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Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack

Platform 7
Introduction to the OpenStack
Dashboard
An overview of the OpenStack dashboard graphical user interface

OpenStack Team

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 Introduction to the


OpenStack Dashboard

An overview of the OpenStack dashboard graphical user interface


OpenStack Team
[email protected]

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Abstract
This guide provides an outline of the options available in the OpenStack dashboard user interface.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
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PREFACE
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CHAPTER
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CHAPTER
. . . .ADMIN
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CHAPTER
. . . .PROJECT
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. . . .IDENTITY
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 Introduction to the OpenStack Dashboard

PREFACE

PREFACE
This document provides an outline of the options available in the OpenStack dashboard graphical
user interface.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 Introduction to the OpenStack Dashboard

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

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.
Note
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

Overview

View basic reports.

Resource Usage

Use the following tabs to view the following usages:


Daily Report - View the daily report.
Stats - View the statistics of all resources.

Hypervisors

View the hypervisor summary.

Host Aggregates

View, create, and edit host aggregates. View the list of


availability zones.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 Introduction to the OpenStack Dashboard

Parameter Name

Description

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:


Services - View a list of the services.
Compute Services - View a list of all Compute services.
Network Agents - View the network agents.
Block Storage Services - View a list of all Block Storage
services.
Orchestration Services - View a list of all Orchestration
services.

CHAPTER 3. THE PROJECT TAB

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

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:


Volumes - View, create, edit, and delete volumes.
Volume Snapshots - View, create, edit, and delete
volume snapshots.

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.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 Introduction to the OpenStack Dashboard

Parameter Name

Description

Access & Security

Use the following tabs to complete these tasks:


Security Groups - View, create, edit, and delete security
groups and security group rules.
Key Pairs - View, create, edit, import, and delete keypairs.
Floating IPs - Allocate an IP address to or release it from
a project.
API Access - View API endpoints, download the
OpenStack RC file, download EC2 credentials, and view
credentials for the logged-in project user.

Table 3.2. The Network Tab

Parameter Name

Description

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

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

Stacks

Orchestrate multiple composite cloud applications using


templates, through both an OpenStack-native REST API and
a CloudFormation-compatible Query API.

CHAPTER 3. THE PROJECT TAB

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.

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