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The dashboard is available on the node with the nova-dashboard server role. Ask the cloud operator for the host name or public IP address from which you can access the dashboard, and for your user name and password. Open a web browser that has JavaScript and cookies enabled. To use the Virtual Network Computing (VNC) client for the dashboard, your browser must support HTML5 Canvas and HTML5 WebSockets. The VNC client is based on noVNC. For details, see noVNC: HTML5 VNC Client. For a list of supported browsers, see Browser support. In the address bar, enter the host name or IP address for the dashboard. https://ipAddressOrHostName/ If a certificate warning appears when you try to access the URL for the first time, a self-signed certificate is in use, which is not considered trustworthy by default. Verify the certificate or add an exception in the browser to bypass the warning. On the Log In page, enter your user name and password, and click Sign In. The top of the window displays your user name. You can also access Settings or sign out of the dashboard. The visible tabs and functions in the dashboard depend on the access permissions, or roles, of the user you are logged in as. If you are logged in as an end user, the Project tab is displayed. If you are logged in as an administrator, the Project tab and Admin tab are displayed.

Projects are organizational units in the cloud, and are also known as tenants or accounts. Each user is a member of one or more projects. Within a project, a user creates and manages instances. From the Project tab, you can view and manage the resources in a selected project, including instances and images. You select the project from the CURRENT PROJECT list at the top of the tab.

From the Project tab, you can access the following tabs: Manage Compute tabs Overview View reports for the project. Instances View, launch, create a snapshot from, stop, pause, or reboot instances, or connect to them through VNC. Volumes View, create, edit, and delete volumes. Images & Snapshots View images, instance snapshots, and volume snapshots created by project users, plus any images that are publicly available. Create, edit, and delete images, and launch instances from images and snapshots. Access & Security Use the following tabs to complete these tasks: View, create, edit, and delete security groups and security group rules. View, create, edit, import, and delete key pairs. Allocate an IP address to or release it from a project. View API endpoints. Manage Network tabs Networks Create and manage public and private networks. Routers Create and manage subnets. Network Topology View the network topology. Object Store tab Containers Create and manage object storage. Orchestration tab Stacks Use the REST API to orchestrate multiple composite cloud applications.

Administrative users can use the Admin tab to view usage and to manage instances, volumes, flavors, images, projects, users, services, and quotas.

Access the following categories to complete these tasks: Overview View basic reports. Resource Usage Use the following tabs to view the following usages: View the disk usage for all tenants as an average over the last 30 days. View the network usage for all tenants as an average over the last 30 days. View the object storage usage for all tenants as an average over the last 30 days. View the network usage for all tenants as an average over the last 30 days. View the statistics of all resources. Hypervisors View the hypervisor summary. Instances View, pause, resume, suspend, migrate, soft or hard reboot, and delete running instances that belong to users of some, but not all, projects. Also, view the log for an instance or access an instance through VNC. Volumes View, create, edit, and delete volumes and volume types. Flavors View, create, edit, view extra specifications for, and delete flavors. A flavor is size of an instance. Images View, create, edit properties for, and delete custom images. Networks View, create, edit properties for, and delete networks. Routers View, create, edit properties for, and delete routers. Defaults View default quota values. Quotas are hard-coded in OpenStack Compute and define the maximum allowable size and number of resources. System Info Use the following tabs to view the service information: View a list of the services. View a list of all Compute services. View the availability zones. View host aggregates. View the network agents. Domains View domains. Projects View, create, assign users to, remove users from, and delete projects. Users View, create, enable, disable, and delete users. Groups View, create, enable, disable, and delete groups. Roles View, create, enable, disable, and delete roles.