Chapter 1. Introduction

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform (RHEL OpenStack Platform) provides the foundation to build a private or public Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud on top of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It offers a massively scalable, fault-tolerant platform for the development of cloud-enabled workloads.
This guide provides cloud-management procedures for the following OpenStack services: Block Storage, Compute, Dashboard, Identity, Image, Object Storage, OpenStack Networking, Orchestration, and Telemetry.
Procedures for both administrators and project users (end users) are provided; administrator-only procedures are marked as such.
You can manage the cloud using either the OpenStack dashboard or the command-line clients. Most procedures can be carried out using either method; some of the more advanced procedures can only be executed on the command line. This guide provides procedures for the dashboard where possible.
Note
For the complete suite of documentation for RHEL OpenStack Platform, see https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform/

1.1. OpenStack Dashboard

The OpenStack dashboard is a web-based graphical user interface for managing OpenStack services.
To access the browser dashboard, the dashboard service must be installed, and you must know the dashboard host name (or IP) and login password. The dashboard URL will be: 
http://HOSTNAME/dashboard/

Figure 1.1. Log In Screen

Log in Screen