10.3. Install the Dashboard Packages

The steps in this procedure install the packages required by the OpenStack Dashboard service.

Note

The Dashboard service uses a configurable backend session store. This installation uses memcached as the session store. However, other options do exist. For more details, refer to Session Storage Options.
The only required package is:
openstack-dashboard
Provides the OpenStack Dashboard service.
If using memcached, the following must also be installed:
memcached
Memory-object caching system, which speeds up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.
python-memcached
Python interface to the memcached daemon.
This installation must be performed while logged in as the root user.
  1. Install the memcached object caching system:
    # yum install -y memcached python-memcached
  2. Install the Dashboard package:
    # yum install -y openstack-dashboard 
The OpenStack Dashboard service is installed and ready to be configured.