DashboardΒΆ

The Dashboard admin UI provides a quick overview of the current usage of VISA.

The information included in the dashboard includes:

  • The number of instances

    This is the number of instances of VISA that are active in OpenStack

  • The number of open Remote Desktop sessions

    This gives an oveview of the usage of VISA during the day

  • The number of active Remote Desktop sessions

    This takes into account the sessions where keyboard or mouse activity has been registered within the last 5 minutes

  • The number of Images in use

  • The number of used Flavours

  • The total number of users that have been active on VISA

    This is recorded from the beginning of a VISA installationg to see how many users in total have used VISA

  • The cloud limits (maximum number of instances, vCPUs and memory)

    These details are taken directly from the OpenStack API

  • A breakdown of instance states

    This can show if a large number of instances are in Error

  • A list of latest Remote Desktop sessions

    This gives an overview of which users are actively using VISA

  • A list of latest instances

    This shows who has created the most recent instances

  • A list of latest connected users

    This shows who (which instite) have been active lately on VISA

  • A breakdown of image usage

    Shows a graphic of the distribution of images amongst the instances

  • A breakdown of flavour usage

    This graphic shows which are the most popular flavours

By default the web page requires manual refresh (either reloading the full application or just the page using the Refresh dashboard button). The page can be automatically refreshed by setting the Auto refresh toggle button to active.

Administration Instances