[ovirt-users] Re: Console to HostedEngine

Hi Simone, it worked - I can access the server via SSH again to solve the original problem (which is an httpd problem). Concerning the add-console-password problem: It sounds weird to me, too. For others: In my case the console device was there, it just did not have any ID or address: devices={device:console,type:console} Regards Daniel > something adding like this should be enough: > devices={device:console,type:console,deviceId:816e131e-5718-45e7-b1e3-81a6dfd51e19,address:None} > > and please remove xmlBase64= line if there since it contains the XML for > libvirt as generated by the engine and that one, if there, wins over the > dictionary for vdsm. > > > > As an alternative, VNC console should work as well; you can set VNC > > password with > > hosted-engine --add-console-password > > I have tried this, too. The result was the following: > > Command VM.updateDevice with args {'params': {'existingConnAction': > 'keep', 'graphicsType': 'vnc', 'params': {}, 'ttl': '120', > 'deviceType': > 'graphics', 'password': '<mypwd>'}, 'vmID': '<vmid>'} failed: > > > (code=56, message=Failed to update device) > > > This sounds really weird.