nova/doc/source/cli/nova-compute.rst
Stephen Finucane b5edc294a1 docs: Add man pages for 'nova-policy'
I don't actually grok what this does that 'oslopolicy-checker' couldn't
do, so perhaps we can deprecate this in the future. For now though,
simply document the thing. While we're here, we make some additional
related changes:

- Remove references to the 'policy.yaml' file for services that don't
  use policy (i.e. everything except the API services and, due to a bug,
  the nova-compute service).
- Update remaining references to the 'policy.yaml' file to include the
  'policy.d/' directory
- Update the help text for the '--api-name' and '--target' options of
  the 'nova-policy policy check' command to correct tense and better
  explain their purpose.

Also, yes, 'nova-policy policy check' is dumb. Don't blame me :)

Change-Id: I913b0de9ec40a615da7bf9981852edef4a88fecb
Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <stephenfin@redhat.com>
Related-bug: #1675486
2021-04-19 10:47:17 +01:00

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============
nova-compute
============
.. program:: nova-compute
Synopsis
========
::
nova-compute [<options>...]
Description
===========
: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
=======
.. rubric:: General options
.. include:: opts/common.rst
.. rubric:: Debugger options
.. include:: opts/debugger.rst
Files
=====
.. todo: We shouldn't have policy configuration in this non-API service, but
bug #1675486 means we do have one
* ``/etc/nova/nova.conf``
* ``/etc/nova/policy.yaml``
* ``/etc/nova/policy.d/``
* ``/etc/nova/rootwrap.conf``
* ``/etc/nova/rootwrap.d/``
See Also
========
:doc:`nova-conductor(1) <nova-conductor>`,
:doc:`nova-manage(1) <nova-manage>`,
:doc:`nova-rootwrap(1) <nova-rootwrap>`,
:doc:`nova-scheduler(1) <nova-scheduler>`,
:doc:`nova-status(1) <nova-status>`
Bugs
====
* Nova bugs are managed at `Launchpad <https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova>`__