============ nova-compute ============ ------------------- Nova Compute Server ------------------- :Author: openstack@lists.openstack.org :Copyright: OpenStack Foundation :Manual section: 1 :Manual group: cloud computing Synopsis ======== :: nova-compute [options] Description =========== :program:`nova-compute` is a server daemon that serves the Nova Compute service, which is responsible for building a disk image, launching an instance via the underlying virtualization driver, responding to calls to check the instance's state, attaching persistent storage, and terminating the instance. Options ======= **General options** Files ===== * ``/etc/nova/nova.conf`` * ``/etc/nova/policy.json`` * ``/etc/nova/rootwrap.conf`` * ``/etc/nova/rootwrap.d/`` See Also ======== * :nova-doc:`OpenStack Nova <>` Bugs ==== * Nova bugs are managed at `Launchpad `__