Compute
OpenStack Compute (Nova) is one of the original components of OpenStack. It provides the ability to provision a virtual machine, an application container, or a physical system, depending on configuration. All provisioning is image-based, and the OpenStack Image Service (Glance) is a prerequisite for the Compute service. Some kind of networking is also required to launch a compute instance.
Networking was originally provided by the Compute service in OpenStack, but the use of Nova Networking was deprecated in the Newton release of OpenStack, and it is no longer supported. Networking is provided by the Neutron service, which offers a wide range of functionality.
In OpenStack, we refer to provisioned compute nodes as instances and not ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access