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:
If using memcached, the following must also be installed:
This installation must be performed while logged in as the
- openstack-dashboard
- Provides the OpenStack Dashboard service.
- memcached
- Memory-object caching system, which speeds up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.
- python-memcached
- Python interface to the memcached daemon.
root user.
- Install the memcached object caching system:
#yum install -y memcached python-memcached - Install the Dashboard package:
#yum install -y openstack-dashboard
The OpenStack Dashboard service is installed and ready to be configured.