openstack-manuals/doc/install-guide/ch_overview.xml
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"
xml:id="ch_overview">
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<title>Architecture</title>
<para>This install guide offers a few of the many ways to install
OpenStack components and have them work together. It is meant as a
"choose your own adventure" guide, not a comprehensive guide. The
<citetitle>OpenStack Configuration Reference</citetitle> lists
every option in all OpenStack services. Before you begin an
installation adventure, here are some things you should know about
OpenStack concepts.</para>
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<section xml:id="overview-architecture">
<title>Sample architectures</title>
<para>This guide enables you to choose your own OpenStack
adventure. OpenStack is highly configurable to meet different
needs with various storage and networking options.</para>
<para>This guide offers the following sample architecture
examples:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Example basic architecture. This architecture has two
nodes. A cloud controller node runs the control services,
such as database, message queue, and API services for the
Identity Service, Image Service, and Compute. A compute node
runs the hypervisor where virtual machines live.</para>
<figure xml:id="basic-architecture">
<title>Basic architecture</title>
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fileref="figures/basic-architecture.svg"/>
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</figure>
<para>Technical details: Compute with KVM, local ephemeral
storage, <systemitem role="service">nova-network</systemitem> in multi-host flatDHCP mode, MySQL,
nova-api, default scheduler, <phrase os="fedora;rhel;centos"
>Qpid for messaging,</phrase><phrase
os="ubuntu;debian;opensuse">RabbitMQ for
messaging,</phrase> Identity Service with SQL back end, Image Service with
local storage, Dashboard (optional extra). Uses as many
default options as possible.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Example architecture from the <link
xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-ops/content/"
><citetitle>OpenStack Operations
Guide</citetitle></link>. Same as the basic architecture
but with the Block Storage Service LVM/iSCSI back end, <systemitem role="service">nova-network</systemitem> in
multi-host with FlatDHCP, Live Migration back end, shared
storage with NFS, and Object Storage. One controller node
and multiple compute nodes.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Example architecture with Identity Service and Object
Storage: Five-node installation with Identity Service on the
proxy node and three replications of object servers.
Dashboard does not support this configuration so examples
are with CLI.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Example architecture with OpenStack Networking.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
</chapter>