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OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook

By : Kevin Jackson
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OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook

By: Kevin Jackson

Overview of this book

<p>OpenStack is an open Source cloud operating stack born from Rackspace and NASA which is now a global success, developed and supported by scores of people around the globe and backed by some of the leading players in the cloud space today.<br /><br /><em>OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook</em> will show you exactly how to install the components that are required to make up a private cloud environment. You will learn how to set up an environment that you manage, just as you would do with AWS or Rackspace.<br /><br />The Cookbook starts by configuring Nova (Compute) and Swift (Storage) in a safe, virtual environment that builds on through the book, to provisioning and managing OpenStack in the Datacenter.<br /><br />From Installing Nova in a Virtual Environment to installing OpenStack in the Datacenter, from understanding logging to securing your OpenStack environment, whatever level of experience or interest you have with OpenStack there are recipes that guide you through the journey. Installation steps cover Compute, Swift, Keystone, Nova Volumes, Glance and Horizon.<br /><br /><em>OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook</em> gives you clear step-by-step instructions to installing and running your own private cloud successfully. It is full of practical and applicable recipes that enable you to use the latest capabilities of OpenStack and implement them.</p>
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

User management by using OpenStack Dashboard


OpenStack Dashboard gives us the ability to conduct user management through the web interface. This allows an administrator to easily create and amend users within an OpenStack environment. To manage users, you must log in as a user that is a member of the admin role.

Getting ready

Load a web browser, point it to our OpenStack Dashboard address at http://172.16.0.1/, and log in as the admin user with the password openstack.

How to do it...

User management under OpenStack Dashboard is achieved by carrying out the steps discussed in the following sections.

Adding Users

To add users, perform the following steps:

  1. Under Admin System Panel, click on the Users option to bring back a list of users on the system:

  2. To create a new user, select the Create User button.

  3. We will be presented with a form that asks for username details. Enter the name of a user, the e-mail address of that user, and the password for that user. In the example shown in the following screenshot...