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A-Z

Alphabetical index of 231 concepts, services, and terms across 366 documentation pages, with 0 cross-references to competitor and OpenStack terminology.

A

16 entries

Affinity

Affinity specifies that instances within a server group are co-located on the same host or hosts.

Anti Affinity

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API

Also known as: AWS API Changelog (AWS), Hetzner Cloud API (Hetzner), DigitalOcean API (DigitalOcean)

Api Tokens

API Versioning

Also known as: Hetzner API Changelog (Hetzner), AWS API Versioning (AWS)

Application Credentials

Application credentials are authentication mechanisms that enable applications to make API requests without using user credentials or extended life tokens.

Authentication

Also known as: AWS IAM (AWS), Azure Entra Id (Azure), GCP Cloud Identity (GCP)

Availability

Availability zone

Availability zones are the geographic regions in which your underlying cloud hardware and infrastructure reside.

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B

5 entries

Billing

service

Also known as: Azure Billing (Azure), GCP Cloud Billing (GCP), Hetzner Project Billing (Hetzner), AWS Billing (AWS), DigitalOcean Billing API (DigitalOcean)

Key topics: subscription, invoicing, pricing

Block Storage

Block storage (Volumes service) is a type of data storage typically used in storage-area network (SAN) environments where data is stored in fixed-size blocks, each with a unique address.

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C

26 entries

Certificates

Certificates are X.509 Certificates that are used for secure communication between systems in your cloud networks.

Changelog

CIDR notation

CIDR notation is a compact way of representing an IP address and its associated network mask, which defines the size and boundaries of a network.

Classless inter-domain routing (CIDR)

CIDR is a notation used to specify IP address ranges and subnet masks for networks and subnets within the Network service.

Cloning

Volume clones are exact replicas of an existing volume, and are useful for backups or standardized provisioning.

Cloud

Clouds are networked computing resources that are available as online services.

Cloud console

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Cloud Native Computing

Cloud Terminology

Cloud YAML file

cloud.yaml files are configuration files used with CLI tools to set authentication and authorization details for one or more cloud projects.

cloud-init

cloud-init is the industry standard multi-distribution method for cross-platform cloud instance initialization.

Cluster Templates

Cluster templates are files that define the characteristics of clusters including the image, flavor, and network.

Compute

service

Also known as: AWS EC2 (AWS), GCP Compute Engine (GCP)

Key topics: console apps, instances, openclaw, ai agent, security groups, floating ips, images, flavors, cloud init, key pairs, vcpu, ram, root disk, high availability, server groups

Console Apps

Container orchestration engine (COE)

Container orchestration engines (or *COE*) manage the lifecycle of one or more containers as a cluster.

Containers

Containers are packaged software including dependencies and an operating system that enable containers to run on different physical devices regardless of the native operating system of the device.

Also known as: Hetzner Buckets (Hetzner), DigitalOcean Spaces Buckets (DigitalOcean)

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D

12 entries

Definitions

Distributed Virtual Routing (DVR)

Distributed Virtual Routing (DVR) routes traffic between VMs and external networks directly from compute nodes, avoiding a centralized network node bottleneck.

DNAT

Documentation

Domain name system (DNS)

DNS is a hierarchical and decentralized naming system used to translate human-readable domain names (such as www.example.com) into numerical IP addresses (like 192.0.2.1 for IPv4 or 2001:db8::1 for IPv6) that are used by computers to locate and communicate with each other on the internet or private networks.

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E

6 entries

Egress

Endpoints

External network

External networks are networks that connect your Quake AI projects to the internet.

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F

4 entries

Firewall

Also known as: Linode Cloud Firewalls (Linode), Vultr Firewall Groups (Vultr), Hetzner Firewalls (Hetzner), DigitalOcean Cloud Firewalls (DigitalOcean)

Flavors

Flavors are the virtual hardware specifications of a virtual machine, such as memory, CPU, and storage.

Also known as: AWS EC2 Instance Types (AWS), GCP Machine Types (GCP), Azure VM Sizes (Azure), Hetzner Server Types (Hetzner), DigitalOcean Sizes (DigitalOcean)

Floating IPs

Floating IP addresses are IP addresses that you can assign to your virtual machine instance from a predefined pool of static public addresses.

Also known as: AWS Elastic IP (AWS), Azure Public IP (Azure), GCP Static External IP (GCP), Hetzner Floating IPs (Hetzner), DigitalOcean Reserved IPs (DigitalOcean)

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G

3 entries

Gateways

Glossary

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H

7 entries

High availability (HA)

High Availability (HA) refers to the design and implementation of systems and services within a cloud environment to ensure continuous operation and minimal downtime, even in the event of hardware failures, network issues, or other disruptions.

Hot Templates

Hybrid cloud

Hybrid clouds combine both public and private cloud services.

Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)

HTTP is a foundational protocol used for transmitting data on the World Wide Web.

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I

19 entries

Identity (Keystone)

Images

Images are virtual machine definitions that specify properties such as operating system and operating system version.

Also known as: Hetzner Images (Hetzner), AWS EC2 Amis (AWS), Azure Managed Images (Azure), DigitalOcean Images (DigitalOcean)

Incident Response

Infrastructure as Code

Ingress

Instance Flavors

Instance Snapshots

Instance snapshots are backups of your instance that capture the data and the state of your virtual machine.

Also known as: GCP Machine Images (GCP), AWS Ami (AWS), DigitalOcean Droplet Snapshots (DigitalOcean)

Instances

Instances are virtual machine images that you activate and put into use (as an instance of a given image template) as servers.

Also known as: AWS EC2 Instances (AWS), Hetzner Cloud Servers (Hetzner), Azure Virtual Machines (Azure), GCP Compute Engine VMs (GCP), DigitalOcean Droplets (DigitalOcean), Linode Instances (Linode), Vultr Instances (Vultr)

Internet control message protocol (ICMP)

ICMP is a network layer protocol used within the Internet Protocol Suite (IP).

Internet message access protocol (IMAP)

IMAP is a protocol used for accessing and managing email messages on a mail server.

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)

IPv4 is the fourth version of the Internet Protocol (IP) and is the most widely used version for routing and addressing data packets over the internet and other networks.

Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)

IPv6 is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP), which is the set of rules that devices use to communicate over the internet and other networks.

Inventory (Ansible)

Inventory is the list of hosts Ansible targets.

Invoicing

IP address (internet protocol)

IP addresses, or Internet Protocol addresses, are unique numerical identifiers assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.

IP Addresses

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K

3 entries

Key Pairs

Key pairs are an authentication mechanism that uses a pair of keys: a public key (that you share with others) to encrypt data, and a private key (that is never shared with anyone) to decrypt.

Also known as: AWS EC2 Key Pairs (AWS), Azure Ssh Keys (Azure), GCP Os Login (GCP), Hetzner Ssh Keys (Hetzner), DigitalOcean Ssh Keys (DigitalOcean)

Kubernetes

service

Kubernetes is a popular open-source container orchestration system (COE).

Also known as: AWS EKS (AWS), Azure AKS (Azure), GCP GKE (GCP), Linode Lke (Linode), Vultr Vke (Vultr), DigitalOcean Kubernetes Cluster (DigitalOcean), Hetzner Hcloud Ccm Csi (Hetzner)

Key topics: cloud native, containers, automation, storage, cloud native computing, clusters, cluster templates, magnum, high availability, migration, flavors, networks, credentials, instances, images

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L

9 entries

Lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP)

LDAP is a protocol used for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol (IP) network.

Load balancer

A *load balancer* distributes incoming traffic across backend instances or containers.

Also known as: Linode Nodebalancers (Linode), Vultr Load Balancers (Vultr), AWS Elastic Load Balancing (AWS), GCP Cloud Load Balancing (GCP), Azure Load Balancer (Azure), DigitalOcean Load Balancers (DigitalOcean)

Local area network (LAN)

Local area networks (LANs) are partitioned, logical subnets within a network.

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M

11 entries

MAC address

MAC addresses (Media Access Control) are unique identifiers assigned to network interface cards (NIC) for use as a network addresses in communications within a network segment.

MAC Addresses

Managed vs. Self-Hosted

Microversions

Model Quantization

Multi Environment

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N

9 entries

NAT

Navigation

Network address translation (NAT)

Network Address Translation (NAT) modifies packet headers in transit so multiple devices on a private network can share a single public IP address.

Network topology

Network topology shows the relationships between the different networks and network resources in your project.

Networking

Also known as: Linode VPC (Linode), Azure Virtual Network (Azure), DigitalOcean VPC Networking (DigitalOcean), GCP VPC Networking (GCP), AWS VPC Networking (AWS)

Networks

Networks are isolated Layer 2 networking segments.

Also known as: AWS VPC (AWS), Vultr VPC (Vultr), Azure VNet (Azure), GCP VPC Network (GCP), Hetzner Networks (Hetzner), DigitalOcean VPC (DigitalOcean)

NVMe

Non-Volatile Memory express or *NVMe* is a high-performance, low-latency storage protocol and interface standard used for Quake AI object storage.

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O

14 entries

`openstack.cloud` collection

The *`openstack.cloud` collection* is the Ansible collection that ships modules for managing OpenStack resources.

Object Storage

Object storage (also called *S3 storage*) lets you store objects (files) in *object containers* (or *containers*).

Also known as: AWS S3 (AWS), Azure Blob Storage (Azure), GCP Cloud Storage (GCP), Hetzner Object Storage (Hetzner), DigitalOcean Spaces Object Storage (DigitalOcean), Vultr Object Storage (Vultr)

Onboarding

OpenRC file

openrc.sh files (also called *OpenStack RC* and *OpenRC* files) are shell scripts used with the OpenStack CLI client to set environment variables, authentication and authorization details, available API endpoints, domain, and export commands.

Organization

Also known as: AWS Organizations (AWS)

Organizations

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P

13 entries

Payment Methods

Placement Policies

Playbook

Playbooks are YAML files describing a sequence of Ansible tasks against an inventory of hosts.

Policy

Ports

Ports are connection points for a device such as a virtual machine instance to a network.

Also known as: AWS Elastic Network Interface (AWS), Azure Network Interface (Azure), GCP Network Interface (GCP)

Post office protocol 3 (POP3)

POP3 is an Internet standard protocol used by email clients to retrieve email messages from a mail server over a TCP/IP connection.

Pricing

Private cloud

Private clouds are cloud services that are privately owned and controlled by an organization.

Projects

Projects are isolated workspaces within a domain that enable resources and users to operate independently from other projects.

Also known as: GCP Projects (GCP), AWS Accounts (AWS), DigitalOcean Projects (DigitalOcean)

Public cloud

Public clouds are cloud infrastructure and services managed and sold by a cloud provider.

Public Key Cryptography

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Q

5 entries

QCOW2

Quake AI

Quake AI is the cloud platform this documentation describes: OpenStack-backed compute, network, storage, Kubernetes, and automation services.

Quality of service (QoS)

Quality of Service (QoS) policies are sets of rules that manage network resources and traffic to ensure certain traffic is prioritized.

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R

17 entries

Rate Limits

Regions

Regions And Zones

Remote desktop protocol (RDP)

RDP is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft that provides a user with a graphical interface to connect to another computer over a network connection.

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Role (Ansible)

Roles are reusable bundles of Ansible tasks, handlers, files, and templates that encapsulate a single configuration concern (for example, "install nginx" or "harden SSH").

Role-based access control (RBAC)

Role-based access control (or *RBAC*) determines the features and functions available to you.

Root Disk

Routers

Virtual routers are logical entities within the Networking service that provides Layer 3 (L3) routing and forwarding capabilities.

Also known as: AWS VPC Router NAT Gateway (AWS), Azure Virtual Network Gateway (Azure), GCP Cloud Router (GCP)

Routing table

Routing tables are data structures used by routers and networking devices to store information about the paths to network destinations.

Runbooks

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S

31 entries

S3 Compatibility

Also known as: Linode Object Storage (Linode)

S3 Credentials

S3 credentials are authentication tokens used to authenticate into object storage.

Security Groups

Security groups are a set of firewall rules to allow and deny inbound (ingress) and outbound (egress) traffic.

Also known as: AWS Security Groups (AWS), Azure Network Security Groups (Azure), GCP Firewall Rules (GCP), DigitalOcean Firewalls (DigitalOcean)

Security-groups

Server Groups

Server groups are instructions that specify affinity or anti-affinity policies for the placement of instances.

Also known as: AWS Placement Groups (AWS), Azure Availability Sets (Azure), GCP Sole Tenant Nodes (GCP), Hetzner Placement Groups (Hetzner), DigitalOcean Tags (DigitalOcean)

Server Side Encryption

Shared network

Shared networks are networks shared across Quake AI projects.

Shared Responsibility

Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)

SMTP is an Internet standard protocol used for sending and transmitting email messages between mail servers, as well as for sending messages from a mail client to a mail server.

Snapshots

Volume snapshots capture a volume at a point in time.

Also known as: GCP Disk Snapshots (GCP), DigitalOcean Volume Snapshots (DigitalOcean), AWS EBS Snapshots (AWS), Azure VM Snapshots (Azure), Hetzner N A No Equivalent (Hetzner)

Snat

Ssh Keys

Stacks

Stacks (also called *Heat stacks*) are instantiated Heat template files.

State Management

Stateful Filtering

Subscriptions

Also known as: Azure Subscriptions (Azure)

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T

13 entries

Team Roles

Also known as: DigitalOcean Teams (DigitalOcean)

Tls Certificates

TLS termination

TLS termination (also known as *SSL termination*) decrypts encrypted traffic at a reverse proxy before forwarding it to the destination server.

Tokens

Tokens (or *API tokens*) are temporary credentials that you’ll use for authentication into API resources.

Transmission control protocol (TCP)

TCP is a connection-oriented protocol used for reliable transmission of data between devices on a network.

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

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U

1 entry

User datagram protocol (UDP)

UDP is a connectionless protocol used for transmitting data with minimal overhead.

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V

7 entries

Versioning

Also known as: Azure Blob Versioning (Azure), GCP Object Versioning (GCP), AWS S3 Versioning (AWS)

Virtual adaptors

Virtual adaptors (also called *virtual network interface cards (vNICs)* are software abstractions that provide the functionality of a physical network interface.

Virtual private network (VPN)

Virtual private networks enable the creation of secure, encrypted connections over a public or shared network, such as the internet.

Volumes

Volumes are block storage devices that can be attached to and detached from instances to provide persistent storage for virtual machines.

Also known as: Linode Block Storage (Linode), Vultr Block Storage (Vultr), Azure Managed Disks (Azure), GCP Persistent Disk (GCP), DigitalOcean Volumes (DigitalOcean), AWS EBS Volumes (AWS), Hetzner Cloud Volumes (Hetzner)

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