nova-novncproxy
E703173
nova-novncproxy is an OpenStack Nova service that provides browser-based VNC console access to virtual machine instances via a WebSocket proxy.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| nova-novncproxy canonical | 3 |
| noVNC | 1 |
| noVNC client | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7977523 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: nova-novncproxy Context triple: [OpenStack Nova, component, nova-novncproxy]
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A.
OpenStack Nova
OpenStack Nova is the compute service of the OpenStack cloud platform, responsible for provisioning and managing virtual machine instances and related resources.
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B.
oVirt
oVirt is an open-source virtualization management platform that provides enterprise-grade management of virtual machines, hosts, storage, and networks.
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C.
Libvirt
Libvirt is an open-source API, daemon, and management tool for managing platform virtualization technologies such as KVM, QEMU, and Xen.
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D.
KubeVirt
KubeVirt is an open source Kubernetes extension that enables running and managing virtual machine workloads alongside containerized applications on a unified platform.
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E.
VirtualBox
VirtualBox is a popular open-source virtualization platform that allows users to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single physical machine.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: nova-novncproxy Target entity description: nova-novncproxy is an OpenStack Nova service that provides browser-based VNC console access to virtual machine instances via a WebSocket proxy.
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A.
OpenStack Nova
OpenStack Nova is the compute service of the OpenStack cloud platform, responsible for provisioning and managing virtual machine instances and related resources.
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B.
oVirt
oVirt is an open-source virtualization management platform that provides enterprise-grade management of virtual machines, hosts, storage, and networks.
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C.
Libvirt
Libvirt is an open-source API, daemon, and management tool for managing platform virtualization technologies such as KVM, QEMU, and Xen.
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D.
KubeVirt
KubeVirt is an open source Kubernetes extension that enables running and managing virtual machine workloads alongside containerized applications on a unified platform.
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E.
VirtualBox
VirtualBox is a popular open-source virtualization platform that allows users to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single physical machine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
OpenStack Nova service
ⓘ
VNC console proxy ⓘ WebSocket proxy ⓘ |
| abstracts | VNC protocol details from web clients ⓘ |
| category | cloud infrastructure component ⓘ |
| communicatesWith |
QEMU VNC server
ⓘ
libvirt VNC server ⓘ nova-compute ⓘ |
| componentOf | OpenStack remote console architecture ⓘ |
| configurationFile | nova.conf ⓘ |
| configuredByOption |
novncproxy_base_url
ⓘ
novncproxy_host ⓘ novncproxy_port ⓘ vncserver_proxyclient_address ⓘ |
| dependsOn | noVNC JavaScript client in Horizon ⓘ |
| developedBy | OpenStack community ⓘ |
| exposes | WebSocket endpoint for consoles ⓘ |
| handles | WebSocket-to-TCP translation ⓘ |
| implements | browser-based VNC console access ⓘ |
| introducedFor | HTML5-based console access ⓘ |
| license | Apache License 2.0 ⓘ |
| listensOn | TCP port 6080 by default ⓘ |
| logging | integrated with Nova logging framework ⓘ |
| monitoredBy | OpenStack Telemetry (Ceilometer) in some deployments ⓘ |
| partOf |
OpenStack Compute
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenStack Nova
OpenStack Nova ⓘ |
| providesAccessTo |
Nova instances
ⓘ
linked to:
Nova API
virtual machine console ⓘ |
| proxiesProtocol | VNC ⓘ |
| replaces | direct VNC access from clients ⓘ |
| requires |
Nova API for console tokens
ⓘ
message queue configuration ⓘ |
| runsAs | long-running daemon ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
HTTPS support
ⓘ
time-limited console tokens ⓘ |
| supportsDeployment |
controller node
ⓘ
dedicated console node ⓘ |
| supportsEnvironment | multi-node OpenStack deployments ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
SSL/TLS termination
ⓘ
multi-tenant console access ⓘ token-based console authentication ⓘ |
| usedFor |
interactive console access via web browser
ⓘ
remote troubleshooting of instances ⓘ |
| usedWith |
OpenStack Horizon
ⓘ
noVNC client ⓘ
linked to:
nova-novncproxy
|
| usesProtocol | WebSocket ⓘ |
| writtenIn | Python ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: nova-novncproxy Description of subject: nova-novncproxy is an OpenStack Nova service that provides browser-based VNC console access to virtual machine instances via a WebSocket proxy.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.