Re: [Users] Trouble making ovirt-node image

On 12/06/2011 11:45 AM, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote: > El 05/12/11 19:50, Mike Burns escribió: >> On Mon, 2011-12-05 at 15:55 -0300, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote: >>> El 02/12/11 16:30, Joey Boggs escribió: >>>> On 12/02/2011 11:09 AM, Mike Burns wrote: >>>>> On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 12:25 -0300, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote: >>>>>> El 02/12/11 12:00, Mike Burns escribió: >>>>>>> On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 11:05 -0300, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote: >>>>>>>> El 02/12/11 01:34, Mike Burns escribió: >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 14:42 -0300, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote: >>>>>>>>>> El 01/12/11 12:59, Mike Burns escribió: >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 11:23 -0300, Federico Alberto Sayd >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> El 30/11/11 16:48, Douglas Landgraf escribió: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello Federico, >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 11/30/2011 11:31 AM, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am trying to implement Ovirt in a testing datacenter. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have installed Ovirt-Engine from rpm on Fedora 16 and all >>>>>>>>>>>>>> is Ok. I >>>>>>>>>>>>>> can access the web management without problem. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> My problem is with Ovirt-Node. I followed the guide in: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Node_Building. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I used the same Fedora 16 installation for building the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> node >>>>>>>>>>>>>> iso. I >>>>>>>>>>>>>> followed all steps, but the iso creation failed. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The docs dont say, but I had to install at least the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> ovirt-node-tools, I don't know if also I have to install >>>>>>>>>>>>>> ovirt-node >>>>>>>>>>>>>> rpm from $BASEDIR/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The output of make ovirt-node-image.iso is in pastebin: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://pastebin.com/2U6NezuE >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Please see this BZ, there is a workaround: >>>>>>>>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757818 >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>>>>>>>> Douglas >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, it worked >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I could generate the iso image, but now I can't install Ovirt >>>>>>>>>>>> to the >>>>>>>>>>>> hardisk neither access to the configuration to specify things >>>>>>>>>>>> such ip, >>>>>>>>>>>> password, etc. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Boot option "Install" only boots Ovirt on live cd image mode >>>>>>>>>>>> (No hardisk >>>>>>>>>>>> installation). Also I don't know the default user and >>>>>>>>>>>> password, or the >>>>>>>>>>>> method to specify this parameters at the image creation time. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for any clarification and sorry for my poor english. >>>>>>>>>> Sorry, I sent the response to private address. I resend to the >>>>>>>>>> list: >>>>>>>>>>> It sounds like something isn't working quite right in the iso. >>>>>>>>>>> What is >>>>>>>>>>> the last commit in the git repo? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> git log -1 >>>>>>>>>> commit b1f86732fa5a7803223a52af759b40830612d08a >>>>>>>>>> Author: Mike Burns<mburns(a)redhat.com> >>>>>>>>>> Date: Thu Nov 17 08:40:32 2011 -0500 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> move rc.local changes to ovirt-post >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Change-Id: Iac718b9284b831b978e50eb80d93d498e23d475d >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Where did you check the repo out from? >>>>>>>>>> git clone http://gerrit.ovirt.org/p/ovirt-node.git >>>>>>>>> Ok, that's the right stuff. I know we've seen this in some >>>>>>>>> cases >>>>>>>>> a long >>>>>>>>> time ago, but not recently. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> can you try this? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 1. generate a hashed password using # openssl passwd >>>>>>>>> 2. Boot the image and in the boot menu (or in the pxe config if >>>>>>>>> your >>>>>>>>> using pxe), add rootpw=hashed_password_from_step_1 >>>>>>>>> 3. When it boots to a getty login prompt, login as root with >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> password you supplied to openssl >>>>>>>> Ok, generated and logged in >>>>>>>>> 4. check /var/log/ovirt.log and /tmp/ovirt.log for any errors >>>>>>>> http://pastebin.com/MM1BpXb3 >>>>>>>>> In addition, what type of hardware are you using? Real >>>>>>>>> hardware? >>>>>>>>> virtual machine? >>>>>>>> Real hardware, ibm blade >>>>>>>>> What type of storage is on you host? What state is it in? >>>>>>>>> Is it >>>>>>>>> clean? >>>>>>>>> is there something already installed? >>>>>>>> [root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Disk /dev/sda: 146.0 GB, 145999527936 bytes >>>>>>>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17750 cylinders, total 285155328 >>>>>>>> sectors >>>>>>>> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes >>>>>>>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >>>>>>>> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >>>>>>>> Disk identifier: 0x00000000 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Disk /dev/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> How are you installing? cd? USB stick? pxe? >>>>>>>> CD (iso mounted to blade hardware through blade administration >>>>>>>> software) >>>>>>>>> Mike >>>>>>>> There is some site or repo where I can download another iso to >>>>>>>> compare? >>>>>>> Hmm, nothing jumps out at me, although the restorecon messages are >>>>>>> concerning. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Joey can you take a look and see why the install TUI isn't >>>>>>> loading? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Federico, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I don't have anything at the moment posted, but I'll build an >>>>>>> image >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> the latest commits (I pushed a couple things today) and post it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mike >>>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Federico >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Users mailing list >>>>>>>> Users(a)ovirt.org >>>>>>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>>>> Thanks Mike, I will wait your post >>>>> http://ovirt.org/releases/nightly/binary/ovirt-node-image-gitb30a716f.iso >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Federico >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Users mailing list >>>>>> Users(a)ovirt.org >>>>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Users mailing list >>>>> Users(a)ovirt.org >>>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>> Nothing jumps out at me either, I built one myself just now and it >>>> boots up just fine. Is it possible to attach that machine to a serial >>>> console and get output? Does the iso Mike linked to work for you? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Hi all: >>> >>> The iso provided by Mike, booted up ok, TUI loads, but installation >>> fails >>> ("oVirt Node Hypervisor Installation Failed"). Error logs are >>> displayed >>> (/var/log/ovirt.log, /tmp/ovirt.log and /var/log/messages) but I don't >>> know how export this logs out from installation for debugging. I tried >>> passing the root password as kernel parameter in order to login in the >>> live system and obtain the logs, but the system asks for a new root >>> password, I change the pass but this didn't work. >> The process for setting the password again is kinda confusing and I >> always seem to mess it up. You need to enter the old password twice, >> then the new password twice. > Yes, I entered the old password and the new password twice, but > password was not changed. >> Now, to try to understand the error that you're facing. First thing, >> let me point you to slides that I recently presented at the oVirt >> Workshop[1]. >> >> I'm assuming you started with Slide 12 after you booted the image. You >> the progressed until slide 15, but you got an error instead of success >> in the bottom-right slide? > Yes >> If that's the case, then you should see a list of log files to look at. >> On that screen, hit F2 and you should get dropped to a shell where you >> can do pretty much anything. To get your log files off, you need to >> setup networking and a root password. Run the following commands and >> follow the onscreen menus to setup networking and authentication. Make >> sure to allow ssh password authentication in the ovirt-config-password >> script. >> >> 1. # /usr/libexec/ovirt-config-networking >> 2. # /usr/libexec/ovirt-config-password >> >> After this is done, you should have networking and can scp the files >> out >> from another machine. > Ok, I was able to access to live system. I didn't know the F2 "trick" > These are the logs: > > /var/log/messages: http://pastebin.com/gU1uRVxm > /var/log/ovirt.log: http://pastebin.com/Qn2gn6AR > /tmp/ovirt.log: http://pastebin.com/H47QdvSH > > it seems that the problem is related to hard disk > > >> On a side note, if you can get on IRC (#ovirt on OFTC), it might be >> easier for us to debug it only together in real time rather than back >> and forth on email. Feel free to ping me directly. >> >> Mike (mburns on irc) > Ok, I will try to contact you on IRC, but I have to admin I am no > fluent in english > > Altough also I post to the list to share the information if somebody > has the same problem > >> [1] http://www.ovirt.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ovirt-node.pdf >> >>> These are the most significatives log lines (manually copied): >>> >>> cp: cannot stat '/boot/efi/* ': no such file or directory >>> unmount: /liveos/grub/efi: not found >>> >>> ERROR GRUB setup failed >>> ERROR Grub2 installation Failed >> I haven't hit these errors at all. >>> Thanks >>> >>> Federico > > Best regards > > Federico > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users Can you try running: /sbin/grub2-install /dev/mapper/3600508e000000000c759bf82c5f06d0d --boot-directory=/liveos --force It should give us some output as to why the grub install is failing.