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nova-compute
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.. program:: nova-compute

Synopsis
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  nova-compute [<options>...]

Description
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:program:`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.

Options
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**General options**

Files
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* ``/etc/nova/nova.conf``
* ``/etc/nova/policy.yaml``
* ``/etc/nova/rootwrap.conf``
* ``/etc/nova/rootwrap.d/``

See Also
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* :nova-doc:`OpenStack Nova <>`

Bugs
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* Nova bugs are managed at `Launchpad <https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova>`__