This section describes how to install and configure the dashboard on the controller node. The dashboard relies on functional core services including Identity, Image service, Compute, and either Networking (neutron) or legacy networking (nova-network). Environments with stand-alone services such as Object Storage cannot use the dashboard. For more information, see the developer documentation. This section assumes proper installation, configuration, and operation of the Identity service using the Apache HTTP server and Memcached as described in . Install the packages: # apt-get install openstack-dashboard # yum install openstack-dashboard httpd mod_wsgi memcached python-memcached # zypper install openstack-dashboard apache2-mod_wsgi memcached python-python-memcached \ openstack-dashboard-test Ubuntu installs the openstack-dashboard-ubuntu-theme package as a dependency. Some users reported issues with this theme in previous releases. If you encounter issues, remove this package to restore the original OpenStack theme. Install the packages: # apt-get install openstack-dashboard-apache Respond to prompts for web server configuration. The automatic configuration process generates a self-signed SSL certificate. Consider obtaining an official certificate for production environments. Configure the web server: # cp /etc/apache2/conf.d/openstack-dashboard.conf.sample \ /etc/apache2/conf.d/openstack-dashboard.conf # a2enmod rewrite;a2enmod ssl;a2enmod wsgi Edit the /etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings.py file and complete the following actions: Edit the /etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings file and complete the following actions: Edit the /srv/www/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py file and complete the following actions: Configure the dashboard to use OpenStack services on the controller node: OPENSTACK_HOST = "controller" Allow all hosts to access the dashboard: ALLOWED_HOSTS = '*' Configure the memcached session storage service: CACHES = { 'default': { 'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache', 'LOCATION': '127.0.0.1:11211', } } Comment out any other session storage configuration. By default, SLES and openSUSE use a SQL database for session storage. For simplicity, we recommend changing the configuration to use memcached for session storage. Configure user as the default role for users that you create via the dashboard: OPENSTACK_KEYSTONE_DEFAULT_ROLE = "user" Optionally, configure the time zone: TIME_ZONE = "TIME_ZONE" Replace TIME_ZONE with an appropriate time zone identifier. For more information, see the list of time zones. On RHEL and CentOS, configure SELinux to permit the web server to connect to OpenStack services: # setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on Due to a packaging bug, the dashboard CSS fails to load properly. Run the following command to resolve this issue: # chown -R apache:apache /usr/share/openstack-dashboard/static For more information, see the bug report. Reload the web server configuration: # service apache2 reload Start the web server and session storage service and configure them to start when the system boots: # systemctl enable httpd.service memcached.service # systemctl start httpd.service memcached.service # systemctl enable apache2.service memcached.service # systemctl start apache2.service memcached.service