.. |date| date:: The dashboard ============= Last changed: |date| .. contents:: The dashboard is the common web user interface for OpenStack. It is a simple web GUI where you can perform regular tasks, including provision instances, set up access control, provision volumes etc. Overview -------- When logging in, you will be presented with an overview of your instances and other resource usage: .. image:: images/dashboard-overview-project-01.png :align: center :alt: Dashboard Project tab Choosing Region --------------- Regions in OpenStack are a way to have different clusters in different geographical regions that share the same user database and federated authentication. In our case, there are two regions: **BGO** and **OSL**. These are located at the Universities of Bergen and Oslo, respectively. You may provision VMs (instances) and use other resources in both regions, whichever suits your needs. .. image:: images/dashboard-region-01.png :align: center :alt: Dashboard: Choosing Region In order to select a region, or to simply see which region (and project) you are currently working with, click on your username and a menu appears as shown in the picture above. Project tab ----------- Projects are organizational units in the cloud, and are also known as tenants or accounts. Each user is a member of one or more projects. Within a project, a user creates and manages instances. From the Project tab, you can view and manage the resources in a selected project, including instances and images. You can select the project from the drop down menu at the top left. From the Project tab, you can access the following categories: Compute tab ~~~~~~~~~~~ * **Overview**: View reports for the project. * **Instances**: View, launch, create a snapshot from, stop, pause, or reboot instances, or connect to them through VNC. * **Volumes**: Use the following tabs to complete these tasks: - *Volumes*: View, create, edit, and delete volumes. - *Volume Snapshots*: View, create, edit, and delete volume snapshots. * **Images**: View images and instance snapshots created by project users, plus any images that are publicly available. Create, edit, and delete images, and launch instances from images and snapshots. * **Access & Security**: Use the following tabs to complete these tasks: - *Security Groups*: View, create, edit, and delete security groups and security group rules. - *Key Pairs*: View, create, edit, import, and delete key pairs. - *Floating IPs*: Allocate an IP address to or release it from a project. - *API Access*: View API endpoints. .. NOTE:: Even though the *Floating IPs* tab is present under "Access & Security", this feature is not used in the NREC cloud. Identity tab ------------ As a regular user, you can view any project that you're a member of. .. image:: images/dashboard-overview-identity-01.png :align: center :alt: Dashboard Identity tab