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+Horizon Dashboard customization module for the GARR Cloud
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+
+This Python module customizes the OpenStack Rocky Horizon dashboard by
+following the approach described in:
+
+https://docs.openstack.org/horizon/latest/configuration/customizing.html
+
+i.e. monkey patching the existing modules.
+
+https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10027232/how-to-overwrite-a-imported-python-class-for-all-calls
+
+In particular, this module modifies the behaviour of the application
+credentials creation: it introduces a field where the user can select a
+kubernetes namespace and a button to download a pre-compiled kubernetes
+configuration file.
+
+.. TODO: add screenshots
+
+