diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 44a9326..42b6791 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -2,16 +2,22 @@ python-watcherclient ==================== -Python client library for Watcher API. +Client for resource optimization service for OpenStack. -Watcher takes advantage of CEP and ML algorithms/metaheuristics to improve physical resources usage through better VM placement. Watcher can improve your cloud optimization by reducing energy footprint and increasing profits. +OpenStack Watcher provides a flexible and scalable resource optimization +service for multi-tenant OpenStack-based clouds. +Watcher provides a complete optimization loop—including everything from a +metrics receiver, complex event processor and profiler, optimization processor +and an action plan applier. This provides a robust framework to realize a wide +range of cloud optimization goals, including the reduction of data center +operating costs, increased system performance via intelligent virtual machine +migration, increased energy efficiency—and more! * Free software: Apache license * Wiki: http://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Watcher * Source: http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/python-watcher * Bugs: http://bugs.launchpad.net/watcher - Installation ============ @@ -23,13 +29,13 @@ On Ubuntu (tested on 14.04-64) .. code:: sudo apt-get install python-dev libssl-dev python-pip git-core libmysqlclient-dev libffi-dev - + On Fedora-based distributions e.g., Fedora/RHEL/CentOS/Scientific Linux (tested on CentOS 6.5) .. code:: sudo yum install python-virtualenv openssl-devel python-pip git gcc libffi-devel mysql-devel postgresql-devel - + On openSUSE-based distributions (SLES 12, openSUSE 13.1, Factory or Tumbleweed) .. code::