<?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_install-dashboard"> <?dbhtml stop-chunking?> <title>Dashboard</title> <para xmlns:raxm="http://docs.rackspace.com/api/metadata">The OpenStack dashboard is a web-based interface that allows you to manage OpenStack resources and services. The dashboard allows you to interact with the OpenStack Compute cloud controller using the OpenStack APIs. For more information about installing and configuring the dashboard, see the <citetitle>OpenStack Installation Guide</citetitle> for your operating system. </para> <para> For more information about using the dashboard, see: <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para><xref linkend="dashboard-custom-brand"/>, for customizing the dashboard.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><xref linkend="dashboard-sessions"/>, for setting up session storage for the dashboard.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>The <link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/horizon/topics/deployment.html"> Horizon documentation</link>, for deploying the dashboard.</para> </listitem> <listitem xml:id="launch_instances"> <para>The <link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/"> <citetitle>OpenStack End User Guide</citetitle></link>, for launching instances with the dashboard..</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> <xi:include href="../common/section_dashboard_customizing.xml"/> <xi:include href="../common/section_dashboard_sessions.xml"/> </chapter>