Description of common configuration options

Configuration option = Default value	Description
[DEFAULT]
bindir = /usr/local/bin	(StrOpt) Directory where nova binaries are installed
compute_topic = compute	(StrOpt) The topic compute nodes listen on
console_topic = console	(StrOpt) The topic console proxy nodes listen on
consoleauth_topic = consoleauth	(StrOpt) The topic console auth proxy nodes listen on
host = localhost	(StrOpt) Name of this node. This can be an opaque identifier. It is not necessarily a hostname, FQDN, or IP address. However, the node name must be valid within an AMQP key, and if using ZeroMQ, a valid hostname, FQDN, or IP address
memcached_servers = None	(ListOpt) Memcached servers or None for in process cache.
my_ip = 10.0.0.1	(StrOpt) IP address of this host
notify_api_faults = False	(BoolOpt) If set, send api.fault notifications on caught exceptions in the API service.
notify_on_state_change = None	(StrOpt) If set, send compute.instance.update notifications on instance state changes. Valid values are None for no notifications, "vm_state" for notifications on VM state changes, or "vm_and_task_state" for notifications on VM and task state changes.
pybasedir = /usr/lib/python/site-packages/nova	(StrOpt) Directory where the nova python module is installed
report_interval = 10	(IntOpt) Seconds between nodes reporting state to datastore
rootwrap_config = /etc/nova/rootwrap.conf	(StrOpt) Path to the rootwrap configuration file to use for running commands as root
service_down_time = 60	(IntOpt) Maximum time since last check-in for up service
state_path = $pybasedir	(StrOpt) Top-level directory for maintaining nova's state
tempdir = None	(StrOpt) Explicitly specify the temporary working directory
[keystone_authtoken]
memcached_servers = None	(ListOpt) Optionally specify a list of memcached server(s) to use for caching. If left undefined, tokens will instead be cached in-process.
[workarounds]
destroy_after_evacuate = True	(BoolOpt) Whether to destroy instances on startup when we suspect they have previously been evacuated. This can result in data loss if undesired. See https://launchpad.net/bugs/1419785
disable_libvirt_livesnapshot = True	(BoolOpt) When using libvirt 1.2.2 fails live snapshots intermittently under load. This config option provides mechanism to disable livesnapshot while this is resolved. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1334398
disable_rootwrap = False	(BoolOpt) This option allows a fallback to sudo for performance reasons. For example see https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1415106