Container service overview

The Container service consists of the following components:

zun-api

An OpenStack-native REST API that processes API requests by sending them to the zun-compute over Remote Procedure Call (RPC).

zun-compute

A worker daemon that creates and terminates containers through Docker API Manage containers and compute resources in local host.

zun-wsproxy

Provides a proxy for accessing running containers through a websocket connection.

Optionally, one may wish to utilize the following associated projects for additional functionality:

python-zunclient

A command-line interface (CLI) and python bindings for interacting with the Container service.

zun-ui

The Horizon plugin for providing Web UI for Zun.