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diff --git a/nova/service.py b/nova/service.py index d53d92b65..0eb3a2762 100644 --- a/nova/service.py +++ b/nova/service.py @@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ # under the License. """ -Generic Node baseclass for all workers that run on hosts +A service is a very thin wrapper around a Manager object. It exposes the +manager's public methods to other components of the system via rpc. It will +report state periodically to the database and is responsible for initiating any periodic tasts that need to be executed on a given host. + +This module contains Service, a generic baseclass for all workers. """ import inspect |