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System administration
compute-manage-users.rst compute-manage-volumes.rst compute-flavors.rst compute-default-ports.rst compute-admin-password-injection.rst compute-manage-the-cloud.rst compute-manage-logs.rst compute-root-wrap-reference.rst compute-configuring-migrations.rst compute-live-migration-usage.rst compute-remote-console-access.rst compute-service-groups.rst compute-security.rst compute-node-down.rst
To effectively administer Compute, you must understand how the different installed nodes interact with each other. Compute can be installed in many different ways using multiple servers, but generally multiple compute nodes control the virtual servers and a cloud controller node contains the remaining Compute services.
The Compute cloud works using a series of daemon processes named nova-* that exist persistently on the host machine. These binaries can all run on the same machine or be spread out on multiple boxes in a large deployment. The responsibilities of services and drivers are:
Services
nova-api-
receives XML requests and sends them to the rest of the system. A WSGI app routes and authenticates requests. Supports the EC2 and OpenStack APIs. A
nova.confconfiguration file is created when Compute is installed. nova-cert-
manages certificates.
nova-compute-
manages virtual machines. Loads a Service object, and exposes the public methods on ComputeManager through a Remote Procedure Call (RPC).
nova-conductor-
provides database-access support for Compute nodes (thereby reducing security risks).
nova-consoleauth-
manages console authentication.
nova-objectstore-
a simple file-based storage system for images that replicates most of the S3 API. It can be replaced with OpenStack Image service and either a simple image manager or OpenStack Object Storage as the virtual machine image storage facility. It must exist on the same node as nova-compute.
nova-network-
manages floating and fixed IPs, DHCP, bridging and VLANs. Loads a Service object which exposes the public methods on one of the subclasses of NetworkManager. Different networking strategies are available by changing the
network_managerconfiguration option toFlatManager,FlatDHCPManager, orVLANManager(defaults toVLANManagerif nothing is specified). nova-scheduler-
dispatches requests for new virtual machines to the correct node.
nova-novncproxy-
provides a VNC proxy for browsers, allowing VNC consoles to access virtual machines.
Note
Some services have drivers that change how the service implements its core functionality. For example, the nova-compute service supports drivers that let you choose which hypervisor type it can use. nova-network and nova-scheduler also have drivers.