.. _states:

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Ironic's State Machine
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The diagram below shows the states that an Ironic node goes through during the
lifetime of a node. The diagram also depicts the events that transition
the node to different states.

.. figure:: ../images/states.png
   :width: 660px
   :align: left
   :alt: Ironic state transitions

.. note::

    For more information about the states, see the specification located at
    `ironic-state-machine`_.

.. _ironic-state-machine: http://specs.openstack.org/openstack/ironic-specs/specs/kilo/new-ironic-state-machine.html
