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Michael at 10:41, 12 January 2015

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Michael: /* Installation */

2015-01-12T10:37:17Z

Installation

Michael at 10:25, 14 May 2014

2014-05-14T10:25:53Z

Michael: Created page with "== Horizon Dashboard == Horizon is the dashboard for Openstack. It provides a web based interface to manage other Open Stack services. == Installation == Install the pre-r..."

2014-05-14T10:21:53Z

Created page with "== Horizon Dashboard == Horizon is the dashboard for Openstack. It provides a web based interface to manage other Open Stack services. == Installation == Install the pre-r..."

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== Horizon Dashboard ==

Horizon is the dashboard for Openstack. It provides a web based interface to manage other Open Stack services.

== Installation ==

Install the pre-requisite packages:

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sudo yum install gcc git-core python-devel python-virtualenv openssl-devel libffi-devel
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Clone the git repoistory to get the latest version of horizon and hten run the 'run_tests.sh' script. The script will set up the environment and check to make sure everything is working.

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git clone https://github.com/openstack/horizon.git
cd horizon
./run_tests.sh
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To set up the deffault settings you will need to copy the example file. The file can then be edited to added any additional settings.

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cp openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py.example openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py
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 == Horizon Dashboard ==
-Horizon is the dashboard for Openstack.  It provides a web based interface to manage other Open Stack services.
+Horizon is the web front end to the other openstack components.  It allows you to control most operations and function of you cloud, including launch instances, assinging IP address and setting access controls.
-== Starting Horizon ==
+Horizon is not the only way to access and control the cloud, it is just a simple and easy way to do so. Everything that can be done through the dash board can also be done through the command lines tools.
-Start the serive with the manage.py script, beofre pointing your browser at the IP of the system.
+In addition the APIs allow these control.s to be integrated into with other tools

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	Horizon is the dashboard for Openstack. It provides a web based interface to manage other Open Stack services.		Horizon is the dashboard for Openstack. It provides a web based interface to manage other Open Stack services.
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−	~~== Installation ==~~
−
−	~~Install the pre-requisite packages:~~
−
−	~~<syntaxhighlight>~~
−	~~sudo yum install gcc git-core python-devel python-virtualenv openssl-devel libffi-devel~~
−	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~
−
−	~~Clone the git repoistory to get the latest version of horizon and hten run the 'run_tests.sh' script. The script will set up the environment and check to make sure everything is working.~~
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−	~~<syntaxhighlight>~~
−	~~git clone https://github.com/openstack/horizon.git~~
−	~~cd horizon~~
−	~~./run_tests.sh~~
−	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~
−
−	To set up the deffault settings you will need to copy the example file. The file can then be edited to added any additional settings. By default Horizon defaults to using the localhost IP> To change this edit the 'OPENSTACK_HOST' setting to the correct IP.
−
−	~~<syntaxhighlight>~~
−	~~cp openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py.example openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py~~
−	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~
−

	== Starting Horizon ==		== Starting Horizon ==

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 </syntaxhighlight>
-To set up the deffault settings you will need to copy the example file.  The file can then be edited to added any additional settings.
+To set up the deffault settings you will need to copy the example file.  The file can then be edited to added any additional settings. By default Horizon defaults to using the localhost IP>  To change this edit the 'OPENSTACK_HOST' setting to the correct IP.
 <syntaxhighlight>
 cp openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py.example openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py
 </syntaxhighlight>