openstack-manuals/doc/install-guide/ch_horizon.xml
Diane Fleming 42b23e8c84 Edits to install guide
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author: diane fleming
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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 a 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>These instructions show an example deployment configured with
an Apache web server.</para>
<para>After you <link linkend="install_dashboard">install and
configure the dashboard</link>, 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>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Set up session storage for the dashboard. See <xref
linkend="dashboard-sessions"/>.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<xi:include href="section_dashboard-system-reqs.xml"/>
<xi:include href="section_dashboard-install.xml"/>
<xi:include href="../common/section_dashboard_sessions.xml"/>
</chapter>