The dashboard, also known as horizon, is a Web interface that allows cloud administrators and users to manage various OpenStack resources and services. The dashboard enables web-based interactions with the OpenStack Compute cloud controller through the OpenStack APIs. The following instructions show an example deployment configured with an Apache web server. After you install and configure the dashboard, you can complete the following tasks: Customize your dashboard. See . Set up session storage for the dashboard. See . Deploy the dashboard. See Deploying Horizon. Launch instances with the dashboard. See the OpenStack User Guide.