openstack-manuals/doc/common/ch_getstart.xml

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    xml:id="ch_getting-started-with-openstack">
    <title>Get started with OpenStack</title>
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    <para xml:id="para1">The OpenStack project is an open source cloud
        computing platform for all types of clouds, which aims to be
        simple to implement, massively scalable, and feature
        rich. Developers and cloud computing technologists
        from around the world create the OpenStack project.</para>
    <para xml:id="para2">OpenStack provides an Infrastructure as a
        Service (IaaS) solution through a set of interrelated
        services. Each service offers an application programming
        interface (API) that facilitates this integration. Depending
        on your needs, you can install some or all services.</para>
    <para xml:id="para3">The following table describes the OpenStack
        services that make up the OpenStack architecture:</para>
    <table rules="all" xml:id="table1" width="85%">
        <caption>OpenStack services</caption>
        <col width="15%"/>
        <col width="15%"/>
        <col width="70%"/>
        <thead>
            <tr>
                <th>Service</th>
                <th>Project name</th>
                <th>Description</th>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <td><link
                    xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-dashboard/"
                    >Dashboard</link></td>
                <td><link
                    xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/horizon/"
                    >Horizon</link></td>
                <td>Enables users to interact with OpenStack services
                    to launch an instance, assign IP addresses, set
                    access controls, and so on.</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><link
                        xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/"
                        >Compute</link></td>
                <td><link
                        xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/"
                        >Nova</link></td>
                <td>Provisions and manages large networks of virtual
                    machines on demand.</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><link
                        xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-networking/"
                        >Networking</link></td>
                <td><link
                        xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/neutron/"
                        >Neutron</link></td>
                <td>Enables network connectivity as a service among
                    interface devices managed by other OpenStack
                    services, usually Compute. Enables users to create
                    and attach interfaces to networks. Has a pluggable
                    architecture that supports many popular networking
                    vendors and technologies.</td>
            </tr>
            <tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Storage</th></tr>
            <tr>
                <td><link
                    xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-storage/"
                    >Object Storage</link></td>
                <td><link
                    xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/"
                    >Swift</link></td>
                <td>Stores and gets files. Does not mount directories
                    like a file server.</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><link
                    xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-storage/"
                    >Block Storage</link></td>
                <td><link
                    xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/cinder/"
                    >Cinder</link></td>
                <td>Provides persistent block storage to guest virtual
                    machines.</td>
            </tr>
            <tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Shared services</th></tr>
            <tr>
                <td><link
                        xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-shared-services/"
                        >Identity Service</link></td>
                <td><link
                        xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/keystone/"
                        >Keystone</link></td>
                <td>Provides authentication and authorization for the
                    OpenStack services. Also provides a service
                    catalog within a particular OpenStack cloud.</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><link
                        xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-shared-services/"
                        >Image Service</link></td>
                <td><link
                        xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/glance/"
                        >Glance</link></td>
                <td>Provides a registry of virtual machine images.
                    Compute uses it to provision instances.</td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
                <td><link
                        xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-shared-services/"
                        >Metering/Monitoring Service</link></td>
                <td><link
                        xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/ceilometer/"
                        >Ceilometer</link></td>
                <td>Monitors and meters the OpenStack cloud for
                    billing, benchmarking, scalability, and statistics
                    purposes.</td>
            </tr>
            <tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Higher-level services</th></tr>
            <tr>
                <td><link
                        xlink:href="http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-shared-services/"
                        >Orchestration Service</link></td>
                <td><link
                        xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/heat/"
                        >Heat</link></td>
                <td>Orchestrates multiple composite cloud applications by using
                    either the native HOT template format or the AWS
                    CloudFormation template format, through both an
                    OpenStack-native REST API and a CloudFormation-compatible
                    Query API.</td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
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    <section xml:id="openstack-services">
        <title>OpenStack services</title>
        <para>This section describes OpenStack services in
            detail.</para>
        <xi:include href="section_getstart_compute.xml"/>
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        <xi:include href="section_storage-concepts.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="section_getstart_object-storage.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="section_getstart_block-storage.xml"/>
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        <xi:include href="section_getstart_networking.xml"/>
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        <xi:include href="section_getstart_dashboard.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="section_keystone-concepts.xml"/>
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        <xi:include href="section_getstart_image.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="section_getstart_metering.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="section_getstart_orchestration.xml"/>
    </section>
    <section xml:id="feedback">
        <title>Feedback</title>
        <para>To provide feedback on documentation, join and use the
                <email>openstack-docs@lists.openstack.org</email>
            mailing list at <link
                xlink:href="http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-docs"
                >OpenStack Documentation Mailing List</link>, or <link
                xlink:href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+filebug"
                >report a bug</link>.</para>
    </section>
</chapter>