Introduction

Horizon is the canonical implementation of OpenStack’s Dashboard, which provides a web based user interface to OpenStack services including Nova, Swift, Keystone, etc.

For a more in-depth look at Horizon and its architecture, see the Horizon Basics.

To learn what you need to know to get going, see the Quickstart.

Using Horizon

How to use Horizon in your own projects.

• Installation Guide
  • System Requirements
  • Installing from Packages
  • Installing from Source
  • Horizon plugins
• Configuration Guide
  • Settings Reference
  • Pluggable Panels and Groups
  • Customizing Horizon
  • Themes
  • Branding Horizon
• User Documentation
  • Log in to the dashboard
  • Upload and manage images
  • Configure access and security for instances
  • Launch and manage instances
  • Create and manage networks
  • Create and manage object containers
  • Create and manage volumes
  • Supported Browsers
• Administration Guide
  • Customize and configure the Dashboard
  • Set up session storage for the Dashboard
  • Create and manage images
  • Create and manage roles
  • Manage projects and users
  • Manage instances
  • Manage flavors
  • Manage volumes and volume types
  • View and manage quotas
  • View services information
  • Create and manage host aggregates

Contributor Docs

For those wishing to develop Horizon itself, or go in-depth with building your own Dashboard or Panel classes, the following documentation is provided.

• Contributor Documentation
  • So You Want to Contribute…
  • Horizon Basics
  • Project Policies
  • Quickstart
  • Horizon’s tests and you
  • Tutorials
  • Topic Guides
  • Module Reference
  • Frequently Asked Questions

Release Notes

See https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/horizon/.

Information

• Glossary

• Index
• Module Index