Because Apache does not serve content from a root user, you must use another user with sudo privileges and run as that user.
You should have a running OpenStack Compute installation with the Identity Service, Keystone, enabled for identity management.
The dashboard needs to be installed on the node that can contact the Identity Service.
You should know the URL of your Identity endpoint and the Compute endpoint.
You must know the credentials of a valid Identity service user.
You must have git installed. It's straightforward to install it with sudo apt-get install git-core.
Python 2.6 is required, and these instructions have been tested with Ubuntu 10.10. It should run on any system with Python 2.6 or 2.7 that is capable of running Django including Mac OS X (installing prerequisites may differ depending on platform).
Optional components:
An Image Store (Glance) endpoint.
An Object Store (Swift) endpoint.
A Quantum (networking) endpoint.
