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

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 >