Accessing the Ceph dashboard after bootstrap

You can access the Ceph dashboard to administer and monitor your IBM Storage Ceph cluster.

Before you begin

Be sure that the following is in place before accessing the Ceph dashboard:

Log into the dashboard through a web browser.
This can be done in one of the following ways:
- Enter the following URL:
```
https://HOST_NAME:PORT
```
  Replace:
  - HOST_NAME with the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the active manager host.
  - PORT with port 8443.
  For example,
```
https://host01:8443
```
- From the cephadm shell, run the ceph mgr services command.
  For example,
```
[ceph: root@host01 /]# ceph mgr services
```
  This command displays all endpoints that are currently configured. Look for the dashboard key to obtain the URL for accessing the dashboard.
From the login page, enter the username admin and the default password provided during bootstrapping.

Note: During initial login to the IBM Storage Ceph dashboard, you must change the password. For more information, see Changing the dashboard password.
After logging in, the dashboard default landing page is displayed, which provides details, a high-level overview of status, performance, inventory, and capacity metrics of the IBM Storage Ceph cluster.

Figure 1. IBM Storage Ceph dashboard landing page
Click menu icon () on the dashboard landing page to collapse or display the options in the vertical menu.