NAME

       nova-compute - Cloud controller fabric

NOVA COMPUTE SERVER

       Author openstack@lists.openstack.org

       Date   2012-09-27

       Copyright
              OpenStack Foundation

       Version
              2012.1

       Manual section
              1

       Manual group
              cloud computing

   SYNOPSIS
          nova-compute [options]

   DESCRIPTION
       Handles  all processes relating to instances (guest vms).  nova-compute is responsible for
       building a disk image, launching it via the underlying virtualization  driver,  responding
       to calls to check its state, attaching persistent storage, and terminating it.

   OPTIONS
          General options

   FILES
       • /etc/nova/nova.conf

       • /etc/nova/policy.json

       • /etc/nova/rootwrap.conf

       • /etc/nova/rootwrap.d/

   SEE ALSO
       • OpenStack Nova

   BUGS
       • Nova bugs are managed at Launchpad Bugs : Nova

AUTHOR

       OpenStack

COPYRIGHT

       2010-present, OpenStack Foundation