Typical deployment

A nova-consoleauth process. Typically runs on the controller host.

One or more nova-novncproxy services. Supports browser-based noVNC clients. For simple deployments, this service typically runs on the same machine as nova-api because it operates as a proxy between the public network and the private compute host network.

One or more nova-xvpvncproxy services. Supports the special Java client discussed here. For simple deployments, this service typically runs on the same machine as nova-api because it acts as a proxy between the public network and the private compute host network.

One or more compute hosts. These compute hosts must have correctly configured options, as follows.