# Configuration

To configure your Compute installation, you must define configuration options in these files:

- `nova.conf` contains most of the Compute configuration options and resides in the `/etc/nova` directory.

- `api-paste.ini` defines Compute limits and resides in the `/etc/nova` directory.

- Configuration files for related services, such as the Image and Identity services.

A list of config options based on different topics can be found below:

- Service User Tokens
- Compute API configuration
- Resize
- Cross-cell resize
- Configuring Fibre Channel Support
- Configuring iSCSI interface and offload support
- Hypervisors
- Compute log files
- Compute service sample configuration files

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