[ovirt-users] ovirt-shell -- cannot even get started

This is either some very obscure syntax, or it may not be working. Difficult to tell, since the error message seems to be generic: ... ==================================== ERROR ================================= "https://engine-tst/ovirt-engine/api" is invalid url format, valid format is http[s]://server:port/path, where path is usually "ovirt-engine/api" or, for older versions of the engine, just "api". ============================================================================ ... That error is reported no matter where it is run from, and no matter what combination of manual or automated interaction is used. It should not be this hard. 42 different combinations were tried. In one instance when using localhost as the hostname, it actually asked for the certificate first, and then gave me the same error as above. Lets just say that the command line was very familiar to me when Larry Wall wrote the Configure script (that was before the GNU configure scripts). A strait up actual example that works would be nice, or an explanation of prerequisites, if there are any. None are stated. There is lots of mention of port numbers, but no actual port numbers suggested. Does not the ovirt-shell talk to the web server at port 443 if https is specified? The lsof command does not show any listeners that seem likely as a cli interface: -> sudo lsof -i | grep -i listen systemd 1 root 42u IPv6 9030 0t0 TCP *:sunrpc (LISTEN) systemd 1 root 43u IPv4 9031 0t0 TCP *:sunrpc (LISTEN) ovirt-ima 582 root 5u IPv4 9196 0t0 TCP *:54323 (LISTEN) ovirt-web 954 ovirt 4u IPv4 14915 0t0 TCP *:synchronet-db (LISTEN) httpd 959 root 4u IPv6 18622 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN) httpd 959 root 6u IPv6 18630 0t0 TCP *:https (LISTEN) sshd 962 ovirt-vmconsole 3u IPv4 17902 0t0 TCP *:EtherNet/IP-1 (LISTEN) sshd 962 ovirt-vmconsole 4u IPv6 17904 0t0 TCP *:EtherNet/IP-1 (LISTEN) sshd 1048 root 3u IPv4 19474 0t0 TCP *:ssh (LISTEN) sshd 1048 root 4u IPv6 19477 0t0 TCP *:ssh (LISTEN) postgres 1237 postgres 3u IPv4 19552 0t0 TCP *:postgres (LISTEN) postgres 1237 postgres 4u IPv6 19553 0t0 TCP *:postgres (LISTEN) java 3042 ovirt 371u IPv6 20711 0t0 TCP localhost:8702 (LISTEN) java 3042 ovirt 389u IPv6 24722 0t0 TCP localhost:8706 (LISTEN) And yes, the unfamiliar ones were tried. :) The last straw was when a packet sniffer failed to capture ANY traffic related to these attempts. Apparently the ovirt-shell command fails before even attempting a connection.