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Manage instances
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As an administrative user, you can manage instances for users in various
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projects. You can view, terminate, edit, perform a soft or hard reboot,
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create a snapshot from, and migrate instances. You can also view the
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logs for instances or launch a VNC console for an instance.
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For information about using the Dashboard to launch instances as an end
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user, see the `OpenStack End User Guide <http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/dashboard_launch_instances.html>`__.
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Create instance snapshots
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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#. Log in to the Dashboard and choose the admin project from the
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drop-down list at the top of the page.
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#. On the :guilabel:`Admin` tab, open the :guilabel:`System` tab
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and click the :guilabel:`Instances` category.
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#. Select an instance to create a snapshot from it. From the
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:guilabel:`Actions` drop-down list, select :guilabel:`Create Snapshot`.
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#. In the :guilabel:`Create Snapshot` window, enter a name for the snapshot.
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#. Click :guilabel:`Create Snapshot`. The Dashboard shows the instance snapshot
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in the :guilabel:`Images & Snapshots` category.
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#. To launch an instance from the snapshot, select the snapshot and
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click Launch. For information about launching instances, see the
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`OpenStack End User Guide <http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/dashboard_launch_instances.html>`__.
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Control the state of an instance
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#. Log in to the Dashboard and choose the admin project from the
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drop-down list at the top of the page.
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#. On the :guilabel:`Admin` tab, open the :guilabel:`System` tab
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and click the :guilabel:`Instances` category.
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#. Select the instance for which you want to change the state.
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#. In the :guilabel:`More` drop-down list in the :guilabel:`Actions` column,
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select the state.
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Depending on the current state of the instance, you can choose to
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pause, un-pause, suspend, resume, soft or hard reboot, or terminate
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an instance (items in red are dangerous).
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.. figure:: figures/change_instance_state.png
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**Figure Dashboard—Instance Actions**
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Track usage
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Use the Overview category to track usage of instances for each project.
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You can track costs per month by showing meters like number of VCPUs,
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disks, RAM, and uptime of all your instances.
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#. Log in to the Dashboard and choose the admin project from the CURRENT
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PROJECT drop-down list.
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#. On the :guilabel:`Admin` tab, click the :guilabel:`Instances` category.
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#. Select a month and click :guilabel:`Submit` to query the instance usage for
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that month.
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#. Click :guilabel:`Download CSV Summary` to download a CSV summary.
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