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Copyright 2012 New Dream Network (DreamHost)
Copyright 2013 eNovance
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Glossary
==========
.. glossary::
alarm
An action triggered whenever a meter reaches a certain threshold.
API server
HTTP REST API service for Aodh.
ceilometer
From Wikipedia [#]_:
A ceilometer is a device that uses a laser or other light
source to determine the height of a cloud base.
http callback
HTTP callback is used for calling a predefined URL, whenever an
alarm has been set off. The payload of the request contains
all the details of why the alarm was triggered.
log
Logging is one of the alarm actions that is useful mostly for debugging,
it stores the alarms in a log file.
zaqar
According to `Zaqar Developer Documentation`_:
Zaqar is a multi-tenant cloud messaging and notification service for web
and mobile developers.
project
The OpenStack tenant or project.
resource
The OpenStack entity being metered (e.g. instance, volume, image, etc).
user
An OpenStack user.
.. [#] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceilometer
.. _Zaqar Developer Documentation: https://docs.openstack.org/zaqar/latest/