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<i>Parent page: [[Cloud]]</i>

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OpenStack is the software suite used on our clouds to control hardware resources such as computers, storage and networking. It allows the creation and management of virtual machines ("VMs" or "instances"), which act like separate individual machines, by emulation in software. This allows complete control over the computing environment, from choosing an operating system to software installation and configuration. Diverse use cases are supported, from hosting websites to creating virtual clusters. More documentation on OpenStack can be found at the [http://docs.openstack.org/ OpenStack website].

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This page describes how to perform common tasks encountered while working with OpenStack. It is assumed that you have already read [[Cloud Quick Start]] and understand the basic operations of launching and connecting to a VM. Most tasks can be performed using either the dashboard (as described below), the [[OpenStack command line clients]], or a tool called [[Terraform]]; however, some tasks require using command line tools, for example [[Working_with_images#Sharing_an_image_with_another_project|sharing an image with another project]].