OpenStack Nova provides a cloud computing fabric controller, supporting a wide variety of compute technologies, including: libvirt (KVM, Xen, LXC and more), VMware and OpenStack Ironic.

Use the following resources to learn more.

To learn how to use Nova's API, consult the documentation available online at:

• Compute API Guide
• Compute API Reference

For more information on OpenStack APIs, SDKs and CLIs in general, refer to:

• OpenStack for App Developers
• Development resources for OpenStack clouds

To learn how to deploy and configure OpenStack Nova, consult the documentation available online at:

• OpenStack Nova

In the unfortunate event that bugs are discovered, they should be reported to the appropriate bug tracker. If you obtained the software from a 3rd party operating system vendor, it is often wise to use their own bug tracker for reporting problems. In all other cases use the master OpenStack bug tracker, available at:

• Bug Tracker

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:

• Official Nova Documentation
• Official Client Documentation

During each Summit and Project Team Gathering, we agree on what the whole community wants to focus on for the upcoming release. The plans for nova can be found at:

• Nova Specs