Re: [Engine-devel] Error on starting webadmin

On 12/13/2012 04:49 PM, Vojtech Szocs wrote: >> this is making the contribution process more complex. lets think of a >> lighter way to get a developing setup. > I agree, I just wanted to have the local Engine configuration steps documented for reference.. If there's a better way to do it, I'm for it. > > Vojtech having LocalConfig look for "engine.conf.defaults" system property before fallback to System.getenv("ENGINE_DEFAULTS"); + concatenating -Dengine.conf.defaults=$HOME/.engine.conf.defaults to JAVA_OPTS on standalone.conf

> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roy Golan" <rgolan(a)redhat.com&gt; > To: engine-devel(a)ovirt.org > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 3:36:40 PM > Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] Error on starting webadmin > > On 12/13/2012 04:32 PM, Vojtech Szocs wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've updated http://www.ovirt.org/Building_Engine_Draft - added section "Engine local configuration" (feel free to edit or modify as necessary) > this is making the contribution process more complex. lets think of a > lighter way to get a developing setup. > >> Vojtech >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs(a)redhat.com&gt; >> To: engine-devel(a)ovirt.org >> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:49:39 PM >> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] Error on starting webadmin >> >> Hi guys, >> >> as Moti mentioned, this issue is related to UI plugins patches that have been merged recently. >> >> However, the root cause of this issue is LocalConfig class (machine-specific Engine configuration) throwing exception in following cases: >> - cannot load default properties (ENGINE_DEFAULTS property if defined, otherwise /usr/share/ovirt-engine/conf/engine.conf.defaults) >> - cannot load custom properties (ENGINE_VARS property if defined, otherwise /etc/sysconfig/ovirt-engine) >> - requesting missing property value (LocalConfig.getProperty method) >> >> (Note that UI plugins use two Engine properties: ENGINE_USR and ENGINE_ETC.) >> >> As Juan suggests in his comment in http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/10026/, we could include this in "building Engine" wiki. For example: >> - have ENGINE_DEFAULTS property point to OVIRT_HOME/backend/manager/conf/engine.conf.defaults (alternatively, users can copy this file to /usr/share/ovirt-engine/conf) >> - create custom Engine config file, e.g. ~/myengine.conf, and have ENGINE_VARS property point to this file >> >> Vojtech >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Daniel Erez" <derez(a)redhat.com&gt; >> To: "Moti Asayag" <masayag(a)redhat.com&gt; >> Cc: engine-devel(a)ovirt.org >> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 11:49:13 AM >> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] Error on starting webadmin >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Moti Asayag" <masayag(a)redhat.com&gt; >>> To: engine-devel(a)ovirt.org >>> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 12:25:07 PM >>> Subject: [Engine-devel] Error on starting webadmin >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I get the following error when trying to connect to webadmin: >>> >>> 2012-12-13 11:57:06,689 ERROR >>> [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/webadmin].[WebAdminDynamicHosting]] >>> (http--0.0.0.0-8700-1) Servlet.service() for servlet >>> WebAdminDynamicHosting threw exception: >>> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The property "ENGINE_USR" >>> doesn't have a value. >>> >>> It caused by the PluginDataManager instantiation which requires >>> several variables to be defined. >>> >>> In order to by pass those errors do: >>> 1. create a file /usr/share/ovirt-engine/conf/engine.conf.defaults >>> 2. Add the following properties to the file: >>> ENGINE_USR=username >>> ENGINE_ETC=/etc/ovirt-engine >>> 3. restart Jboss >> You can use the 'engine.conf.defaults' that resides at 'backend/manager/conf'. >> >>> Regards, >>> Moti