nova-compute

Nova Compute Server

Author:openstack@lists.openstack.org
Date:2012-09-27
Copyright:OpenStack Foundation
Version:2012.1
Manual section:1
Manual group:cloud computing

SYNOPSIS

nova-compute [options]

DESCRIPTION

Handles all processes relating to instances (guest vms). nova-compute is responsible for building a disk image, launching it via the underlying virtualization driver, responding to calls to check its state, attaching persistent storage, and terminating it.

OPTIONS

General options

FILES

  • /etc/nova/nova.conf
  • /etc/nova/policy.json
  • /etc/nova/rootwrap.conf
  • /etc/nova/rootwrap.d/

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