Re: [Users] engine-iso-uploader -- REST API not usable?

On 01/18/2014 07:49 PM, Ted Miller wrote: > I ran into this problem when I tried to use engine-iso-uploader, but > reading on the lists makes it sound like it may be a more general > problem. There was a bug that caused this, but that was back in the > ver. 3.0/3.1 days, and doesn't seem common since then. > > Back on Dec 24 I was able to upload an ISO file OK, so I am not sure > what has changed since then. > > I am running a test setup, fully up to date: > office2a host w/ glusterfs Centos 6 > office4a host w/ glusterfs Centos 6 > ov-eng01 engine on Centos 6 VM (not hosted on oVirt) > office9 KVM host (not oVirt) for ov-eng01 > > whether I log in to ov-eng01 by ssh or execute the command from the > console, I get: > > # engine-iso-uploader list -v > Please provide the REST API password for the admin@internal oVirt Engine > user (CTRL+D to abort): > ERROR: Problem connecting to the REST API. Is the service available and > does the CA certificate exist? > > checking on some things suggested on a thread about engine-iso-uploader > back in March, I get: > > # ls -la /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4569 Nov 10 15:13 /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem > > # cat > /var/log/ovirt-engine/ovirt-iso-uploader/ovirt-iso-uploader/20140117112938.log > 2014-01-17 11:29:44::ERROR::engine-iso-uploader::512::root:: Problem > connecting to the REST API. Is the service available and does the CA > certificate exist? > > The thread back in March gave a work-around to upload ISO images > directly, so I am not "blocked" from uploading images, but I would like > to get things working "right", as I am afraid the problem will "turn > around and bite me" down the road. > > Ted Miller > To discard an actual problem with the REST API I would suggest you to run the following command, from the same machine: # curl \ --cacert /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem \ --user admin@internal:your_password \ https://your_host/api This should give you a XML document containing the entry point of the API, something like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <api> ... </api> I would also suggest to check the /etc/ovirt-engine/isouploader.conf file, as you may have changed something there in the past.