The dashboard uses Django sessions framework to handle user session
data. However, you can use any available session back end. You
customize the session back end through the
SESSION_ENGINE
setting in your local_settings
file
(on Fedora/RHEL/CentOS:
/etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings
, on Ubuntu and Debian:
/etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings.py
and on openSUSE: /srv/www/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py
).
The following sections describe the pros and cons of each option as it pertains to deploying the dashboard.