---
title: "Introducing Horizon"
description: "Discover the main sections of the Horizon interface"
url: https://docs.ovhcloud.com/en/guides/public-cloud/cross-functional/introducing-horizon
lang: en
lastUpdated: 2024-02-09
---
# Introducing Horizon

## Objective

The Horizon interface, natively offered with OpenStack, has been adapted by OVHcloud to offer additional features than those available in the OVHcloud Control Panel.

**Discover the main sections of the Horizon interface.**

## Requirements

- A [Public Cloud project](/en/guides/public-cloud/cross-functional/create-a-public-cloud-project.md) in your OVHcloud account
- **\[Optional since September 2023]** An [OpenStack user](/en/guides/public-cloud/cross-functional/create-and-delete-a-user.md) created in your project. This step is optional because we have deployed Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication between the OVHcloud Control Panel and Horizon.

## Instructions


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### OVHcloud Control Panel Access

- **Direct link:** <ManagerLink to="/#/pci/projects">Public Cloud Projects</ManagerLink>
- **Navigation path:** <code className="action">Public Cloud</code> > Select your project

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### Logging in to OpenStack Horizon

- To log in with a specific OpenStack user: open the [Horizon login page](https://horizon.cloud.ovh.net/auth/login/) and enter the [OpenStack user credentials](/en/guides/public-cloud/cross-functional/create-and-delete-a-user.md) previously created, then click on <code className="action">Connect</code>.

### Data centre region selection

Unlike the OVHcloud Control Panel, Horizon separates your services according to their region. You can choose the region from the menu in the top left-hand corner:

![public-cloud](/images/public-cloud/cross-functional/introducing-horizon/region2021.png)
### Left side menu

This menu allows you to quickly navigate through the project and its various features.

![public-cloud](/images/public-cloud/cross-functional/introducing-horizon/leftmenu2021.png)
#### Compute

##### **Overview**

- **Quota Summary**

Horizon provides a summary of quotas, which allows you to see the used and available resources for your projects:

![public-cloud](/images/public-cloud/cross-functional/introducing-horizon/quotas2021.png)
- **Usage Summary**

Next is a summary of the use of your project instances. The search period can be customized to restrict this summary to a desired period.

![public-cloud](/images/public-cloud/cross-functional/introducing-horizon/usagesummary2021.png)
- **Usage**

A summary of your usage is also available. This is a summary of the various services associated with the project, such as the list of instances.

![public-cloud](/images/public-cloud/cross-functional/introducing-horizon/usage2021.png)
The summary is downloadable in CSV format, which allows you to extract the information so that you can analyse it via other tools. Simply click on `Download CSV Summary
`.
![public-cloud](/images/public-cloud/cross-functional/introducing-horizon/csv2021.png)
- **Instances**

Use this page to list and manage instances. Here, for example, you can create new instances, pause them, access the instance console, and much more.

- **Images**

Use this menu to list and manage images, i.e. templates and snapshots associated with your project.

- **Key Pairs**

Here you can list and create your SSH keys for connecting to your instances.

##### **Volumes**

Use this menu to list and manage volumes, as well as volume backups and snapshots.

![volume](/images/public-cloud/cross-functional/introducing-horizon/volumes2021.png)
##### **Network**

List and manage your networks and security groups here.

![network](/images/public-cloud/cross-functional/introducing-horizon/network2021.png)
##### **Orchestration**

This menu allows you to orchestrate multiple composite cloud applications.

For more information, please refer to the [OpenStack documentation](https://docs.openstack.org/horizon/pike/user/stacks.html)
.
![orchestration](/images/public-cloud/cross-functional/introducing-horizon/orchestration2021.png)
#### Identity

Use this menu to list information about your projects.

### User menu

In the top right-hand corner of the Horizon interface, a user menu allows you to:

- Change interface display settings.
- Download an OpenRC file containing your user IDs.
- Log out of the Horizon interface.

![public-cloud](/images/public-cloud/cross-functional/introducing-horizon/username2021.png)
## Go further

[How to use the Public Cloud interface](/en/guides/public-cloud/cross-functional/public-cloud-interface-walk-me.md)

Join our [community of users](https://community.ovhcloud.com/).