Overview of nova.conf

Overview of nova.conf

The nova.conf configuration file is an INI file format as explained in Configuration file format.

You can use a particular configuration option file by using the option (nova.conf) parameter when you run one of the nova-* services. This parameter inserts configuration option definitions from the specified configuration file name, which might be useful for debugging or performance tuning.

For a list of configuration options, see the tables in this guide.

To learn more about the nova.conf configuration file, review the general purpose configuration options documented in the table Description of common configuration options.

Important

Do not specify quotes around nova options.

Sections

Configuration options are grouped by section. The Compute configuration file supports the following sections:

[DEFAULT]
Contains most configuration options. If the documentation for a configuration option does not specify its section, assume that it appears in this section.
[baremetal]
Configures the baremetal hypervisor driver.
[cells]
Configures cells functionality. For details, the section called “Cells”.
[conductor]
Configures the nova-conductor service.
[database]
Configures the database that Compute uses.
[glance]
Configures how to access the Image service.
[hyperv]
Configures the Hyper-V hypervisor driver.
[image_file_url]
Configures additional filesystems to access the Image service.
[keymgr]
Configures the key manager.
[keystone_authtoken]
Configures authorization via Identity service.
[libvirt]
Configures the hypervisor drivers using the Libvirt library: KVM, LXC, Qemu, UML, Xen.
[matchmaker_redis]
Configures a Redis server.
[matchmaker_ring]
Configures a matchmaker ring.
[metrics]
Configures weights for the metrics weigher.
[neutron]
Configures Networking specific options.
[osapi_v3]
Configures the OpenStack Compute API v3.
[rdp]
Configures RDP proxying.
[serial_console]
Configures serial console.
[spice]
Configures virtual consoles using SPICE.
[ssl]
Configures certificate authority using SSL.
[trusted_computing]
Configures the trusted computing pools functionality and how to connect to a remote attestation service.
[upgrade_levels]
Configures version locking on the RPC (message queue) communications between the various Compute services to allow live upgrading an OpenStack installation.
[vmware]
Configures the VMware hypervisor driver.
[xenserver]
Configures the XenServer hypervisor driver.
[zookeeper]
Configures the ZooKeeper ServiceGroup driver.
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