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Glossary
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.. glossary::
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:sorted:
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CLI
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Command-Line Interface; a textual user interface.
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compute
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OpenStack Compute (Nova).
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container
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One of the :term:`object-store` resources; a container holds
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:term:`objects <object>` being stored.
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endpoint
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A base URL used in a REST request. An `authentication endpoint` is
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specifically the URL given to a user to identify a cloud. A service
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endpoint is generally obtained from the service catalog.
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host
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A physical computer. Contrast with :term:`node` and :term:`server`.
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identity
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OpenStack Identity (Keystone).
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image
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OpenStack Image (Glance). Also the attribute name of the disk files
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stored for use by servers.
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keypair
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The attribute name of the SSH public key used in the OpenStack Compute
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API for server authentication.
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node
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A logical system, may refer to a :term:`server` (virtual machine) or a
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:term:`host`.
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Generally used to describe an OS instance where a specific process is
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running, e.g. a 'network node' is where the network processes run,
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and may be directly on a host or in a server. Contrast with
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:term:`host` and :term:`server`.
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object
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A generic term which normally refers to the a Python ``object``.
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The OpenStack Object Store service (Swift) also uses `object` as the
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name of the item being stored within a :term:`container`.
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object-store
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OpenStack Object Store (Swift).
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project
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The name of the owner of resources in an OpenStack cloud. A `project`
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can map to a customer, account or organization in different OpenStack
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deployments. Used instead of the deprecated :term:`tenant`.
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region
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The attribute name of a partitioning of cloud resources.
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resource
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A Python object representing an OpenStack resource inside the SDK code.
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Also used to describe the items managed by OpenStack.
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role
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A personality that a user assumes when performing a specific set of
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operations. A `role` includes a set of rights and privileges that a
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user assuming that role inherits. The OpenStack Identity service
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includes the set of roles that a user can assume in the
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:term:`token` that is issued to that user.
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The individual services determine how the roles are interpreted
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and access granted to operations or resources. The OpenStack Identity
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service treats a role as an arbitrary name assigned by the cloud
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administrator.
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server
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A virtual machine or a bare-metal host managed by the OpenStack Compute
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service. Contrast with :term:`host` and :term:`node`.
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service
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In OpenStack this refers to a service/endpoint in the
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:term:`ServiceCatalog <service catalog>`.
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It could also be a collection of endpoints for different
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:term:`regions <region>`.
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A service has a type and a name.
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service catalog
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The list of :term:`services <service>` configured at a given
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authentication endpoint available to the authenticated user.
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tenant
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Deprecated in favor of :term:`project`.
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token
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An arbitrary bit of text that is used to access resources. Some tokens
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are `scoped` to determine what resources are accessible with it. A
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token may be revoked at any time and is valid for a finite duration.
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volume
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OpenStack Volume (Cinder). Also the attribute name of the virtual
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disks managed by the OpenStack Volume service.
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