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OpenStack Essentials

You're reading from   OpenStack Essentials Untangle the complexity of OpenStack clouds through this practical tutorial

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786462664
Length 182 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preface 1. RDO Installation FREE CHAPTER 2. Identity Management 3. Image Management 4. Network Management 5. Instance Management 6. Block Storage 7. Object Storage 8. Telemetry 9. Orchestration 10. Docker 11. Scaling Horizontally 12. Monitoring 13. Troubleshooting Index

Web interface

Now that we have looked at Heat on the command line and explored some of its functionality, let's take a look at the dashboard and the support available for Heat in the dashboard web interface. Log in to the dashboard, find the Orchestration menu, and select the Stacks menu option. The following screenshot captures the dashboard:

Web interface

To launch a new stack, click on the Launch Stack button in the top-right corner:

Web interface

To launch your stack, you have the same options to pull your template from. I have chosen the same hello_world.yaml file used earlier:

Web interface

Fill out the form to provide the parameters required to launch the stack. Then, click on the Launch button at the bottom of the form. You may have to scroll down to get to it. If the form validation fails, you will be notified as to what needs to be updated:

Web interface

The web interface will auto-update itself until the stack reaches a complete or failed state. Click on the Stack Name to drill down and find out more information about the stack....

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