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== Horizon Dashboard ==
 
== Horizon Dashboard ==
  
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Horizon is the dashboard for Openstack.  It provides a web based interface to manage other Open Stack services.
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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.
  
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== Installation ==
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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.
  
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Install the pre-requisite packages:
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In addition the APIs allow these control.s to be integrated into with other tools
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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
 
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cd horizon
 
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./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. By default Horizon defaults to using the localhost IP>  To change this edit the 'OPENSTACK_HOST' setting to the correct IP.
 
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cp openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py.example openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py
 
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== Starting Horizon ==
 
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Start the serive with the manage.py script, beofre pointing your browser at the IP of the system.
 
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tools/with_venv.sh ./manage.py runserver
 
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Latest revision as of 10:41, 12 January 2015

Horizon Dashboard

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.

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.

In addition the APIs allow these control.s to be integrated into with other tools

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