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OpenStack Manuals

We write draft documentation on the wiki or in Etherpad. These manuals are drafts on the wiki, ready for writing:

  • [[[NovaAdminManual||OpenStack] Compute Administration Manual ]]
  • [[[NovaDeploymentManual|| OpenStack] Compute Deployment Manual ]]
  • [[[NovaUserManual|| OpenStack] Compute End User Manual ]]

These guides are available and sourced in .rst files in /doc/source/ if you want to work on them:

Getting Started with OpenStack

How to evaluate OpenStack and the technology behind it.

Release Notes

Lists what's new and what's changed in each release as well as known issues and potential workarounds.

  • [[[ReleaseNotes|| Release Notes]]]

Installation

How to install either Swift or Nova.

Configuration

How to configure Swift for object storage and Nova for managing cloud software.

Security

Describes security, authorization, authentication, and trust management.

Development

How to contribute code to OpenStack or develop using the OpenStack projects.

Troubleshooting

How to apply a process to troubleshooting when you see errors or problems.

Support

How to find or ask for support.

Glossary

  • Glossary - Contains terms that are our definitions for OpenStack, cloud computing, and open source.