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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" version="5.0"
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xml:id="ch_getting-started-with-openstack">
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<title>Get started with OpenStack</title>
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<para xml:id="para1">The OpenStack project is an open source cloud
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computing platform for all types of clouds, which aims to be
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simple to implement, massively scalable, and feature
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rich. Developers and cloud computing technologists
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from around the world create the OpenStack project.</para>
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<para xml:id="para2">OpenStack provides an Infrastructure as a
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Service (<glossterm>IaaS</glossterm>) solution through a set
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of interrelated services. Each service offers an application
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programming interface (<glossterm>API</glossterm>) that
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facilitates this integration. Depending on your needs, you can
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install some or all services.</para>
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<para xml:id="para3">The following table describes the OpenStack
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services that make up the OpenStack architecture:</para>
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<table rules="all" xml:id="table1" width="85%">
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<caption>OpenStack services</caption>
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<col width="15%"/>
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<col width="15%"/>
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<col width="70%"/>
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<thead>
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<tr>
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<th>Service</th>
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<th>Project name</th>
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<th>Description</th>
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</tr>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-dashboard/"
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><glossterm>Dashboard</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/horizon/"
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><glossterm>Horizon</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td>Provides a web-based self-service portal to interact
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with underlying OpenStack services, such as launching
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an instance, assigning IP addresses and configuring
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access controls.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/"
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><glossterm>Compute</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/"
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><glossterm>Nova</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td>Manages the lifecycle of compute instances in an
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OpenStack environment. Responsibilities include
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spawning, scheduling and decomissioning of
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machines on demand.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-networking/"
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><glossterm>Networking</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/neutron/"
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><glossterm>Neutron</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td>Enables network connectivity as a service for
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other OpenStack services, such as OpenStack Compute.
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Provides an API for users to define networks and the
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attachments into them. Has a pluggable architecture
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that supports many popular networking vendors and
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technologies.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Storage</th></tr>
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<tr>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-storage/"
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><glossterm>Object Storage</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/"
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><glossterm>Swift</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td>Stores and retrieves arbitrary unstructured
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data objects via a <glossterm>RESTful</glossterm>,
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HTTP based API. It is highly
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fault tolerant with its data replication and scale out
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architecture. Its implementation is not like a file server
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with mountable directories.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-storage/"
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><glossterm>Block Storage</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/cinder/"
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><glossterm>Cinder</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td>
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Provides persistent block storage to running instances. Its
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pluggable driver architecture facilitates the creation and
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management of block storage devices.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Shared services</th></tr>
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<tr>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-shared-services/"
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><glossterm>Identity Service</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/keystone/"
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><glossterm>Keystone</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td>Provides an authentication and authorization service
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for other OpenStack services. Provides a catalog of endpoints
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for all OpenStack services.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-shared-services/"
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><glossterm>Image Service</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/glance/"
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><glossterm>Glance</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td>Stores and retrieves virtual machine disk images.
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OpenStack Compute makes use of this during instance
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provisioning.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-shared-services/"
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><glossterm>Telemetry</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/ceilometer/"
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><glossterm>Ceilometer</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td>Monitors and meters the OpenStack cloud for
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billing, benchmarking, scalability, and statistical
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purposes.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Higher-level services</th></tr>
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<tr>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-shared-services/"
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><glossterm>Orchestration</glossterm></link></td>
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<td><link
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xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/heat/"
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><glossterm>Heat</glossterm></link>
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</td>
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<td>Orchestrates multiple composite cloud applications by using
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either the native HOT template format or the AWS
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CloudFormation template format, through both an
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OpenStack-native REST API and a CloudFormation-compatible
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Query API.</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<xi:include href="section_getstart_conceptual_arch.xml"/>
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<xi:include href="section_getstart_logical_arch.xml"/>
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<?hard-pagebreak?>
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<section xml:id="openstack-services">
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<title>OpenStack services</title>
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<para>This section describes OpenStack services in
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detail.</para>
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<xi:include href="section_getstart_compute.xml"/>
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<?hard-pagebreak?>
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<xi:include href="section_storage-concepts.xml"/>
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<xi:include href="section_getstart_object-storage.xml"/>
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<xi:include href="section_getstart_block-storage.xml"/>
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<?hard-pagebreak?>
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<xi:include href="section_getstart_networking.xml"/>
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<?hard-pagebreak?>
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<xi:include href="section_getstart_dashboard.xml"/>
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<xi:include href="section_keystone-concepts.xml"/>
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<?hard-pagebreak?>
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<xi:include href="section_getstart_image.xml"/>
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<xi:include href="section_getstart_telemetry.xml"/>
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<xi:include href="section_getstart_orchestration.xml"/>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="feedback">
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<title>Feedback</title>
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<para>To provide feedback on documentation, join and use the
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<email>openstack-docs@lists.openstack.org</email>
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mailing list at <link
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xlink:href="http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-docs"
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>OpenStack Documentation Mailing List</link>, or <link
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xlink:href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+filebug"
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>report a bug</link>.</para>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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