[Openstack] Controller node vs. compute node terminology

Pengjun Pan panpengjun at gmail.com
Thu Nov 15 18:58:08 UTC 2012


The controller node can not host vms. But an All-in-one node can, because
it is a combination of controller and compute.


On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Ahmed Al-Mehdi <ahmed at coraid.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am following the document  "OpenStack Deploy and Install Guide" to bring
> up a OpenStack setup.  Per the instructions in the document, is the
> controller node also acting as the compute node.  By that I mean when a VM
> is created, it created on the controller node. Is that right?   And then
> there are steps to create additional (sole) compute nodes.  Is that a
> correct view of looking at the setup described in the document.
>
> Server 1 :  Controller node / Compute node
> Server 2: Compute node
>
> If so, is that the usual deployment scenario?
>
> Any thoughts would be highly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Ahmed.
>
>
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