5._Introduction_ _Dashboard
The dashboard (aka awsmDashboard) is a web interface used for viewing and editing your awsm classes and existing assets. Its database is an AWS SimpleDB named "awsm", which is created and accessed using the AWS credentials setup when you first installed the awsm cli. The dashboard front-end is served from your local machine, at: http://localhost:8081/.
To launch the Dashboard simply type the command awsm dashboard into your terminal. The server will start and a browser will open to the Dashboard main screen.
The main screen displays a list of the most recent AWS Events, and a couple AWS Blogs. New RSS feeds can be added to this screen through the menu.
The side menu contains links to some of the more popular AWS Services. Clicking on each one will take you to a list of all of your existing assets of each type across all AWS Regions.
At the top of most pages is a small gear icon that when clicked will drop down a menu. This is where you can create or edit awsm classes.
Classes are edited through forms with pre-filled options where applicable - to allow for quick confident changes.
Creating new awsm classes are done through the same forms as the edit screen.
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