Description of common configuration options

Configuration option = Default value	Description
[DEFAULT]
bindir = /usr/local/bin	(StrOpt) Directory where nova binaries are installed
compute_topic = compute	(StrOpt) The topic compute nodes listen on
console_topic = console	(StrOpt) The topic console proxy nodes listen on
consoleauth_topic = consoleauth	(StrOpt) The topic console auth proxy nodes listen on
disable_process_locking = False	(BoolOpt) Enables or disables inter-process locks.
host = localhost	(StrOpt) Name of this node. This can be an opaque identifier. It is not necessarily a hostname, FQDN, or IP address. However, the node name must be valid within an AMQP key, and if using ZeroMQ, a valid hostname, FQDN, or IP address
lock_path = None	(StrOpt) Directory to use for lock files.
memcached_servers = None	(ListOpt) Memcached servers or None for in process cache.
my_ip = 10.0.0.1	(StrOpt) IP address of this host
notification_driver = []	(MultiStrOpt) Driver or drivers to handle sending notifications.
notification_topics = notifications	(ListOpt) AMQP topic used for OpenStack notifications.
notify_api_faults = False	(BoolOpt) If set, send api.fault notifications on caught exceptions in the API service.
notify_on_state_change = None	(StrOpt) If set, send compute.instance.update notifications on instance state changes. Valid values are None for no notifications, "vm_state" for notifications on VM state changes, or "vm_and_task_state" for notifications on VM and task state changes.
pybasedir = /usr/lib/python/site-packages/nova	(StrOpt) Directory where the nova python module is installed
report_interval = 10	(IntOpt) Seconds between nodes reporting state to datastore
rootwrap_config = /etc/nova/rootwrap.conf	(StrOpt) Path to the rootwrap configuration file to use for running commands as root
service_down_time = 60	(IntOpt) Maximum time since last check-in for up service
state_path = $pybasedir	(StrOpt) Top-level directory for maintaining nova's state
tempdir = None	(StrOpt) Explicitly specify the temporary working directory
transport_url = None	(StrOpt) A URL representing the messaging driver to use and its full configuration. If not set, we fall back to the rpc_backend option and driver specific configuration.