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GLOSSARY

Cloud Computing Glossary

Your comprehensive guide to cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and platform engineering terminology.

MOST REFERENCED72 TERMS
  1. 01Cloud Egress Fees
  2. 02Cloud TCO
  3. 03Virtual Private Cloud
  4. 04OpenStack
  5. 05High Availability
  6. 06FinOps
  7. 07Usage-Based Billing

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A

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  • API Credential

    An API credential is authentication information that identifies and authorizes a user or application to access cloud services programmatically through an API.

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  • Application Credential

    An application credential is a scoped authentication token in OpenStack that allows applications to authenticate to cloud APIs without exposing user passwords.

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F

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  • Firewall Rule

    A firewall rule is a configuration statement that permits or denies network traffic based on specific criteria, specifying which connections are allowed based on protocol, port, and IP address.

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I

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  • Identity Management

    Identity management is the system for creating, managing, and authenticating user identities and controlling their access to cloud resources through roles, groups, and permissions.

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K

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  • Keystone

    Keystone is the OpenStack identity service that provides authentication, authorization, and service discovery for all OpenStack components and users.

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R

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  • Role

    A role is a predefined set of permissions that determines what actions a user or group can perform on cloud resources within a project.

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  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

    Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is a security model that restricts system access based on predefined roles assigned to users, where each role contains a specific set of permissions that determine what actions a user can perform.

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S

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  • SSH Key Pairs

    An SSH key pair is a set of two cryptographic files (a public key and a private key) used to authenticate your identity when connecting to remote servers without typing a password.

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U

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  • User

    A user is an individual account that can authenticate with a cloud platform and interact with resources based on assigned roles and project memberships.

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