> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.platform9.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.platform9.com/managed-openstack/5.4/introduction/overview.md). # Overview ## What is PMO Platform9 Managed OpenStack (PMO) is a **SaaS-Managed OpenStack** offering. PMO deploys, manages, upgrades, and monitors your OpenStack cloud on your private infrastructure, simplifying all aspects of operating a virtualized private cloud by remotely managing all of the day-2 operations. PMO is deployed using a unique and powerful Software-as-a-Service model, where a **cloud hosted management plane** remotely deploys, manages, monitors and upgrades your OpenStack private cloud environment on your on-premises infrastructure, including your servers, storage, networking. This deployment model enables us to guarantee 24x7x365 SLA for your virtualized environment. PMO is made up of core OpenStack services including: [Nova](https://docs.openstack.org/nova/latest/), [Neutron](https://docs.openstack.org/neutron/latest/), [Ironic](https://docs.openstack.org/ironic/latest/), [Glance](https://docs.openstack.org/glance/latest/), [Cinder](https://docs.openstack.org/cinder/latest/), [Heat](https://docs.openstack.org/heat/latest/), [Ceilometer](https://docs.openstack.org/ceilometer/latest/), and [Keystone](https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/latest/), building the foundation to run your business. As a cloud administrator or a self-service user, you can set up and interact with various components of PMO through the Clarity SaaS portal, with zero knowledge of OpenStack, or OpenStack CLI commands. With a few simple clicks, your Platform9 dashboard starts offering visibility into your infrastructure across compute, storage, network, and existing workloads — and your OpenStack cloud is live. And as a Platform9 cloud administrator, you can configure and manage OpenStack resources that are to be used by self-service users, with Clarity. ## Benefits of PMO Seefor more details. ## Who is this documentation for? The PMO documentation is for **administrators and operators** of PMO who are responsible for creating and maintaining virtualized infrastructure and associated networking and storage components for their organization. This is not intended to be general purpose OpenStack documentation. Refer [**here**](https://docs.openstack.org/) for official OpenStack documentation. ## Getting started Getting started with PMO is very easy. Refer to [auto$](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/openstack/getting-started-getting-started-guide/README.md) to understand how to get started. ## Understand the Architecture Refer to [auto$](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/openstack/introduction-architecture/README.md) for an in-depth understanding of how PMO works. ## Release Highlights See updates on what was added to latest PMO releases [here](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/openstack/release-notes/README.md)**.** Review the matrix of supported OpenStack services and their version info in the [Support Matrix](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/openstack/support-matrix/README.md). ## Troubleshooting Refer to [PMO troubleshooting](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/openstack/troubleshooting-troubleshooting-guide/README.md) for more info. ## Tutorials PMO tutorials provide recipes for commonly performed tasks on PMO. Refer to [PMO tutorials](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/openstack/tutorials-centos-vm-image-rhvmm/README.md) for more info. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.platform9.com/managed-openstack/5.4/introduction/overview.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.