OpenStack End User Guide End User Guide OpenStack Foundation 2013 OpenStack Foundation master OpenStack Copyright details are filled in by the template. OpenStack is an open source cloud computing platform for public and private clouds. A series of interrelated projects deliver a cloud infrastructure solution. This guide shows OpenStack end users how to create and manage resources in an OpenStack cloud with the OpenStack dashboard or OpenStack client commands. 2013-08-19 Editorial changes. 2013-07-29 First edition of this document.