openstack-manuals/doc/config-reference/compute/section_nova-conf.xml
Andreas Jaeger 59c11ea6a8 Cleanup section_nova-conf.xml
With the addition of section_config_format, we can now remove
section_nova-conf.xml. It was the only section in the guide that
documented the INI format.

Move some content from section_nova-conf.xml to
section_config_format.xml and update both as appropriate.

Also, update section_config_format.xml to use spaces around "=" and to
not chunk the sections.

Change-Id: I41f6e919bf996cb28a6f1ca4425752a653a3f81f
2014-04-29 20:16:04 +02:00

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<?xml version= "1.0" encoding= "UTF-8"?>
<section xml:id="compute-nova-conf"
xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0">
<title>Overview of nova.conf</title>
<para>The <filename>nova.conf</filename> configuration file is
an <link xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INI_file"
>INI file format</link> as explained in <xref
linkend="config_format"/>.</para>
<para>You can use a particular configuration option file by using
the <literal>option</literal> (<filename>nova.conf</filename>)
parameter when you run one of the <literal>nova-*</literal>
services. This parameter inserts configuration option
definitions from the specified configuration file name, which
might be useful for debugging or performance tuning.</para>
<para>For a list of configuration options, see the tables in this
guide.</para>
<para>To learn more about the <filename>nova.conf</filename>
configuration file, review the general purpose configuration
options documented in <xref linkend="config_table_nova_common"/>.</para>
<important>
<para>Do not specify quotes around Nova options.</para>
</important>
<simplesect>
<title>Sections</title>
<para>Configuration options are grouped by section. The
Compute configuration file supports the following sections:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>[DEFAULT]</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>Contains most configuration options. If
the documentation for a configuration
option does not specify its section,
assume that it appears in this
section.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>[cells]</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>Configures
cells functionality. For details, see the
Cells section (<link
xlink:href="../config-reference/content/section_compute-cells.html"
/>).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>[baremetal]</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>Configures
the baremetal hypervisor driver.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>[conductor]</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>Configures
the <systemitem class="service"
>nova-conductor</systemitem>
service.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>[trusted_computing]</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>Configures
the trusted computing pools functionality
and how to connect to a remote attestation
service.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist></para>
</simplesect>
</section>