[ovirt-users] Access VM Console on a Smart Phone with User Permission

[Filip Krepinsky]

On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Jerome R <jerzkie102030 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone! I haven't tried your uploaded app yet. I just want to ask
> regarding this experimental, with just user role only it can logon to
> moVirt and see its VM? no admin role to be
>

It worked for me just fine.

Thanks!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Filip Krepinsky <fkrepins at redhat.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Tomas Jelinek <tjelinek at redhat.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Jerome R <jerzkie102030 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I tried this workaround, I tried to logon the user acct to moVirt with
>>>> 1 of the admin permission resources, it works I can access to the VM
>>>> assigned however I'm able to see what Admin can see in the portal though
>>>> not able to perform action. So far that's one of my concern the user should
>>>> be able to see just his/her VM assigned.
>>>>
>>>
>>> yes, this is a consequence of using the admin API - you can see all the
>>> entities and do actions only on the ones you have explicit rights to.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, until the https://github.com/oVirt/moVirt/issues/282 is
>>> done, there is nothing better I can offer you.
>>>
>>> We can try to give that item a priority, just need to get the current RC
>>> out of the door (hopefully soon).
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jerome
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Tomas Jelinek <tjelinek at redhat.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Jerome Roque <
>>>>> jerzkie102030 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Tomas,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for your response. What do you mean by "removing the support
>>>>>> for user permissions"? I'm using
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The oVirt permission model expects to be told explicitly by one header
>>>>> if the logged in user has some admin permissions or not. In the past the
>>>>> API behaved differently in this two cases so we needed to remove the option
>>>>> to use it without admin permissions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now the situation is better so we may be able to bring this support
>>>>> back, but it will require some testing.
>>>>>
>>>>
>> I created an experimental apk here https://github.com/suomiy/moVi
>> rt/raw/user-roles/moVirt/moVirt-release.apk
>> It has some limitations for user roles, so entity events and event search
>> query are disabled. Also the apk has not been tested thoroughly.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> the latest version of moVirt 1.7.1, and ovirt-engine 4.1.
>>>>>> Is there anyone tried running user role in moVirt?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>> Please let us know if this works for you or if you encounter any bugs.
>>
>> Regards
>> Filip
>>
>>
>>>>> you will get permission denied from the API if you try to log in with
>>>>> a user which has no admin permission. If you give him any admin permission
>>>>> on any resource, it might work as a workaround.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>> Jerome
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 5:14 PM, Tomas Jelinek <tjelinek at redhat.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 6:14 AM, Jerome Roque <
>>>>>>> jerzkie102030 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Good day oVirt Users,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I need some little help. I have a KVM and used oVirt for the
>>>>>>>> management of VMs. What I want is that my client will log on to their
>>>>>>>> account and access their virtual machine using their Smart phone. I tried
>>>>>>>> to install mOvirt and yes can connect to the console of my machine, but it
>>>>>>>> is only accessible for admin console.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> moVirt originally worked both with admin and user permissions. We
>>>>>>> had to remove the support for user permissions since the oVirt API did not
>>>>>>> provide all features moVirt needed for user permissions (search for
>>>>>>> example). But the API moved significantly since then (the search works also
>>>>>>> for users now for one) so we can move it back. I have opened an issue about
>>>>>>> it: https://github.com/oVirt/moVirt/issues/282 - we can try to do
>>>>>>> it in next version.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tried to use web console, it downloaded console.vv but can't open
>>>>>>>> it. By any chance could make this thing possible?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you want to use a web console for users, I would suggest to try
>>>>>>> the new ovirt-web-ui [1] - you have a link to it from oVirt landing page
>>>>>>> and since 4.1 it is installed by default with oVirt.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The .vv file can not be opened using aSPICE AFAIK - adding Iordan as
>>>>>>> the author of aSPICE to comment on this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [1]: https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-web-ui
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>>> Jerome
>>>>>>>>
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