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nova-compute - Server for the OpenStack Compute compute service.

nova-compute [<options>...]


nova-compute 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's state, attaching persistent storage, and terminating the instance.

General options

  • /etc/nova/nova.conf
  • /etc/nova/policy.yaml
  • /etc/nova/rootwrap.conf
  • /etc/nova/rootwrap.d/

:nova-doc:`OpenStack Nova <>`


Nova bugs are managed at Launchpad

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January 24, 2023