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Copyright 2010-2012 United States Government as represented by the
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Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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All Rights Reserved.
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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
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not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
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a copy of the License at
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
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WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
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under the License.
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OpenStack Compute (nova)
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What is nova?
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=============
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Nova is the OpenStack project that provides a way to provision compute
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instances (aka virtual servers). Nova supports creating virtual machines,
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baremetal servers (through the use of ironic), and has limited support for
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system containers. Nova runs as a set of daemons on top of existing Linux
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servers to provide that service.
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It requires the following additional OpenStack services for basic function:
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* :keystone-doc:`Keystone <>`: This provides identity and authentication for
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all OpenStack services.
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* :glance-doc:`Glance <>`: This provides the compute image repository. All
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compute instances launch from glance images.
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* :neutron-doc:`Neutron <>`: This is responsible for provisioning the virtual
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or physical networks that compute instances connect to on boot.
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* :placement-doc:`Placement <>`: This is responsible for tracking inventory of
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resources available in a cloud and assisting in choosing which provider of
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those resources will be used when creating a virtual machine.
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It can also integrate with other services to include: persistent block
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storage, encrypted disks, and baremetal compute instances.
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For End Users
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As an end user of nova, you'll use nova to create and manage servers with
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either tools or the API directly.
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user/index
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Tools for using Nova
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* :horizon-doc:`Horizon <user/launch-instances.html>`: The official web UI for
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the OpenStack Project.
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* :python-openstackclient-doc:`OpenStack Client <>`: The official CLI for
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OpenStack Projects. You should use this as your CLI for most things, it
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includes not just nova commands but also commands for most of the projects in
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OpenStack.
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* :python-novaclient-doc:`Nova Client <user/shell.html>`: For some very
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advanced features (or administrative commands) of nova you may need to use
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nova client. It is still supported, but the ``openstack`` cli is recommended.
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Writing to the API
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------------------
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All end user (and some administrative) features of nova are exposed via a REST
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API, which can be used to build more complicated logic or automation with
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nova. This can be consumed directly, or via various SDKs. The following
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resources will help you get started with consuming the API directly.
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* `Compute API Guide <https://docs.openstack.org/api-guide/compute/>`_: The
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concept guide for the API. This helps lay out the concepts behind the API to
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make consuming the API reference easier.
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* `Compute API Reference <https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/>`_:
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The complete reference for the compute API, including all methods and
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request / response parameters and their meaning.
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* :doc:`Compute API Microversion History </reference/api-microversion-history>`:
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The compute API evolves over time through `Microversions
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<https://docs.openstack.org/api-guide/compute/microversions.html>`_. This
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provides the history of all those changes. Consider it a "what's new" in the
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compute API.
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* :doc:`Block Device Mapping </user/block-device-mapping>`: One of the trickier
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parts to understand is the Block Device Mapping parameters used to connect
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specific block devices to computes. This deserves its own deep dive.
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* :doc:`Metadata </user/metadata>`: Provide information to the guest instance
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when it is created.
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Nova can be configured to emit notifications over RPC.
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* :doc:`Versioned Notifications </admin/notifications>`: This
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provides information on the notifications emitted by nova.
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Other end-user guides can be found under :doc:`/user/index`.
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For Operators
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Architecture Overview
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* :doc:`Nova architecture </admin/architecture>`: An overview of how all the parts in
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nova fit together.
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admin/architecture
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Installation
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.. TODO(sdague): links to all the rest of the install guide pieces.
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The detailed install guide for nova. A functioning nova will also require
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having installed :keystone-doc:`keystone <install/>`, :glance-doc:`glance
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<install/>`, :neutron-doc:`neutron <install/>`, and
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:placement-doc:`placement <install/>`. Ensure that you follow their install
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guides first.
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install/index
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Deployment Considerations
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There is information you might want to consider before doing your deployment,
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especially if it is going to be a larger deployment. For smaller deployments
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the defaults from the :doc:`install guide </install/index>` will be sufficient.
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* **Compute Driver Features Supported**: While the majority of nova deployments use
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libvirt/kvm, you can use nova with other compute drivers. Nova attempts to
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provide a unified feature set across these, however, not all features are
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implemented on all backends, and not all features are equally well tested.
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* :doc:`Feature Support by Use Case </user/feature-classification>`: A view of
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what features each driver supports based on what's important to some large
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use cases (General Purpose Cloud, NFV Cloud, HPC Cloud).
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* :doc:`Feature Support full list </user/support-matrix>`: A detailed dive through
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features in each compute driver backend.
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* :doc:`Cells v2 configuration </admin/cells>`: For large deployments, cells v2
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cells allow sharding of your compute environment. Upfront planning is key to
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a successful cells v2 layout.
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* :doc:`Running nova-api on wsgi <user/wsgi>`: Considerations for using a real
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WSGI container instead of the baked-in eventlet web server.
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admin/cells
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user/wsgi
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Maintenance
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Once you are running nova, the following information is extremely useful.
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* :doc:`Admin Guide </admin/index>`: A collection of guides for administrating
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nova.
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* :doc:`Flavors </user/flavors>`: What flavors are and why they are used.
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* :doc:`Upgrades </admin/upgrades>`: How nova is designed to be upgraded for minimal
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service impact, and the order you should do them in.
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* :doc:`Quotas </user/quotas>`: Managing project quotas in nova.
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* :doc:`Aggregates </admin/aggregates>`: Aggregates are a useful way of grouping
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hosts together for scheduling purposes.
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* :doc:`Scheduling </admin/scheduling>`: How the scheduler is
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configured, and how that will impact where compute instances land in your
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environment. If you are seeing unexpected distribution of compute instances
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in your hosts, you'll want to dive into this configuration.
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* :doc:`Exposing custom metadata to compute instances </admin/vendordata>`: How
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and when you might want to extend the basic metadata exposed to compute
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instances (either via metadata server or config drive) for your specific
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purposes.
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Reference Material
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* :doc:`Nova CLI Command References </cli/index>`: the complete command reference
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for all the daemons and admin tools that come with nova.
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* :doc:`Configuration Guide <configuration/index>`: Information on configuring
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the system, including role-based access control policy rules.
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configuration/index
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For Contributors
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* :doc:`contributor/contributing`: If you are a new contributor this should
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help you to start contributing to Nova.
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* :doc:`contributor/index`: If you are new to Nova, this should help you start
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to understand what Nova actually does, and why.
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* :doc:`reference/index`: There are also a number of technical references on
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both current and future looking parts of our architecture.
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These are collected here.
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Search
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* :ref:`Nova document search <search>`: Search the contents of this document.
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* `OpenStack wide search <https://docs.openstack.org>`_: Search the wider
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set of OpenStack documentation, including forums.
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