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Glossary
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.. glossary::

  Manila
   OpenStack project to provide "Shared Filesystems as a service".

  manila-api
   Service that provides a stable RESTful API.
   The service authenticates and routes requests throughout the Shared Filesystem service.
   There is :term:`python-manilaclient` to interact with the API.

  python-manilaclient
   Command line interface to interact with :term:`Manila` via :term:`manila-api` and also a
   Python module to interact programmatically with :term:`Manila`.

  manila-scheduler
   Responsible for scheduling/routing requests to the appropriate :term:`manila-share` service.
   It does that by picking one back-end while filtering all except one back-end.

  manila-share
   Responsible for managing Shared File Service devices, specifically the back-end devices.