OpenStack Services

Managed IaaS is assembled from the components below. Each one is a building block you consume on its own terms — what it is for and which options exist is described on its page, and the operational detail lives under that component's Usage section.

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Compute (Nova)

Virtual machines, flavors, keypairs, and compute operations

Block Storage (Cinder)

Persistent block storage volumes for compute instances

Networking (Neutron)

Virtual networks, routers, floating IPs, and security groups

Identity (Keystone)

Authentication, projects, users, and role-based access

Object Storage (Swift)

Scalable, robust object storage for unstructured data

Orchestration (Terraform)

Template-based orchestration for cloud applications

Backups

Snapshot and backup management for data protection

DNS (Designate)

Domain name system and record management

Secrets (Barbican)

Secure storage for passwords, keys, and certificates

Load Balancer (Octavia)

Layer 4-7 Load Balancer as a Service for traffic distribution and high availability.