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Introduction to the OpenStack Dashboard
An overview of the OpenStack dashboard graphical user interface
OpenStack Documentation Team
rhos-docs@redhat.com
Abstract
Preface
This document provides an outline of the options available in the OpenStack dashboard graphical user interface.
Chapter 1. The 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 is:
http://HOSTNAME/dashboard/
Chapter 2. The Admin Tab
The Admin tab provides an interface where administrative users can view usage and manage instances, volumes, flavors, images, projects, users, services, and quotas.
The Admin tab displays in the main window only if you have logged in as a user with administrative privileges.
The following options are available in the Admin tab:
Table 2.1. System Panel
Parameter Name | Description |
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Overview | View basic reports. |
Resource Usage | Use the following tabs to view the following usages:
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Hypervisors | View the hypervisor summary. |
Host Aggregates | View, create, and edit host aggregates. View the list of availability zones. |
Instances | View, pause, resume, suspend, migrate, soft or hard reboot, and delete running instances that belong to users of some, but not all, projects. Also, view the log for an instance or access an instance using the console. |
Volumes | View, create, edit, and delete volumes, and volume types. |
Flavors | View, create, edit, view extra specs for, and delete flavors. Flavors are the virtual hardware templates in OpenStack. |
Images | View, create, edit properties for, and delete custom images. |
Networks | View, create, edit properties for, and delete networks. |
Routers | View, create, edit properties for, and delete routers. |
Defaults | View and edit the default quotas (maximum limits) for resources in the environment. |
Metadata Definitions | Import, view, and edit metadata definition namespaces, and associate the metadata definitions with specific resource types. |
System Information | Contains the following tabs:
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Chapter 3. The Project Tab
The Project tab provides an interface for viewing and managing the resources of a project. Set a project as active in Identity > Projects to view and manage resources in that project.
The following options are available in the Project tab:
Table 3.1. The Compute Tab
Parameter Name | Description |
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Overview | View reports for the project. |
Instances | View, launch, create a snapshot from, stop, pause, or reboot instances, or connect to them through the console. |
Volumes | Use the following tabs to complete these tasks:
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Images | View images, instance snapshots, and volume snapshots created by project users, and any images that are publicly available. Create, edit, and delete images, and launch instances from images and snapshots. |
Access & Security | Use the following tabs to complete these tasks:
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Table 3.2. The Network Tab
Parameter Name | Description |
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Network Topology | View the interactive topology of the network. |
Networks | Create and manage public and private networks and subnets. |
Routers | Create and manage routers. |
Table 3.3. The Object Store Tab
Parameter Name | Description |
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Containers | Create and manage storage containers. A container is a storage compartment for data, and provides a way for you to organize your data. It is similar to the concept of a Linux file directory, but it cannot be nested. |
Table 3.4. The Orchestration Tab
Parameter Name | Description |
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Stacks | Orchestrate multiple composite cloud applications using templates, through both an OpenStack-native REST API and a CloudFormation-compatible Query API. |
Chapter 4. The Identity Tab
The Identity tab provides an interface for viewing and managing projects and users.
The following options are available in the Identity tab:
- Projects - View, create, edit, and delete projects/tenants, view project usage, add or remove users as project members, modify quotas, and set an active project.
- Users - View, create, edit, disable, and delete users, and change user passwords. The Users tab displays only if you are logged in as a user with administrative privileges.
For more information on procedures to manage your cloud using the OpenStack Dashboard, see the following guides:
- Instances and Images guide (also has procedures for volumes and containers)
- Networking guide
- Users and Identity Management guide