openstack-manuals/doc/install-guide/ch_horizon.xml
Joseph Robinson 3489d19410 Increase dashboard installation introduction clarity
Moved content associated with the administration guide
to the "next steps" section of the Horizon install guide.

Added content to the Horizon installation introduction
to increase clarity, and match the OpenStack
installation documents. Unified xml file header.

Change-Id: I3a1f9fc1e1515d22a6b3e7ddc19df1db3ecfd884
backport: none
Implements: blueprint installation-guide-improvements
2014-07-20 14:12:08 -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"/>
<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>