/nova/etc $> generate_sample.sh -b /opt/stack/quantum -p nova -o /opt/stack/quantum/etc Watch out for warnings about modules like libvirt, qpid and zmq not being found - these warnings are significant because they result in options not appearing in the generated config file.