b3lab/horizon

Horizon is a Django-based project aimed at providing a complete OpenStack Dashboard along with an extensible framework for building new dashboards from reusable components. This fork implements B3LAB Register Panel on OpenStack Horizon

B3LAB - OpenStack Dashboard Register Panel

Horizon is a Django-based project aimed at providing a complete OpenStack Dashboard along with an extensible framework for building new dashboards from reusable components. The openstack_dashboard module is a reference implementation of a Django site that uses the horizon app to provide web-based interactions with the various OpenStack projects.

• Project documentation: https://docs.openstack.org/horizon/latest/
• Release notes: https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/horizon/

Our forked project of Horizon at safir/stein branch includes a self registration panel for OpenStack Stein version. This document describes how to install Horizon Dashboard with a registration panel for OpenStack Stein.

REQUIREMENTS

You need a running OpenStack (stable/stein) installation. You can use Devstack as you test environment. Be aware safir/stein branch is developed for OpenStack stable/stein version and it may not work with other versions. It is highly recommended for you to try this installation in a virtual environment first.

INSTALLATION

Install required packages (Ubuntu)

$ sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev build-essential
$ sudo pip install --upgrade pip

Install openstack_user_manager package, developed by B3LAB

$ git clone https://github.com/b3lab/safir_openstack_user_manager.git
$ cd safir_openstack_user_manager/
$ sudo pip install .

Create or edit /etc/openstack/clouds.yaml and configure cloud-admin section with your cloud parameters. $ sudo vi /etc/openstack/clouds.yaml

clouds:
  cloud-admin:
   auth:
     auth_url: http://<contoller_node_hostname>:5000/v3
     password: <admin_password>
     project_domain_name: default
     project_name: admin
     user_domain_name: default
     username: admin
   identity_api_version: '3'
   region_name: RegionOne
   volume_api_version: '2'

Install safir_email_notifier package, developed by B3LAB

$ git clone https://github.com/b3lab/safir_email_notifier.git
$ cd safir_email_notifier/
$ sudo pip install .

Install Horizon with b3lab register panel patch

$ git clone https://github.com/b3lab/horizon.git -b safir/stein
$ cd horizon
$ cp openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py.example openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py
$ vi openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py

Edit local_settings.py with your settings according to [1] and configure the following settings for the register panel. [1] https://docs.openstack.org/horizon/stein/install/install-debian.html

Set email host settings.

EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.a.com'
EMAIL_PORT = 25
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'a@a.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'a'
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True

Set initial private networks settings for new users.

OPENSTACK_EXT_NET = 'public-network-name'
OPENSTACK_DNS_NAMESERVERS = ['172.16.1.1']
OPENSTACK_DEFAULT_SUBNET_CIDR = '10.0.0.0/24'
OPENSTACK_DEFAULT_GATEWAY_IP = '10.0.0.1'

Set OpenStack cloud config name.

CLOUD_CONFIG_NAME = 'cloud-admin'

Set user agreement file path.

USER_AGREEMENT_FILE = '/path/to/user/agreement/file'

Configure apache2 to use this dashboard and restart apache2 service.