.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText. . .TH "NOVA-COMPUTE" "1" "May 29, 2019" "18.1.0" "nova" .SH NAME nova-compute \- Cloud controller fabric . .nr rst2man-indent-level 0 . .de1 rstReportMargin \\$1 \\n[an-margin] level \\n[rst2man-indent-level] level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] - \\n[rst2man-indent0] \\n[rst2man-indent1] \\n[rst2man-indent2] .. .de1 INDENT .\" .rstReportMargin pre: . RS \\$1 . nr rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level] \\n[an-margin] . nr rst2man-indent-level +1 .\" .rstReportMargin post: .. .de UNINDENT . RE .\" indent \\n[an-margin] .\" old: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .nr rst2man-indent-level -1 .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u .. .SH NOVA COMPUTE SERVER .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B Author \fI\%openstack@lists.openstack.org\fP .TP .B Copyright OpenStack Foundation .TP .B Manual section 1 .TP .B Manual group cloud computing .UNINDENT .SS Synopsis .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C nova\-compute [options] .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SS Description .sp \fBnova\-compute\fP is a server daemon that serves the Nova Compute service, which is responsible for building a disk image, launching an instance via the underlying virtualization driver, responding to calls to check the instance\(aqs state, attaching persistent storage, and terminating the instance. .SS Options .sp \fBGeneral options\fP .SS Files .INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 \fB/etc/nova/nova.conf\fP .IP \(bu 2 \fB/etc/nova/policy.json\fP .IP \(bu 2 \fB/etc/nova/rootwrap.conf\fP .IP \(bu 2 \fB/etc/nova/rootwrap.d/\fP .UNINDENT .SS See Also .INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 \fI\%OpenStack Nova\fP .UNINDENT .SS Bugs .INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 Nova bugs are managed at \fI\%Launchpad\fP .UNINDENT .SH AUTHOR OpenStack .SH COPYRIGHT 2010-present, OpenStack Foundation .\" Generated by docutils manpage writer. .