This guide is for OpenStack operators and does not seek to be an exhaustive reference for users, but as an operator you should have a basic understanding of how to use the cloud facilities. This chapter looks at OpenStack from a basic user perspective, which helps you understand your users' needs and determine, when you get a trouble ticket, whether it is a user issue or a service issue. The main concepts covered are images, flavors, security groups, blocks storage, and instances.
