diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 61db9ab679..dbbfb5724f 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -3,44 +3,8 @@ Glance ====== Glance is a project that defines services for discovering, registering, -retrieving and storing virtual machine images. The discovery and registration -responsibilities are handled by the `glance-registry` component while the -retrieval and storage responsiblities are handled by the `glance-api` -component. +retrieving and storing virtual machine images. Use the following resources +to learn more: - -Quick Start ------------ - -If you'd like to run trunk, you can clone the git repo: - - git clone git@github.com:openstack/glance.git - - -Install Glance by running:: - - python setup.py build - sudo python setup.py install - - -By default, `glance-registry` will use a SQLite database. If you'd like to use -MySQL, or make other adjustments, you can modify the glance.cnf file (see -documentation for more details). - - -Now that Glance is installed, you can start the service. The easiest way to -do that is by using the `glance-control` utility which runs both the -`glance-api` and `glance-registry` services:: - - glance-control all start - - -Once both services are running, you can now use the `glance` tool to -register new images in Glance. - - glance add name="My Image" < /path/to/my/image - - -With an image registered, you can now configure your IAAS provider to use -Glance as its image service and begin spinning up instances from your -newly registered images. +* `Official Glance documentation `_ +* `Official Client documentation `_