- Interfaces to managing instances
- Instance building blocks
- Creating instances
- Controlling where instances run
- Instance specific data
- Configuring instances at boot time
- Config drive
- Managing instance networking
- Manage Volumes
- Accessing running instances
- Stop and Start an Instance
- Change Server Configuration
- Instance evacuation
- Terminate an Instance
Instances are the running virtual machines within an OpenStack cloud. The Images and Instances section of the Introduction to OpenStack Compute Chapter provides a high level overview of instances and their life cycle
This chapter deals with the details of how to manage that life cycle
