[ovirt-users] Re: ovirt-engine-appliance ova

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:53 PM Jingjie Jiang <jingjie.jiang(a)oracle.com&gt; wrote: > > Hi David, (Actually it's "Yedidyah" or "Didi")   > > Thanks for your info. > > Please check my reply inline. > > > -Jingjie > > On 7/16/19 3:55 AM, Yedidyah Bar David wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 10:46 PM <jingjie.jiang(a)oracle.com&gt; wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Can someone tell me how to generate ovirt-engine-appliance ova file in ovirt-engine-appliance-4.3-20190610.1.el7.x86_64.rpm? >>> >> You might want to check the project's source code: >> >> >> >> https://github.com/ovirt/ovirt-appliance/ >> >> >> >> Or study the logs of a CI build of it: >> >> >> >> https://jenkins.ovirt.org/job/ovirt-appliance_master_build-artifacts-el7-... >> >> >> >> I never tried building it myself locally, though. > > I tried to build after checked out the source code from https://github.com/ovirt/ovirt-appliance/, > > but the build failed. > > # make > livemedia-creator --make-disk --ram=2048 --vcpus=4 --iso=boot.iso --ks=ovirt-engine-appliance.ks --qcow2 --image-name=ovirt-engine-appliance.qcow2 > 2019-07-22 12:34:00,095: livemedia-creator 19.7.19-1 > 2019-07-22 12:34:00,154: disk_size = 51GiB > 2019-07-22 12:34:00,154: disk_img = /var/tmp/ovirt-engine-appliance.qcow2 > 2019-07-22 12:34:00,154: install_log = /root/ovirt/ovirt-appliance/engine-appliance/virt-install.log > mount: /dev/loop0 is write-protected, mounting read-only > Formatting '/var/tmp/ovirt-engine-appliance.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=54760833024 encryption=off cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off > 2019-07-22 12:34:10,195: Running virt-install. > > Starting install... > Retrieving file vmlinuz...                                  | 6.3 MB  00:00     > Retrieving file initrd.img...                               |  50 MB  00:00     > Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to > the console to complete the installation process. > ...... > 2019-07-22 12:35:15,281: Installation error detected. See logfile. > 2019-07-22 12:35:15,283: Shutting down LiveOS-27f2dc2b-4b30-4eb1-adcd-b5ab50fdbf55 > Domain LiveOS-27f2dc2b-4b30-4eb1-adcd-b5ab50fdbf55 destroyed > > Domain LiveOS-27f2dc2b-4b30-4eb1-adcd-b5ab50fdbf55 has been undefined > > 2019-07-22 12:35:15,599: unmounting the iso > 2019-07-22 12:35:20,612: Install failed: virt_install failed > 2019-07-22 12:35:20,613: Removing bad disk image > 2019-07-22 12:35:20,613: virt_install failed > make: *** [ovirt-engine-appliance.qcow2] Error 1 > > In the log I found the error as following from virt-install.log: > > 16:35:07,472 ERR anaconda:CmdlineError: The following mandatory spokes are not completed:#012Installation source#012Software selection > 16:35:07,472 DEBUG anaconda:running handleException > 16:35:07,473 CRIT anaconda:Traceback (most recent call last):#012#012  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/tui/simpleline/base.py", line 352, in _mainloop#012    prompt = last_screen.prompt(self._screens[-1][1])#012#012  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/tui/hubs/summary.py", line 107, in prompt#012    raise CmdlineError(errtxt)#012#012CmdlineError: The following mandatory spokes are not completed:#012Installation source#012Software selection > 16:35:08,020 DEBUG anaconda:Gtk cannot be initialized > 16:35:08,020 DEBUG anaconda:In the main thread, running exception handler > 16:35:08,386 NOTICE multipathd:zram0: add path (uevent) > 16:35:08,386 NOTICE multipathd:zram0: spurious uevent, path already in pathvec > 16:35:08,386 NOTICE multipathd:zram0: HDIO_GETGEO failed with 25 > 16:35:08,386 ERR multipathd:zram0: failed to get path uid > 16:35:08,388 ERR multipathd:uevent trigger error > > Can you help me to fix the issue? Sorry, I never tried to build it myself, nor have experience with livemedia-creator. As I wrote above, I suggest to compare your output/result with that of oVirt CI. Otherwise, I'd probably start debugging by searching the net for the error messages you received. Good luck and best regards,   > > >>> I tried to import ovirt-engine-appliance ova(ovirt-engine-appliance-4.3-20190610.1.el7.ova) from ovirt-engine, but I got error as following: >>> >>> Failed to load VM configuration from OVA file: /var/tmp/ovirt-engine-appliance-4.2-20190121.1.el7.ova >>> >> No idea why this failed. >> >> >> >>> I guess ovirt-engine-appliance-4.2-20190121.1.el7.ova has more than CentOS7.6. >>> >> It has CentOS + oVirt engine. >> >> >> >> The only major use for it is by hosted-engine --deploy. In theory you >> >> can try importing it elsewhere, but I do not recall reports about >> >> people that tried this and whether it works. >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> -- Didi