Re: [ovirt-users] Single server hosted engine... almost there

Hi, Ensure dnsmasq is working and can be accessed by the engine VM? Log in to the engine VM and test from there? Maybe set up *real* DNS? -derek On Wed, December 7, 2016 3:41 pm, Mark Steckel wrote: > Hi Derek, > > ----- Derek Atkins <derek(a)ihtfp.com&gt; wrote: >> Hi Mark, >> >> The error is correct, hosted-engine-1.pcstrac.com is not a valid >> hostname: >> >> $ host hosted-engine-1.pcstrac.com >> $ >> >> I'm lost, tho -- was this an error that occurred on the host during >> hosted-engine --deploy, or was it an error that occurred in the hosted >> enging VM when running engine-setup? > > I believe when it occurred when the running the engine-setup. > > >> If the former, you need to ensure that you have a real DNS name for your >> ovirt engine. It's unclear (to me) that using /etc/hosts is sufficient. >> However looking at the logs, it looks like it can locally resolve (to >> xx.yy.18.122). > > Yep. I tested things to make sure it could resolve before I started the > 'hosted-engine --deploy'. > >> You might need to answer "Yes" to the /etc/hosts question.. > > I did answer "Yes". > > >> The log seems to get far enough along that it presents you the engine vm >> console URL? It looks like the issue is that the engine vm cannot >> resolve >> its own name. > > That is my take as well. > > Scratching my head as I config'ed dnsmasq to provide local dns and to read > from /etc/hosts for hosted-engine-1.pcstrac.com. > > The only thing I think I flubbed was neglecting to add the host's IP to > the host's /etc/resolv.conf. > > Scrubbing and staring again. > > Mark > > >> >> -derek >> >> On Wed, December 7, 2016 3:13 pm, Mark Steckel wrote: >> > Folks, >> > >> > Thanks to Didi in another thread I'm making progress. (Lesson learned, >> > choose 'disk' and not 'cdrom' when using the he-appliance.) >> > >> > So I reset to a fresh CentOS 7, installed various software packages >> > including ovirt. >> > >> > I configed eth0 with a /32 public IP. I also added an alias for a >> > x.x.x.1/29 on eth0:1. >> > >> > Finally I config'ed dnsmasq to provide both dhcp and dns (ensuring >> that it >> > will read from /etc/hosts before forwarding dns requests) and added >> the >> > IPs and hostsnames to /etc/hosts from the /29 IPs which are to be used >> by >> > the VMs. >> > >> > Things proceeded nicely till resolving the he vm fqdn. (I tested to >> make >> > sure that the he vm fqdm would resolve **Before** I ran 'hosted-engine >> > --deploy'.) >> > >> > |- --== NETWORK CONFIGURATION ==-- >> > |- >> > |- [ ERROR ] Host name is not valid: >> hosted-engine-1.pcstrac.com >> > did not resolve into an IP address >> > |- [ ERROR ] Failed to execute stage 'Environment >> > customization': Host name is not valid: >> > hosted-engine-1.pcstrac.com did not resolve into an IP address >> > |- [ INFO ] Stage: Clean up >> > |- Log file is located at >> > /var/log/ovirt-engine/setup/ovirt-engine-setup-20161207193757-6i03xg.log >> > |- [ INFO ] Generating answer file >> > '/var/lib/ovirt-engine/setup/answers/20161207193758-setup.conf' >> > |- [ INFO ] Stage: Pre-termination >> > |- [ INFO ] Stage: Termination >> > |- [ ERROR ] Execution of setup failed >> > |- HE_APPLIANCE_ENGINE_SETUP_FAIL >> > [ ERROR ] Engine setup failed on the appliance >> > [ ERROR ] Failed to execute stage 'Closing up': Engine setup >> failed on >> > the appliance Please check its log on the appliance. >> > >> > >> > The one thing I forgot is to update /etc/resolv.conf to include the >> host >> > though I don't know if this matters... >> > >> > Logs attached. >> > >> > I suspect I've very close to having this working but am admittedly >> > stumped. >> > >> > Pointers appreciated. >> > >> > Thanks >> > Mark >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Users mailing list >> > Users(a)ovirt.org >> > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> > >> >> >> -- >> Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 >> derek(a)ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com >> Computer and Internet Security Consultant >> > > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 derek(a)ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant