openstack-manuals/doc/common/section_getstart_orchestration.xml
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The XML root element of Docbook XML files should match the following
format:

<ELEMENT 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"
  xml:id="THE_XML_ID_OF_THE_ELEMENT">

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<section 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"
xml:id="orchestration-service">
<title>Orchestration module concepts</title>
<para>The Orchestration module provides a template-based
orchestration for describing a cloud application, by running
OpenStack API calls to generate running cloud applications. The
software integrates other core components of OpenStack into a
one-file template system. The templates allow you to create most
OpenStack resource types, such as instances, floating IPs,
volumes, security groups and users. It also provides advanced
functionality, such as instance high availability, instance auto-scaling,
and nested stacks. This enables OpenStack core projects to receive a larger
user base.</para>
<para>The service enables deployers to integrate with the
Orchestration module directly or through custom plug-ins.</para>
<para>The Orchestration module consists of the following
components:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><code>heat</code> command-line client</term>
<listitem><para>A CLI that communicates with the heat-api to run AWS
CloudFormation APIs. End developers can directly use the Orchestration
REST API.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><code>heat-api</code> component</term><listitem><para>An
OpenStack-native REST API that processes API requests by sending them to
the heat-engine over Remote Procedure Call (RPC).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><code>heat-api-cfn</code> component</term> <listitem><para>An AWS
Query API that is compatible with AWS CloudFormation. It processes
API requests by sending them to the heat-engine over
RPC.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><code>heat-engine</code></term>
<listitem><para>Orchestrates the launching of templates and provides
events back to the API consumer.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</section>