On Dec 2, 2016, at 4:18 AM, Simone Tiraboschi <stirabos@redhat.com> = wrote: =20 =20 =20 On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 3:11 AM, Jonathan Woytek <woytek@dryrose.com = <mailto:woytek@dryrose.com>> wrote: Hello all. I've been trying to get a hosted-engine style deployment up = and running on a small three-hypervisor cluster for prototyping some =
=20 I struggled for a few days trying to get the hosted engine to deploy = correctly. Some issues I encountered were minor documentation issues = (and mostly just me misinterpreting something that was written). For = example, when choosing an image source, I could choose cdrom, file, or = something else, and I tried to choose file (thinking "image file", since = I had an ISO to use for building the engine vm). Of course, it would = bomb because it wanted me to give it a preconfigured engine file, NOT an = ISO. I eventually figured I'd just get the appliance engine file, and = went that route (and, in that case, that part worked!). =20 Then, it started to bomb consistently right after starting the network = configuration step. It turned out that the motherboards I had = (Supermicro) did not have UUIDs encoded on them--they were blank. As a = result, the vdi step was failing to gather the information it needed, = but it kept dying with error messages that were pretty difficult to = decipher. I eventually stumbled across the UUID as "None" in the return = block, which finally led me to dmidecode to verify that the UUID was = blank. Then I had to figure out how to actually get the UUID set. I = found an AMI utility that helped me get them set to something, though it = didn't actually set them correctly. In the meantime, Supermicro = helpfully replied to my support request with a link to a utility they =
=20 UUIDs finally set, I started to work through a few other issues, and = finally came to the point where it was gathering some network = information before going to do the next step, and now it kept dying = saying that the hostname was not unique, then it listed every IP address = configured on the system (and there were several). DNS was working, and =
=20 Before I posted here, though, I wanted to try again when I was fresh = and not having dealt with all of the previous problems. My first attempt = was to drop the hostname into /etc/hosts, thinking maybe the install = wasn't consulting DNS or was confused because there were several IP = addresses.=20 =20 BINGO. This fixed the "not unique" address problem!=20 =20 ... now I just had to go and clean up a botched installation because = it also couldn't find the hostname for the hosted engine (also in DNS, = but I just put it in /etc/hosts to hopefully get around whatever issue =
=20 So.. long story short.. Thanks for good software and for being so = willing to support it, and thanks for putting up with reading this whole =
--Apple-Mail=_33700937-F8BE-422B-B79F-228612A1C0D0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I had some similar issues (also with IPV6 which I haven=E2=80=99t = retried lately). I ended up double checking /etc/resolv.conf and just = dropping an entry there and also ensuring the name servers were present = in the ifcfg files. This did the trick. Depending on how you configure = LACP, sometimes the DNS seems to magically disappear when ovirt creates = the ovirtmgmt bridge interface. If you are having an issue, it=E2=80=99s = likely that interface. The other thing that =E2=80=9Cmay=E2=80=9D be occurring is IPv6 is being = used for DNS and you don=E2=80=99t have an IPv6 DNS server (or it=E2=80=99= s not routing correctly). You can verify that by disabling IPv6 (you = have to use sysctl, ifcfg options won=E2=80=99t completely do it). If = that works, then IPv6 was the issue. Tom things before they get moved into a production environment. My = hypervisors each have a 802.3ad bonded interface with several VLANs = trunked over the link. The network is not currently connected to the = internet, but can be for updates and the like. There is DNS available = and correctly configured.=20 provide to do the same thing (though I wish that had been documented = somewhere on their site!).=20 pointed to the correct IP address for the hostname. The hostname was set = correctly. I could not get this to resolve. I got frustrated and posted = on twitter. A few nice people here saw it and recommended that I join = the mailing list. That's why I'm here now.=20 that is).=20 thing. Now, if someone can explain why DNS isn't being consulted for = host names correctly, that would be super... :)=20
=20 =20 It should be, absolutely. Would you like to share a log from one of your failure attempts? =20 =20 jonathan =20 =20 --=20 Jonathan Woytek http://www.dryrose.com <http://www.dryrose.com/> KB3HOZ PGP: 462C 5F50 144D 6B09 3B65 FCE8 C1DC DEC4 E8B6 AABC =20 _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org <mailto:Users@ovirt.org> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users = <http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users> =20 =20 _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
--Apple-Mail=_33700937-F8BE-422B-B79F-228612A1C0D0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D"">I had some similar issues (also with IPV6 which I haven=E2=80=99= t retried lately). I ended up double checking /etc/resolv.conf and = just dropping an entry there and also ensuring the name servers were = present in the ifcfg files. This did the trick. Depending on = how you configure LACP, sometimes the DNS seems to magically disappear = when ovirt creates the ovirtmgmt bridge interface. If you are = having an issue, it=E2=80=99s likely that interface.<div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">The other thing that =E2=80=9Cmay=E2=80=9D= be occurring is IPv6 is being used for DNS and you don=E2=80=99t have = an IPv6 DNS server (or it=E2=80=99s not routing correctly). You = can verify that by disabling IPv6 (you have to use sysctl, ifcfg options = won=E2=80=99t completely do it). If that works, then IPv6 was the = issue.<br class=3D""> <br class=3D"">Tom</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><blockquote = type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Dec 2, 2016, at 4:18 AM, = Simone Tiraboschi <<a href=3D"mailto:stirabos@redhat.com" = class=3D"">stirabos@redhat.com</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D""><br class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br class=3D""><div = class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 3:11 AM, Jonathan Woytek = <span dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><<a href=3D"mailto:woytek@dryrose.com" = target=3D"_blank" class=3D"">woytek@dryrose.com</a>></span> wrote:<br = class=3D""><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 = .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D"">Hello all. I've been trying to get a hosted-engine style = deployment up and running on a small three-hypervisor cluster for = prototyping some things before they get moved into a production = environment. My hypervisors each have a 802.3ad bonded interface with = several VLANs trunked over the link. The network is not currently = connected to the internet, but can be for updates and the like. There is = DNS available and correctly configured. <div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I struggled for a few days trying to = get the hosted engine to deploy correctly. Some issues I encountered = were minor documentation issues (and mostly just me misinterpreting = something that was written). For example, when choosing an image source, = I could choose cdrom, file, or something else, and I tried to choose = file (thinking "image file", since I had an ISO to use for building the = engine vm). Of course, it would bomb because it wanted me to give it a = preconfigured engine file, NOT an ISO. I eventually figured I'd just get = the appliance engine file, and went that route (and, in that case, that = part worked!).</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">Then, it started to bomb consistently right after starting = the network configuration step. It turned out that the motherboards I = had (Supermicro) did not have UUIDs encoded on them--they were blank. As = a result, the vdi step was failing to gather the information it needed, = but it kept dying with error messages that were pretty difficult to = decipher. I eventually stumbled across the UUID as "None" in the return = block, which finally led me to dmidecode to verify that the UUID was = blank. Then I had to figure out how to actually get the UUID set. I = found an AMI utility that helped me get them set to something, though it = didn't actually set them correctly. In the meantime, Supermicro = helpfully replied to my support request with a link to a utility they = provide to do the same thing (though I wish that had been documented = somewhere on their site!). </div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">UUIDs finally set, I started to work = through a few other issues, and finally came to the point where it was = gathering some network information before going to do the next step, and = now it kept dying saying that the hostname was not unique, then it = listed every IP address configured on the system (and there were = several). DNS was working, and pointed to the correct IP address for the = hostname. The hostname was set correctly. I could not get this to = resolve. I got frustrated and posted on twitter. A few nice people here = saw it and recommended that I join the mailing list. That's why I'm here = now. </div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">Before I posted here, though, I wanted to try again when I = was fresh and not having dealt with all of the previous problems. My = first attempt was to drop the hostname into /etc/hosts, thinking maybe = the install wasn't consulting DNS or was confused because there were = several IP addresses. </div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div= class=3D"">BINGO. This fixed the "not unique" address = problem! </div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">... now I just had to go and clean up a botched installation = because it also couldn't find the hostname for the hosted engine (also = in DNS, but I just put it in /etc/hosts to hopefully get around whatever = issue that is). </div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">So.. long story short.. Thanks for good software and for = being so willing to support it, and thanks for putting up with reading = this whole thing. Now, if someone can explain why DNS isn't being = consulted for host names correctly, that would be super... = :) </div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888" = class=3D""><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div></font></span></div></blockquote><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">It should be, absolutely.</div><div = class=3D"">Would you like to share a log from one of your failure = attempts?</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D""> </div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0= 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D""><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888" class=3D""><div = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">jonathan</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div>-- = <br class=3D""><div class=3D"m_4117236419531417628gmail_signature" = data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">Jonathan Woytek<br class=3D""><a = href=3D"http://www.dryrose.com/" target=3D"_blank" = class=3D"">http://www.dryrose.com</a><br class=3D"">KB3HOZ<br = class=3D"">PGP: 462C 5F50 144D 6B09 3B65 FCE8 C1DC DEC4 E8B6 = AABC</div> </div></font></span></div> <br class=3D"">______________________________<wbr = class=3D"">_________________<br class=3D""> Users mailing list<br class=3D""> <a href=3D"mailto:Users@ovirt.org" class=3D"">Users@ovirt.org</a><br = class=3D""> <a href=3D"http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users" = rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank" = class=3D"">http://lists.ovirt.org/<wbr = class=3D"">mailman/listinfo/users</a><br class=3D""> <br class=3D""></blockquote></div><br class=3D""></div></div> _______________________________________________<br class=3D"">Users = mailing list<br class=3D""><a href=3D"mailto:Users@ovirt.org" = class=3D"">Users@ovirt.org</a><br = class=3D"">http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users<br = class=3D""></div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_33700937-F8BE-422B-B79F-228612A1C0D0--