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CHPC Cloud Resources
Glossary of Terms
Floating IPs - An IP address that a project can associate with a VM so that the instance has the same public IP address each time that it boots. You create a pool of floating IP addresses and assign them to instances as they are launched to maintain a consistent IP address for maintaining DNS assignment.
Port - A virtual network port within Networking; VIFs / vNICs are connected to a port.
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Ingress - The process of filtering incoming network traffic. Supported by Compute.
Ephemeral volume - Volume that does not save the changes made to it and reverts to its original state when the current user relinquishes control.
External Network - A network segment typically used for instance Internet access.
Availability zone - An Amazon EC2 concept of an isolated area that is used for fault tolerance. Do not confuse with an OpenStack Compute zone or cell.
GateWay IP - An IP address, typically assigned to a router, that passes network traffic between different networks.
Subnet - Logical subdivision of an IP network.
Volumes - Disk-based data storage generally represented as an iSCSI target with a file system that supports extended attributes; can be persistent or ephemeral.
Instances - A running VM, or a VM in a known state such as suspended, that can be used like a hardware server.
Images - A collection of files for a specific operating system (OS) that you use to create or rebuild a server. OpenStack provides pre-built images. You can also create custom images, or snapshots, from servers that you have launched. Custom images can be used for data backups or as “gold” images for additional servers
network - A virtual network that provides connectivity between entities. For example, a collection of virtual ports that share network connectivity. In Networking terminology, a network is always a layer-2 network.
