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NCSA Nebula OpenStack User Guide
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Nebula is an OpenStack system available to LSST DM developers.
OpenStack allows you to work in a cloud environment with flexible compute instances and storage.

Contact ``lsst-account _at_ ncsa.illinois.edu`` to request an account on the Nebula system.. Include the following in the request:

   - First and last name
   - Email
   - Phone number
   - Mailing address
   - Sponsoring LSST manager
   - LSST Team or project

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   starting_an_instance
   starting_an_lsst_stack_snapshot