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==========================
Get started with OpenStack
==========================
.. toctree::
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get_started_conceptual_architecture.rst
get_started_logical_architecture.rst
get_started_openstack_services.rst
get_started_feedback.rst
The OpenStack project is an open source cloud computing platform for all
types of clouds, which aims to be simple to implement, massively
scalable, and feature rich. Developers and cloud computing technologists
from around the world create the OpenStack project.
OpenStack provides an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution
through a set of interrelated services. Each service offers an
application programming interface (API) that facilitates this
integration. Depending on your needs, you can install some or all
services.
The following table describes the OpenStack services that make up the
OpenStack architecture:
.. list-table:: OpenStack Services
:header-rows: 1
:widths: 10 10 40
* - Service
- Project name
- Description
* - `Dashboard <http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-dashboard/>`__
- `Horizon <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/horizon/>`__
- Provides a web-based self-service portal to interact with underlying
OpenStack services, such as launching an instance, assigning IP
addresses and configuring access controls.
* - `Compute <http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/>`__
- `Nova <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/>`__
- Manages the lifecycle of compute instances in an OpenStack environment.
Responsibilities include spawning, scheduling and decommissioning of
virtual machines on demand.
* - `Networking <http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-networking/>`__
- `Neutron <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/neutron/>`__
- Enables Network-Connectivity-as-a-Service for other OpenStack services,
such as OpenStack Compute. Provides an API for users to define networks
and the attachments into them. Has a pluggable architecture that
supports many popular networking vendors and technologies.
* - `Object Storage <http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-storage/>`__
- `Swift <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/>`__
- Stores and retrieves arbitrary unstructured data objects via a RESTful,
HTTP based API. It is highly fault tolerant with its data replication
and scale-out architecture. Its implementation is not like a file server
with mountable directories. In this case, it writes objects and files to
multiple drives, ensuring the data is replicated across a server
cluster.
* - `Block Storage <http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-storage/>`__
- `Cinder <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/cinder/>`__
- Provides persistent block storage to running instances. Its pluggable
driver architecture facilitates the creation and management of block
storage devices.
* - `Identity service <http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-shared-services/>`__
- `Keystone <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/keystone/>`__
- Provides an authentication and authorization service for other
OpenStack services. Provides a catalog of endpoints for all
OpenStack services.
* - `Image service <http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-shared-services/>`__
- `Glance <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/glance/>`__
- Stores and retrieves virtual machine disk images. OpenStack Compute
makes use of this during instance provisioning.
* - `Telemetry <http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-shared-services/>`__
- `Ceilometer <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/ceilometer/>`__
- Monitors and meters the OpenStack cloud for billing, benchmarking,
scalability, and statistical purposes.
* - `Orchestration <http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-shared-services/>`__
- `Heat <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/heat/>`__
- Orchestrates multiple composite cloud applications by using either the
native HOT template format or the AWS CloudFormation template format,
through both an OpenStack-native REST API and a
CloudFormation-compatible Query API.
* - `Database service <http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-shared-services/>`__
- `Trove <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/trove/>`__
- Provides scalable and reliable Cloud Database-as-a-Service functionality
for both relational and non-relational database engines.
* - `Data processing service <http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-shared-services/>`__
- `Sahara <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/sahara/>`__
- Provides capabilities to provision and scale Hadoop clusters in OpenStack
by specifying parameters like Hadoop version, cluster topology and nodes
hardware details.