[Openstack] horizon customization_module example???

Wyllys Ingersoll Wyllys.Ingersoll at evault.com
Tue Mar 5 01:24:19 UTC 2013


Thanks!

Any hints on how to remove some of the default Nova panels from the dashboard using the customization_module?




On Mar 4, 2013, at 6:52 PM, Kieran Spear <kispear at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Wyllys,
> 
> On 5 March 2013 08:59, Wyllys Ingersoll <Wyllys.Ingersoll at evault.com> wrote:
>> Questions:
>> - If I name the customization_module as "my_dashboard.overrides" - where does the "overrides" file need to be created (i.e. what directory - full path) ?
> 
> my_dashboard.overrides needs to be importable by the process running
> Horizon. So your my_dashboard module needs to be on your python path
> somehow. Probably the easiest way is to add a python-path argument to
> the WSGIDaemonProcess line in Apache's Horizon config. I'm not sure
> where this lives exactly for the ubuntu package (should be somewhere
> under /etc/apache2/).
> 
> Assuming your my_dashboard module lives in /opt/python/my_dashboard,
> you'd make it look like the following:
> 
> WSGIDaemonProcess [... existing options ...] python-path=/opt/python
> 
> Alternatively you can make your module an installable python package
> and install it system-wide (e.g., create a setup.py).
> 
>> - Does it require other files to be present in that directory also such as the __init__.py or models.py  like a complete dashboard would?
> 
> It will need a __init__.py but should be fine without a models.py.
> 
> I'll see about getting this info added to the docs.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kieran
> 
>> 
>> I think once I can figure out where to put my custom mods without making horizon barf all over itself, I can make my changes, but getting started is proving difficult.
>> 
>> thanks,
>>  Wyllys
>> 
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