First you need to connect to the web page Log-in OpenStack. On the Log In page, Autentichate using "OpenID connect", and click Access. Then, choose your Identity Provider (e.g. iam.cnaf.infn.it/). After, enter your user name and password, and click Sign In.
The visible tabs and functions in the dashboard depend on the access permissions, or roles, of the user you are logged in as:
- if you are logged in as an end user, the Project tab and Identity tab are displayed;
- if you are logged in as an administrator, the Admin tab is shown, too.
Now we are going to present these 3 tabs (box in orange in the figure), subdivided in turn into further ramifications, warning the reader that there may be slight differences between what is presented here and what will appear on your displays.
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:
API Access tab
API Access: View API endpoints.
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.
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.
Key Pairs: View, create, edit, import, and delete key pairs.
Volume tab
Volumes: View, create, edit, and delete volumes.
Backups: View, create, edit, and delete backups.
Snapshots: View, create, edit, and delete volume snapshots.
Groups: View, create, edit, and delete consistency groups.
Group Snapshots: View, create, edit, and delete consistency group snapshots.
Network tab
Network Topology: View the network topology.
Networks: Create and manage public and private networks.
Routers: Create and manage routers.
Security Groups: View, create, edit, and delete security groups and security group rules.
Floating IPs: Allocate an IP address to or release it from a project.
Object Store tab
Containers: Create and manage containers and objects.
Admin tab
Administrative users can use the Admin tab to view usage and to manage instances, volumes, flavors, images, networks, and so on.
Overview tab
Overview: View basic reports.
Compute tab
Hypervisors: View the hypervisor summary.
Host Aggregates: View, create, and edit host aggregates. View the list of availability zones.
Instances: View, pause, resume, suspend, migrate, soft or hard reboot, and delete running instances that belong to users of some, but not all, projects. Also, view the log for an instance or access an instance through VNC.
Flavors: View, create, edit, view extra specifications for, and delete flavors. A flavor is the size of an instance.
Images: View, create, edit properties for, and delete custom images.
Volume tab
Volumes: View, create, manage, and delete volumes.
Snapshots: View, manage, and delete volume snapshots.
Volume Types: View, create, manage, and delete volume types.
Network tab
Networks: View, create, edit properties for, and delete networks.
Routers: View, create, edit properties for, and delete routers.
Floating IPs: Allocate an IP address for a project or release it.
System tab
Defaults: View default quota values. Quotas are hard-coded in OpenStack Compute and define the maximum allowable size and number of resources.
Metadata Definitions: Import namespace and view the metadata information.
System Information: Use the following tabs to view the service information:
Services: View a list of the services.
Compute Services: View a list of all Compute services.
Block Storage Services: View a list of all Block Storage services.
Network Agents: View the network agents.
Identity tab
Identity tab
Projects: View, create, assign users to, remove users from, and delete projects.
Users: View, create, enable, disable, and delete users.
Setting tab (hidden)
Click the Settings button from the user drop down menu at the top right of any page, you will see the Settings tab.
Settings tab
User Settings: View and manage dashboard settings.
Change Password: Change the password of the user.