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Re: horizon customization_module example???
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@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Wyllys,
>
> On 5 March 2013 08:59, Wyllys Ingersoll <Wyllys.Ingersoll@xxxxxxxxxx> 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
>
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>> 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.
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>> thanks,
>> Wyllys
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