The OpenStack Compute and Image services work together to provide access to virtual servers and images through REST APIs. The Identity Service provides a common authorization layer for all OpenStack services. You must use the Identity Service to install the OpenStack Dashboard, which offers a web-based user interface for OpenStack components. The OpenStack Object Storage service provides not only a storage method for virtual images but also a cloud-based object storage system with a REST API to store and retrieve objects such as images or videos. This walk-through starts with Identity, then goes through Image and Compute and also provides deployment information about an Object Storage installation. If you are interested in how to plan for and operate an OpenStack cloud, see the OpenStack Operations Guide. Here are the overall steps for a manual install: Review the most supported platforms. Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Scientific Linux, CentOS, Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise are the most tested platforms currently. Install the Identity Service (Keystone). Configure the Identity Service. Install the Image Service (Glance). Configure the Image Service. Install Compute (Nova). Review the assumptions made in this installation for Compute. Configure Compute with FlatDHCP networking using 192.168.100.0/24 as the fixed range for our guest VMs on a bridge named br100. Create and initialize the Compute database with MySQL. PostgreSQL is also documented but all examples follow MySQL as an assumed default. Add images. (optional) Install OpenStack Object Storage (Swift). Install the OpenStack Dashboard. Launch the Dashboard. Add a keypair through the Dashboard. Launch an image through the Dashboard to verify the entire installation.