nova/doc/source/cli/nova-compute.rst
Dan Smith a296441782 Add docs for stable-compute-uuid behaviors
This adds some admin guide documentation about the stable compute_id
file. It covers upgrade, greenfield generation, and greenfield
pre-provisioning by deployment tools.

Related to blueprint stable-compute-uuid

Change-Id: I078b3f9e1919f2008628dc7b889e8696f1f6159a
2023-02-08 09:36:26 -08:00

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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/``
* ``/etc/nova/compute_id``
* ``/var/lib/nova/compute_id``
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>`__