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author | John Garbutt <john.garbutt@rackspace.com> | 2016-08-08 10:14:49 +0100 |
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committer | John Garbutt <john.garbutt@rackspace.com> | 2016-08-08 10:26:08 +0100 |
commit | ddeb0e88c50a910c3ab4aab257af19e1ba080501 (patch) | |
tree | bac86afde26bca32d8c9dd4173dbbb4897c73430 /README.rst | |
parent | e99c3665431462fc32877b71ba876da81cb61f3a (diff) | |
download | nova-ddeb0e88c50a910c3ab4aab257af19e1ba080501.tar.gz |
Refresh README and its docs links
The current README still mentions EC2 and over-duplicates information
that now lives in other files, like CONTRIBUTING.rst.
This patch re-focused the README on three key groups of folks:
* API users
* Operators
* Developers
Change-Id: I9df445ca0c800f0985900dcb00466c15e8d5570f
Diffstat (limited to 'README.rst')
-rw-r--r-- | README.rst | 66 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 317ab1e00a..b74a3d9f2b 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -1,33 +1,42 @@ -OpenStack Nova README -===================== +OpenStack Nova +============== OpenStack Nova provides a cloud computing fabric controller, -supporting a wide variety of virtualization technologies, -including KVM, Xen, LXC, VMware, and more. In addition to -its native API, it includes compatibility with the commonly -encountered Amazon EC2 and S3 APIs. +supporting a wide variety of compute technologies, including: +libvirt (KVM, Xen, LXC and more), Hyper-V, VMware, XenServer +and OpenStack Ironic. OpenStack Nova is distributed under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0. The full terms and conditions of this license are detailed in the LICENSE file. -Nova primarily consists of a set of Python daemons, though -it requires and integrates with a number of native system -components for databases, messaging and virtualization -capabilities. +API +--- -To keep updated with new developments in the OpenStack project -follow `@openstack <http://twitter.com/openstack>`_ on Twitter. - -To learn how to deploy OpenStack Nova, consult the documentation +To learn how to use Nova's API, consult the documentation available online at: - http://docs.openstack.org + http://developer.openstack.org/api-guide/compute/ + http://developer.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/ + +For more information on OpenStack APIs, SDKs and CLIs, +please see: + + http://www.openstack.org/appdev/ + http://developer.openstack.org/ + +Operators +--------- + +To learn how to deploy and configure OpenStack Nova, consult the +documentation available online at: + + http://docs.openstack.org For information about the different compute (hypervisor) drivers -supported by Nova, read this page on the wiki: +supported by Nova, please read: - https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/HypervisorSupportMatrix + http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/feature_classification.html In the unfortunate event that bugs are discovered, they should be reported to the appropriate bug tracker. If you obtained @@ -38,24 +47,15 @@ available at: http://bugs.launchpad.net/nova -Developers wishing to work on the OpenStack Nova project should -always base their work on the latest Nova code, available from -the master GIT repository at: - - https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/nova +Developers +---------- -Developers should also join the discussion on the mailing list, -at: - - http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev +For information on how to contribute to Nova, please see the +contents of the CONTRIBUTING.rst. Any new code must follow the development guidelines detailed -in the HACKING.rst file, and pass all unit tests. Further -developer focused documentation is available at: - - http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/ +in the HACKING.rst file, and pass all unit tests. -For information on how to contribute to Nova, please see the -contents of the CONTRIBUTING.rst file. +Further developer focused documentation is available at: --- End of broadcast + http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/ |