OpenStack Compute (nova) — nova 29.1.0.dev94 documentationOpenStack Compute (nova)¶ What is nova?¶ Nova is the OpenStack project that provides a way to provision compute instances (aka virtual servers). Nova supports creating virtual machines, baremetal servers (through the use of ironic), and has limited support for system containers. Nova runs as a set of daemons on top of existing Linux servers to provide that service. It requires the following additi
