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Compute
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The OpenStack Compute service allows you to control an
:term:`Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) <IaaS>` cloud computing platform.
It gives you control over instances and networks, and allows you to manage
access to the cloud through users and projects.

Compute does not include virtualization software. Instead, it defines
drivers that interact with underlying virtualization mechanisms that run
on your host operating system, and exposes functionality over a
web-based API.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   compute_arch.rst
   compute-images-instances.rst
   compute-networking-nova.rst
   compute-system-admin.rst
   support-compute.rst

.. TODO (bmoss)
   ../common/section_compute-configure-console.xml