nova/doc/source/admin/configuration/hypervisors.rst
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Import the following files from the former config-reference [1]:

  api.rst
  cells.rst
  fibre-channel.rst
  hypervisor-basics.rst
  hypervisor-hyper-v.rst
  hypervisor-kvm.rst
  hypervisor-lxc.rst
  hypervisor-qemu.rst
  hypervisor-virtuozzo.rst
  hypervisor-vmware.rst
  hypervisor-xen-api.rst
  hypervisor-xen-libvirt.rst
  hypervisors.rst
  index.rst
  iscsi-offload.rst
  logs.rst
  resize.rst
  samples/api-paste.ini.rst
  samples/index.rst
  samples/policy.yaml.rst
  samples/rootwrap.conf.rst
  schedulers.rst

The below files are skipped as they're already included, in slightly
different forms, in the nova documentation.

  config-options.rst
  nova-conf-samples.rst
  nova-conf.rst
  nova.conf

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===========
Hypervisors
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.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
hypervisor-basics.rst
hypervisor-kvm.rst
hypervisor-qemu.rst
hypervisor-xen-api.rst
hypervisor-xen-libvirt.rst
hypervisor-lxc.rst
hypervisor-vmware.rst
hypervisor-hyper-v.rst
hypervisor-virtuozzo.rst
OpenStack Compute supports many hypervisors, which might make it difficult for
you to choose one. Most installations use only one hypervisor. However, you
can use :ref:`ComputeFilter` and :ref:`ImagePropertiesFilter` to schedule
different hypervisors within the same installation. The following links help
you choose a hypervisor. See :doc:`/user/support-matrix` for a detailed list
of features and support across the hypervisors.
The following hypervisors are supported:
* `KVM`_ - Kernel-based Virtual Machine. The virtual disk formats that it
supports is inherited from QEMU since it uses a modified QEMU program to
launch the virtual machine. The supported formats include raw images, the
qcow2, and VMware formats.
* `LXC`_ - Linux Containers (through libvirt), used to run Linux-based virtual
machines.
* `QEMU`_ - Quick EMUlator, generally only used for development purposes.
* `VMware vSphere`_ 5.1.0 and newer - Runs VMware-based Linux and Windows
images through a connection with a vCenter server.
* `Xen (using libvirt) <Xen>`_ - Xen Project Hypervisor using libvirt as
management interface into ``nova-compute`` to run Linux, Windows, FreeBSD and
NetBSD virtual machines.
* `XenServer`_ - XenServer, Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) and other XAPI based Xen
variants runs Linux or Windows virtual machines. You must install the
``nova-compute`` service in a para-virtualized VM.
* `Hyper-V`_ - Server virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V, use to run
Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD virtual machines. Runs ``nova-compute`` natively
on the Windows virtualization platform.
* `Virtuozzo`_ 7.0.0 and newer - OS Containers and Kernel-based Virtual
Machines supported via libvirt virt_type=parallels. The supported formats
include ploop and qcow2 images.
.. _KVM: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page
.. _LXC: https://linuxcontainers.org/
.. _QEMU: http://wiki.qemu.org/Manual
.. _VMware vSphere: https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere-hypervisor
.. _Xen: (using libvirt) <http://www.xenproject.org
.. _XenServer: <http://xenserver.org
.. _Hyper-V: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/solutions/virtualization.aspx
.. _Virtuozzo: https://virtuozzo.com/products/#product-virtuozzo/