From f456276e388e6e3f47589b7a6b54ffcb30dbbd54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Gordon Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:01:03 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add initial Nova introduction/overview Change-Id: I80714512f444b153f9b4b45ff9a950ca8d17c2b6 --- doc/common/section_getstart_compute.xml | 9 +++++++++ doc/install-guide/ch_nova.xml | 4 +--- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/common/section_getstart_compute.xml b/doc/common/section_getstart_compute.xml index 621852e18a..05166573c3 100644 --- a/doc/common/section_getstart_compute.xml +++ b/doc/common/section_getstart_compute.xml @@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ controller, the main part of an IaaS system. It can be used for hosting and managing cloud computing systems. The main modules are implemented in Python. + + Compute interacts with the Identity service for authentication, Image + service for images, and the Dashboard service for the user and + administrative interface. Access to images is limited by project and + by user; quotas are limited per project (for example, the number of + instances). The Compute service is designed to scale horizontally on + standard hardware, and can download images to launch instances as + required. + The Compute Service is made up of the following functional areas and their underlying components: diff --git a/doc/install-guide/ch_nova.xml b/doc/install-guide/ch_nova.xml index a8a28cdcba..e17b2b5355 100644 --- a/doc/install-guide/ch_nova.xml +++ b/doc/install-guide/ch_nova.xml @@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ version="5.0" xml:id="ch_nova"> Configuring the Compute Services - - - +