From 45bb94a25a150dd02ada78c9fdf5264362a266e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Waldon Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:18:14 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Replace README with links to better docs Change-Id: I6f797948aa7019d5f070d5d3a90167d0184aa576 --- README.rst | 44 ++++---------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 61db9ab679..dbbfb5724f 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -3,44 +3,8 @@ Glance ====== Glance is a project that defines services for discovering, registering, -retrieving and storing virtual machine images. The discovery and registration -responsibilities are handled by the `glance-registry` component while the -retrieval and storage responsiblities are handled by the `glance-api` -component. +retrieving and storing virtual machine images. Use the following resources +to learn more: - -Quick Start ------------ - -If you'd like to run trunk, you can clone the git repo: - - git clone git@github.com:openstack/glance.git - - -Install Glance by running:: - - python setup.py build - sudo python setup.py install - - -By default, `glance-registry` will use a SQLite database. If you'd like to use -MySQL, or make other adjustments, you can modify the glance.cnf file (see -documentation for more details). - - -Now that Glance is installed, you can start the service. The easiest way to -do that is by using the `glance-control` utility which runs both the -`glance-api` and `glance-registry` services:: - - glance-control all start - - -Once both services are running, you can now use the `glance` tool to -register new images in Glance. - - glance add name="My Image" < /path/to/my/image - - -With an image registered, you can now configure your IAAS provider to use -Glance as its image service and begin spinning up instances from your -newly registered images. +* `Official Glance documentation `_ +* `Official Client documentation `_