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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>
    </section>