In OpenStack, the overall components can be separated into the following core services:
- Compute, code named nova: It is the computing fabric controller for managing and controlling computing resources. It works with bare metal servers as well as hypervisor technologies, such as KVM, Xen, Hyper-V, and many more. Nova is written in Python.
- Networking, code name Neutron: This is the system that manages networks and associated services. The physical network can be flat, VLAN, or VXLAN that separates control and user traffic with the virtual network work in conjunction with the underlying physical network. Network services such as IP addressing (DHCP or static), floating IP from control node to user network, L2 and L3 services ...
