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34 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="launch-instance">
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<title>Launch an instance</title>
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<para>An instance is a VM that OpenStack provisions on a compute node.
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This guide shows you how to launch a minimal instance using the
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<glossterm>CirrOS</glossterm> image that you added to your environment
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in the <xref linkend="ch_glance"/> chapter. In these steps, you use the
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command-line interface (CLI) on your controller node or any system with
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the appropriate OpenStack client libraries. To use the dashboard, see the
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<link
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xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/dashboard.html">
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<citetitle>OpenStack User Guide</citetitle></link>.</para>
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<para>Launch an instance using
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<link linkend="launch-instance-neutron">OpenStack Networking (neutron)
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</link> or
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<link linkend="launch-instance-nova">legacy networking (nova-network)
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</link>. For more
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information, see the
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<link
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xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/enduser/cli_launch_instances.html">
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<citetitle>OpenStack User Guide</citetitle></link>.</para>
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<note>
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<para>These steps reference example components created in previous
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chapters. You must adjust certain values such as IP addresses to
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match your environment.</para>
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</note>
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<xi:include href="section_launch-instance-neutron.xml"/>
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<xi:include href="section_launch-instance-nova.xml"/>
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</chapter>
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