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<section id="management-server-overview">
<title>Management Server Overview</title>
<para>The Management Server is the &PRODUCT; software that manages cloud resources. By interacting with the Management Server through its UI or API, you can configure and manage your cloud infrastructure.
</para>
<para>The Management Server runs on a dedicated server or VM. It controls allocation of virtual machines to hosts and assigns storage and IP addresses to the virtual machine instances. The Management Server runs in a Tomcat container and requires a MySQL database for persistence.
</para>
<para>The machine must meet the system requirements described in System Requirements.
</para>
<para>The Management Server:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Provides the web user interface for the administrator and a reference user interface for end users.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Provides the APIs for &PRODUCT;.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Manages the assignment of guest VMs to particular hosts.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Manages the assignment of public and private IP addresses to particular accounts.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Manages the allocation of storage to guests as virtual disks.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Manages snapshots, templates, and ISO images, possibly replicating them across data centers.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Provides a single point of configuration for the cloud.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<title>Management Server Overview</title>
<para>
The Management Server is the &PRODUCT; software that manages cloud
resources. By interacting with the Management Server through its UI or
API, you can configure and manage your cloud infrastructure.
</para>
<para>
The Management Server runs on a dedicated server or VM. It controls
allocation of virtual machines to hosts and assigns storage and IP
addresses to the virtual machine instances. The Management Server
runs in a Tomcat container and requires a MySQL database for persistence.
</para>
<para>
The machine must meet the system requirements described in System
Requirements.
</para>
<para>The Management Server:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Provides the web user interface for the administrator and a
reference user interface for end users.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Provides the APIs for &PRODUCT;.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Manages the assignment of guest VMs to particular hosts.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Manages the assignment of public and private IP addresses to
particular accounts.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Manages the allocation of storage to guests as virtual disks.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Manages snapshots, templates, and ISO images, possibly
replicating them across data centers.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Provides a single point of configuration for the cloud.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>