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<!DOCTYPE bookinfo PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % BOOK_ENTITIES SYSTEM "cloudstack.ent">
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%BOOK_ENTITIES;
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]>
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<!-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
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regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
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to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
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software distributed under the License is distributed on an
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"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
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KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
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specific language governing permissions and limitations
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under the License.
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-->
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<section id="management-server-overview">
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<title>Management Server Overview</title>
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<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.
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</para>
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<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.
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</para>
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<para>The machine must meet the system requirements described in System Requirements.
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</para>
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<para>The Management Server:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Provides the web user interface for the administrator and a reference user interface for end users.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Provides the APIs for &PRODUCT;.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Manages the assignment of guest VMs to particular hosts.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Manages the assignment of public and private IP addresses to particular accounts.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Manages the allocation of storage to guests as virtual disks.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Manages snapshots, templates, and ISO images, possibly replicating them across data centers.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Provides a single point of configuration for the cloud.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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