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This page is the starting point for browsing the ganeti documentation. It

contains link to all the sections of the documentation, grouped by topic.

The list of changes between Ganeti versions is provided in the :doc:`news` file.

In order to help understanding the Ganeti terminology, a :doc:`glossary` is

provided.

Also see the :ref:`search`.

Installing Ganeti

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In order to install Ganeti, follow the instructions contained in the

:doc:`install`.

If you are an experience user, the content of the :doc:`install-quick` should

be enough.

Instructions for upgrading an existing installation to the latest version of

Ganeti are contained in the :doc:`upgrade`.

Using Ganeti

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Information about how to manage a Ganeti cluster after it has been installed

(including management of nodes, instances, info about the tools and the

monitoring agent) can be found in :doc:`admin`.

A more example-oriended guide is available in :doc:`walkthrough`.

The various tool that are part of Ganeti are described one by one in the

:doc:`manpages`.

A description of the security model underlying a Ganeti cluster can be find in

the :doc:`security` document.

Ganeti functionalities can be extended be hooking scripts automatically

activated when certain events happen. Information on this mechanism is provided

in the :doc:`hooks` document.

While using Ganeti, the allocation of instances can happen manually or

automatically, through some external tool making decisions about this. The API

for such tools is described in :doc:`iallocator`.

Most of the functionalities of Ganeti can be programmatically accessed through

an API, the :doc:`rapi`.

Compatibility with the standard OVF virtual machine interchange format is

provided by the :doc:`ovfconverter`.

Mainly for testing reasons, Ganeti also has :doc:`virtual-cluster`.

A few functionalities are explicitly targeted for big installations, where

multiple clusters are present. A tool for merging two existing clusters

is provided, and is described in :doc:`cluster-merge`. There is also a document

describing the procedure for :doc:`move-instance`.

Developing Ganeti

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A few documents useful for who wants to modify Ganeti are available and listed

in this section.

A description of the locking strategy and, in particular, lock order

dependencies is presented in :doc:`locking`.

Build dependencies and other useful development-related information are provided

in the :doc:`devnotes`.

All the features implemented in Ganeti are described in a design document before

being actually implemented. Designs can be implemented in a released version, or

be still draft (and therefore either incomplete or not implemented).

Implemented designs

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   :maxdepth: 1

Draft designs

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.. toctree::

   :maxdepth: 2

   admin.rst

   cluster-merge.rst

   design-linuxha.rst

   design-network.rst

   devnotes.rst

   glossary.rst

   hooks.rst

   iallocator.rst

   install.rst

   install-quick.rst

   locking.rst

   manpages.rst

   move-instance.rst

   news.rst

   ovfconverter.rst

   rapi.rst

   security.rst

   upgrade.rst

   virtual-cluster.rst

   walkthrough