You have come across an OpenStack shared filesystem service. It has identified itself as "Manila." It was abstracted from the Cinder project.

To monitor it from a distance: follow @openstack on twitter.

To tame it for use in your own cloud: read http://docs.openstack.org

To study its anatomy: read https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Manila

To dissect it in detail: visit http://github.com/stackforge/manila

To taunt it with its weaknesses: use http://bugs.launchpad.net/manila

To watch it: http://jenkins.openstack.org

To hack at it: read HACKING.rst

To cry over its pylint problems: http://jenkins.openstack.org/job/manila-pylint/violations