OpenStack Dashboard
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The OpenStack Dashboard is a reference implementation of a Django site that
uses the Django-Nova project to provide web based interactions with the
OpenStack Nova cloud controller.
For more information about the Django-Nova project, please visit:
http://launchpad.net/django-nova
Getting Started
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The first step is to obtain a local copy of the django-nova project:
$ mkdir django-nova
$ cd django-nova
$ bzr init-repo .
$ bzr branch lp:django-nova/trunk
Next we will create the virtualenv for local development. A tool is included to
create one for you:
$ python tools/install_venv.py
Now that the virtualenv is created, you need to configure your local
environment. To do this, create a local_settings.py file in the local/
directory. There is a local_settings.py.example file there that may be used
as a template.
Finally, issue the django syncdb command:
$ tools/with_venv.sh dashboard/manage.py syncdb
If after you have specified the admin user the script appears to hang, it
probably means the installation of Nova being referred to in local_settings.py
is unavailable.
If all is well you should now able to run the server locally:
$ tools/with_venv.sh dashboard/manage.py runserver
