Using OpenStack Shared File Systems
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Before working with the Shared File System service, you'll need to create a
connection to your OpenStack cloud by following the :doc:`connect` user
guide. This will provide you with the ``conn`` variable used in the examples
below.

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List Availability Zones
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A Shared File System service **availability zone** is a failure domain for
your shared file systems. You may create a shared file system (referred
to simply as **shares**) in a given availability zone, and create replicas
of the share in other availability zones.

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