Install the dashboard

Before you can install and configure the dashboard, meet the requirements in the section called “System requirements”.

	Note
	When you install only Object Storage and the Identity Service, even if you install the dashboard, it does not pull up projects and is unusable.

For more information about how to deploy the dashboard, see deployment topics in the developer documentation.

Install the dashboard on the node that can contact the Identity Service as root:

# apt-get install apache2 memcached libapache2-mod-wsgi openstack-dashboard

	Note for Debian users
To install the Apache package: # apt-get install openstack-dashboard-apache This command installs and configures Apache correctly, provided that the user asks for it during the debconf prompts. The default SSL certificate is self-signed, and it is probably wise to have it signed by a root Certificate Authority (CA).

Note for Debian users

To install the Apache package:

# apt-get install openstack-dashboard-apache

This command installs and configures Apache correctly, provided that the user asks for it during the debconf prompts. The default SSL certificate is self-signed, and it is probably wise to have it signed by a root Certificate Authority (CA).

Modify the value of CACHES['default']['LOCATION'] in /etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings.py to match the ones set in /etc/memcached.conf.

Open /etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings.py and look for this line:

CACHES = {
'default': {
'BACKEND' : 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
'LOCATION' : '127.0.0.1:11211'
}
}

Notes

	Notes
The address and port must match the ones set in `/etc/memcached.conf`. If you change the memcached settings, you must restart the Apache web server for the changes to take effect. You can use options other than memcached option for session storage. Set the session back-end through the `SESSION_ENGINE` option. To change the timezone, use the dashboard or edit the `/etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings.py` file. Change the following parameter: `TIME_ZONE = "UTC"`

The address and port must match the ones set in /etc/memcached.conf.
If you change the memcached settings, you must restart the Apache web server for the changes to take effect.
You can use options other than memcached option for session storage. Set the session back-end through the SESSION_ENGINE option.
To change the timezone, use the dashboard or edit the /etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings.py file.
Change the following parameter: TIME_ZONE = "UTC"

Update the ALLOWED_HOSTS in local_settings.py to include the addresses you wish to access the dashboard from.
Edit /etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings.py:
```
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', 'my-desktop']
    
```
This guide assumes that you are running the Dashboard on the controller node. You can easily run the dashboard on a separate server, by changing the appropriate settings in local_settings.py.
Edit /etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings.py and change OPENSTACK_HOST to the hostname of your Identity Service:
```
OPENSTACK_HOST = "controller"
    
```

Start the Apache web server and memcached:

# service apache2 restart
# service memcached restart

You can now access the dashboard at https://controller/ .
Login with credentials for any user that you created with the OpenStack Identity Service.

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