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Configuring the Dashboard (horizon) (optional)
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Customize your horizon deployment in
``/etc/openstack_deploy/user_variables.yml``.

Securing horizon communication with SSL certificates
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The OpenStack-Ansible project provides the ability to secure Dashboard
(horizon) communications with self-signed or user-provided SSL certificates.

Refer to `Securing services with SSL certificates`_ for available configuration
options.

.. _Securing services with SSL certificates: https://docs.openstack.org/project-deploy-guide/openstack-ansible/ocata/app-advanced-config-sslcertificates.html

Configuring a horizon customization module
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OpenStack-Ansible supports deployment of a horizon `customization module`_.
After building your customization module, configure the
``horizon_customization_module`` variable with a path to your module.

.. code-block:: yaml

   horizon_customization_module: /path/to/customization_module.py

.. _customization module: https://docs.openstack.org/horizon/latest/configuration/customizing.html#horizon-customization-module-overrides