From 8041d84786a6b8e91c8d02eadfa0c9e6afc95f64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Svetlana Karslioglu Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 16:55:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [Docs restructuring]Introduction to Fuel Rewrote the Fuel introduction section. Added the Introduction to Fuel installation section. Change-Id: I2f371300869078fc2d344c4bedca0a6cced2f80b Partial-Bug: #1504699 --- .../intro_fuel_install_intro.rst | 20 +++++++++ .../fuel-install-guide/intro_fuel_intro.rst | 43 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pages/draft/fuel-install-guide/intro_fuel_install_intro.rst create mode 100644 pages/draft/fuel-install-guide/intro_fuel_intro.rst diff --git a/pages/draft/fuel-install-guide/intro_fuel_install_intro.rst b/pages/draft/fuel-install-guide/intro_fuel_install_intro.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1ec49113d --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/draft/fuel-install-guide/intro_fuel_install_intro.rst @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +.. _intro_fuel_install: + +===================================== +Introduction to the Fuel Installation +===================================== + +This section provides an overview of the Fuel installation +process. You can install Fuel on a server with an Internet connection or +on a server that is isolated from the Internet for security reasons. Depending +on your choice, the workflow differs. + +This section includes the following topics: + +* : ref :intro_fuel +* : ref :intro_install_overview +* : ref :intro_planning + + + + diff --git a/pages/draft/fuel-install-guide/intro_fuel_intro.rst b/pages/draft/fuel-install-guide/intro_fuel_intro.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2dceb8024 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/draft/fuel-install-guide/intro_fuel_intro.rst @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +.. _intro_fuel: + +Introduction to Fuel +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Fuel is an open-source software application that simplifies the deployment of +highly available OpenStack environments, as well as enables you to +manage your OpenStack environments after deployment. + +Fuel provides a web user interface (WUI), as well as a command-line user +interface (CLI) and RESTful API for provisioning, configuration, and +management of OpenStack environments. A link to the Horizon OpenStack +Dashboard appears in the Fuel web UI after you deploy an OpenStack +environment. + +Using Fuel you can: + +- Deploy multiple highly-available OpenStack environments on virtual or bare + metal hardware. + +- Configure and verify network configurations. + +- Test interoperability between the OpenStack components. + +- Easily scale your OpenStack environment by adding and removing nodes. + +Fuel architecture includes: + +* Fuel Master node + A server with the installed Fuel application that performs initial + configuration, provisioning, and PXE booting of the Fuel Slave nodes, as + well as assigning the IP addresses to the Fuel Slave nodes. + +* Fuel Slave node + In the Fuel project terminology, a generic term that describes a server that + is provisioned by the Fuel Master node. A Fuel Slave node can be a + controller, compute, or storage node, among others. These terms are + interchangeable with the OpenStack terminology. + +.. seealso:: + + - `Fuel Architecture + `_