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OpenStack Virtual Baremetal is a way to use OpenStack instances to do
simulated baremetal deployments. This project is a collection of tools and
documentation that make it much easier to do so. It primarily consists of
the following pieces:

• Patches and documentation for setting up a host cloud.
• A deployment CLI that leverages the OpenStack Heat project to deploy the VMs, networks, and other resources needed.
• An OpenStack BMC that can be used to control OpenStack instances via IPMI commands.
• A tool to collect details from the "baremetal" VMs so they can be added as nodes in the OpenStack Ironic baremetal deployment project.

A basic OVB environment is just a BMC VM configured to control a number of
"baremetal" VMs. This allows them to be treated largely the same way a real
baremetal system with a BMC would. A number of additional features can also
be enabled to add more to the environment.