openstack-manuals/doc/install-guide/ch_horizon.xml
darrenchan 8b5ec5a78e Improvements to the dashboard installation section
Improved dashboard content in the installation guide as
follows:

1) Restructured steps for consistency with similar sections.
2) Updated list of packages to install.
3) Adjusted configuration on all distributions to use memcached
   for session storage to simplify installation.
4) Clarified instructions for access permissions.
5) Split verification step into separate section for consistency
   with other chapters.
6) Changed removal of Ubuntu theme package from 'required' to
   'optional' based on user experience.
7) Added workaround for RDO packaging issues.

This patch includes changes for Juno.

Change-Id: Iecb1cff57853b097ba2ee0a5016438190ff8d920
Implements: blueprint installation-guide-improvements
Co-Authored-By: Matt Kassawara <mkassawara@gmail.com>
2014-10-09 10:49:58 -05:00

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
version="5.0"
xml:id="ch_horizon">
<title>Add the dashboard</title>
<para>The OpenStack dashboard, also known as <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/openstack/horizon/"
>Horizon</link>, is a Web interface that enables cloud
administrators and users to manage various OpenStack resources and
services.</para>
<para>The dashboard enables web-based interactions with the
OpenStack Compute cloud controller through the OpenStack
APIs.</para>
<para>Horizon enables you to customize the brand of the dashboard.</para>
<para>Horizon provides a set of core classes and reusable templates and tools.</para>
<para>This example deployment uses an Apache web server.</para>
<xi:include href="section_dashboard-system-reqs.xml"/>
<xi:include href="section_dashboard-install.xml"/>
<xi:include href="section_dashboard-verify.xml"/>
<section xml:id="section_horizon_next_steps">
<title>Next steps</title>
<para>Your OpenStack environment now includes the dashboard. You can
<link linkend="launch-instance">launch an instance</link> or add
more services to your environment in the following chapters.</para>
<para>After you install and configure the dashboard, you can
complete the following tasks:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Customize your dashboard. See section <link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide-cloud/content/ch_install-dashboard.html#dashboard-custom-brand"
>Customize the dashboard</link> in the <link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide-cloud/content/"
><citetitle>OpenStack Cloud Administrator Guide</citetitle></link>
for information on setting up colors, logos, and site titles.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Set up session storage. See section <link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide-cloud/content/dashboard-sessions.html#dashboard-sessions">Set up session storage for the dashboard</link>
in the <link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide-cloud/content/"
><citetitle>OpenStack Cloud Administrator Guide</citetitle></link> for information on user
session data.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
</chapter>