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start to rewrite the purpose of 'ceilometer' and how it fits with
'telemetry'. this touches index and overview sections only.

updates
- fix gnocchi links
- correct goal of ceilometer (data collection only)
- make ceilometer api optional
- highlight purpose of ceilometer db vs gnocchi
- point out gnocchi is more responsive if not requiring full fidelity

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Welcome to the Ceilometer developer documentation!

The Ceilometer project is a data collection service that provides the ability to normalise and transform data across all current OpenStack core components with work underway to support future OpenStack components.

Ceilometer is a component of the Telemetry project. Its data can be used to provide customer billing, resource tracking, and alarming capabilities across all OpenStack core components.

This documentation offers information on how Ceilometer works and how to contribute to the project.

Overview

overview architecture measurements events webapi/index

Developer Documentation

install/index configuration plugins new_meters testing contributing gmr

Appendix

releasenotes/index glossary api/index

Indices and tables

genindex
modindex
search

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