Re: [Users] Pxeboot

Mike, It seems it needs couple vdsm pkgs: ./node-creator ovirt-node-image.ks Error creating Live CD : Failed to find package 'vdsm-cli' : No package(s) available to install mv ovirt-node-image.iso ovirt-node-image-2.2.3-0.1fc16.git16688ea.iso mv: cannot stat `ovirt-node-image.iso': No such file or directory make: *** [ovirt-node-image.iso] Error 1 can I remove them from ks files?

- David ________________________________________ From: Mike Burns [mburns(a)redhat.com] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:07 PM To: Li, David Cc: Perry Myers; users(a)ovirt.org Subject: Re: [Users] Pxeboot On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 11:52 -0800, Li, David wrote: > It's still the same error: > > [lid@FC16-1 ovirt-node]$ cd recipe/ > [lid@FC16-1 recipe]$ make ovirt-node-image.iso > ( \ > echo "PRODUCT='"oVirt Node Hypervisor"'" ;\ > echo "PRODUCT_SHORT='"oVirt Node Hypervisor"'" ;\ > echo "PACKAGE=ovirt-node-image" ;\ > echo "VERSION=2.2.3" ;\ > echo "RELEASE=0.1fc16.git16688ea" ;\ > ) > version.ks > ./node-creator ovirt-node-image.ks > Error creating Live CD : Failed to find package '=======' : No package(s) available to install > mv ovirt-node-image.iso ovirt-node-image-2.2.3-0.1fc16.git16688ea.iso > mv: cannot stat `ovirt-node-image.iso': No such file or directory > make: *** [ovirt-node-image.iso] Error 1 > [lid@FC16-1 recipe]$ echo $OVIRT_LOCAL_REPO > file:///home/lid/ovirt-cache/ovirt > [lid@FC16-1 recipe]$ ll /home/lid/ovirt-cache/ovirt/ > total 12 > drwxr-xr-x. 2 lid lid 4096 Feb 9 11:10 noarch > drwxrwxr-x. 2 lid lid 4096 Feb 9 11:10 repodata > drwxrwxr-x. 2 lid lid 4096 Feb 9 11:10 src That's a bug in the patch. edit recipe/common-pkgs.ks and remove the last line which is "=======" Mike > > > Did make publish store the rpms in $OVIRT_LOCAL_REPO? > > - David > ________________________________________ > From: Mike Burns [mburns(a)redhat.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 11:44 AM > To: Li, David > Cc: Perry Myers; users(a)ovirt.org > Subject: RE: [Users] Pxeboot > > On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 11:40 -0800, Li, David wrote: > > The error seems a little stubborn. > > > > [lid@FC16-1 recipe]$ echo $OVIRT_LOCAL_REPO > > file://home/lid/ovirt-cache/ovirt > > You need 3 slashes. file:///home/lid/ovirt-cache/ovirt > > > [lid@FC16-1 recipe]$ make ovirt-node-image.iso > > ( \ > > echo "PRODUCT='"oVirt Node Hypervisor"'" ;\ > > echo "PRODUCT_SHORT='"oVirt Node Hypervisor"'" ;\ > > echo "PACKAGE=ovirt-node-image" ;\ > > echo "VERSION=2.2.3" ;\ > > echo "RELEASE=0.1fc16.git16688ea" ;\ > > ) > version.ks > > ./node-creator ovirt-node-image.ks > > Error creating Live CD : Unable to download from repo : Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: local. Please verify its path and try again > > mv ovirt-node-image.iso ovirt-node-image-2.2.3-0.1fc16.git16688ea.iso > > mv: cannot stat `ovirt-node-image.iso': No such file or directory > > make: *** [ovirt-node-image.iso] Error 1 > > > > There is also a pop-up window: Unable to open a folder for _ovirt-node-imag > > > > maybe it's looking at the wrong place? > > > > > > - David > > ________________________________________ > > From: Mike Burns [mburns(a)redhat.com] > > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 11:15 AM > > To: Li, David > > Cc: Perry Myers; users(a)ovirt.org > > Subject: RE: [Users] Pxeboot > > > > On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 10:57 -0800, Li, David wrote: > > > ok, that's my bad:) > > > > > > Ran into error at the last iso build step: > > > > > > Start building ISO image.... > > > ( \ > > > echo "PRODUCT='"oVirt Node Hypervisor"'" ;\ > > > echo "PRODUCT_SHORT='"oVirt Node Hypervisor"'" ;\ > > > echo "PACKAGE=ovirt-node-image" ;\ > > > echo "VERSION=2.2.3" ;\ > > > echo "RELEASE=0.1.fc16.git16688ea" ;\ > > > ) > version.ks > > > ./node-creator ovirt-node-image.ks > > > Error creating Live CD : Unable to download from repo : Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: local. Please verify its path and try again > > > mv ovirt-node-image.iso ovirt-node-image-2.2.3-0.1.fc16.git16688ea.iso > > > mv: cannot stat `ovirt-node-image.iso': No such file or directory > > > make: *** [ovirt-node-image.iso] Error 1 > > > > IIRC, this is usually because you have OVIRT_LOCAL_REPO defined, but not > > correctly. It needs to be like this: file:///home/mburns/rpmbuild/RPMS > > > > Ok, I just looked at the Node Building page, and it needs some updates. > > Try this from the base directory of the git repo > > > > $ export OVIRT_CACHE_DIR=${HOME}/ovirt-cache > > $ export OVIRT_LOCAL_REPO=file://${OVIRT_CACHE_DIR}/ovirt > > $ ./autogen.sh --with-image-minimizer > > $ make publish #this builds the rpms and puts them in > > ${OVIRT_CACHE_DIR} > > $ cd recipe > > $ make ovirt-node-image.iso > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > I wonder which repo my machine is lacking? > > > > > > - David > > > ________________________________________ > > > From: Mike Burns [mburns(a)redhat.com] > > > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:02 AM > > > To: Li, David > > > Cc: Perry Myers; users(a)ovirt.org > > > Subject: Re: [Users] Pxeboot > > > > > > On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 09:47 -0800, Li, David wrote: > > > > Got an error: > > > > [lid@FC16-1 ovirt-node]$ git fetch http://gerrit.ovirt.org/ refs/changes/38/1738/1&&git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD > > > > fatal: http://gerrit.ovirt.org/info/refs not found: did you run git update-server-info on the server? > > > > > > Bad copy/paste: > > > > > > git fetch http://gerrit.ovirt.org/p/ovirt-node refs/changes/38/1738/1 && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD > > > > > > > > any ideas? > > > > > > > > - David > > > > ________________________________________ > > > > From: Mike Burns [mburns(a)redhat.com] > > > > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:37 AM > > > > To: Li, David > > > > Cc: Perry Myers; users(a)ovirt.org > > > > Subject: Re: [Users] Pxeboot > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 08:30 -0800, Li, David wrote: > > > > > Mike, > > > > > > > > > > Two quick questions before I kick off a build: > > > > > > > > > > 1. Git errors. Do they matter? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [lid@FC16-1 node-archipel-2.2.2]$ git clone http://gerrit.ovirt.org/p/ovirt-node.git refs/changes/38/1738/1&&git checkout FETCH_HEAD > > > > > Cloning into refs/changes/38/1738/1... > > > > > remote: Counting objects: 14791, done > > > > > remote: Finding sources: 100% (14791/14791) > > > > > remote: Total 14791 (delta 10855), reused 14778 (delta 10855) > > > > > Receiving objects: 100% (14791/14791), 16.92 MiB | 154 KiB/s, done. > > > > > Resolving deltas: 100% (10855/10855), done. > > > > > fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git > > > > > > > > try this instead: > > > > > > > > git clone http://gerrit.ovirt.org/p/ovirt-node.git > > > > cd ovirt-node > > > > git fetch http://gerrit.ovirt.org/p/ovirt-node refs/changes/38/1738/1 && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. Build machine. > > > > > > > > > > I am using a x86_64 FC16 VM as the build machine. My target is x86_64 Intel board. Is this ok? > > > > > > > > Should be fine. > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - David > > > > > ________________________________________ > > > > > From: Mike Burns [mburns(a)redhat.com] > > > > > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:16 AM > > > > > To: Li, David > > > > > Cc: Perry Myers; users(a)ovirt.org > > > > > Subject: RE: [Users] Pxeboot > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 08:10 -0800, Li, David wrote: > > > > > > Not sure where the boot log is since I can't login. > > > > > > > > > > > > I got the source from https://github.com/primalmotion/archipel-node and followed the build instructions in > > > > > > http://ovirt.org/wiki/Node_Building > > > > > > > > > > > > maybe I should rebuild the iso from the ovirt node source tree as you have pulled in archipel changes yesterday. How do I do that? > > > > > > > > > > git fetch http://gerrit.ovirt.org/p/ovirt-node refs/changes/38/1738/1 && > > > > > git checkout FETCH_HEAD > > > > > > > > > > That command will checkout the current version of the archipel-node > > > > > changes. Then you can just follow the Node_Building process. Note that > > > > > the changes aren't merged into master yet. I'm still in the process of > > > > > reviewing them. > > > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > - David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > > > > >From: Mike Burns [mailto:mburns@redhat.com] > > > > > > >Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 7:22 AM > > > > > > >To: Li, David > > > > > > >Cc: Perry Myers; users(a)ovirt.org > > > > > > >Subject: Re: [Users] Pxeboot > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 07:06 -0800, Li, David wrote: > > > > > > >> Mike, > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> I added adminpw as a kernel option. After boot, I tried "admin/abc123" > > > > > > >> and "root/abc123" but not able to login. > > > > > > >> Any idea? > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Are there any errors in your build or boot logs? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> David > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> >-----Original Message----- > > > > > > >> >From: Mike Burns [mailto:mburns@redhat.com] > > > > > > >> >Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 6:53 PM > > > > > > >> >To: Li, David > > > > > > >> >Cc: Perry Myers; users(a)ovirt.org > > > > > > >> >Subject: Re: [Users] Pxeboot > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> >On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 17:11 -0800, Li, David wrote: > > > > > > >> >> Ok, I built an iso out of archipel and pxebooted it with stateless > > > > > > >> >> option. Now > > > > > > >> >I got a "localhost" login prompt. Any idea what should I put in as user/pwd? > > > > > > >> >> David > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> >You will need to pass a password in on the command line as well > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> >adminpw=<hashed_password> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> >You can generate the hashed password using: > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> >$ openssl passwd > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> >Assuming the password was abc123 > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> >$ openssl passwd abc123 > > > > > > >> >tKrQfufCbosr6 > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> >adminpw=tKrQfufCbosr6 > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> >Mike > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > >> >> >-----Original Message----- > > > > > > >> >> >From: Mike Burns [mailto:mburns@redhat.com] > > > > > > >> >> >Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 4:31 PM > > > > > > >> >> >To: Li, David > > > > > > >> >> >Cc: Perry Myers; users(a)ovirt.org > > > > > > >> >> >Subject: RE: [Users] Pxeboot > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> >On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 15:43 -0800, Li, David wrote: > > > > > > >> >> >> Ok, I think we are on the same page now regarding stateless node. > > > > > > >> >> >> It looks like the achipel diff you just pulled in might be able > > > > > > >> >> >> to do this. But I can't quite make it out what the kernel option should > > > > > > >be. > > > > > > >> >> >> Is it "stateless=1"? > > > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> >stateless=1 or just stateless, both will work. > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> >> David > > > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > > >> >> >> >-----Original Message----- > > > > > > >> >> >> >From: Mike Burns [mailto:mburns@redhat.com] > > > > > > >> >> >> >Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:27 PM > > > > > > >> >> >> >To: Li, David > > > > > > >> >> >> >Cc: Perry Myers; users(a)ovirt.org > > > > > > >> >> >> >Subject: Re: [Users] Pxeboot > > > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> >> >On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 15:19 -0800, Li, David wrote: > > > > > > >> >> >> >> Perry, > > > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >> >> >> >> I am glad you brought this up. > > > > > > >> >> >> >> I 'd be perfectly happy to run the root fs entirely in RAM. > > > > > > >> >> >> >> In fact that would > > > > > > >> >> >> >be ideal for me. It's just I am not quite sure how to use > > > > > > >> >> >> >pxeboot to achieve this. > > > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >> >> >> >> I am doing a test now using the tftpboot files created from the iso. > > > > > > >> >> >> >> As far as I see, the kernel boot options (pxelinux.cfg/default) has: > > > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >> >> >> >> root=live:/ovirt-node-image-2.2.2-1.1.fc16.iso > > > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >> >> >> >> With this I can only pxeboot to the intall screen. What > > > > > > >> >> >> >> should I use to let the > > > > > > >> >> >> >kernel mount the root fs in memory? Something like > > > > > > >root=/dev/ram0? > > > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >> >> >> >> David > > > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> >> >It's not currently possible with ovirt-node. That's the whole > > > > > > >> >> >> >stateless feature that we outlined. Once we actually have it > > > > > > >> >> >> >implemented, it will be something along the lines of adding > > > > > > >> >> >> >"stateless" to > > > > > > >> >> >the kernel commandline. > > > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> >> >Mike > > > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >-----Original Message----- > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >From: Perry Myers [mailto:pmyers@redhat.com] > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 2:54 PM > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >To: Mike Burns > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >Cc: Li, David; users(a)ovirt.org > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >Subject: Re: [Users] Pxeboot > > > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >On 02/08/2012 05:03 PM, Mike Burns wrote: > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 13:46 -0800, Li, David wrote: > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >>> Mike, > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >>> > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >>> If I understand this correctly, today I should be able to > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >>> pxeboot and nfs mount the root fs from a remote server. > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >>> Apart from setting up the pxe stuff, I 'd have to > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >>> populate the ovirt node root fs on the server > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >>> - perhaps steal it from a disk install. In other words I > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >>> am concerned about the point from which the kernel starts > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >>> to execute /init script (in the initramfs) to the point > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >>> /init is able to mount the final root fs from a remote server. > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> No, there is no way to set this up currently in ovirt-node. > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> You could install using a remote iscsi lun if you have a > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> hardware iscsi HBA, but there isn't a way to mount a > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> remote nfs share as the > > > > > > >> >> >root fs. > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> Supporting a remote NFS share as the root fs isn't even > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> something that requested as an RFE at this point or on the > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> roadmap as far as I'm aware. > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> It sounds like what you're really looking for is a shared > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> root fs that multiple hosts could use. This is something > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> that we will probably look into eventually, but it's not > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> on the immediate > > > > > > >> >> >roadmap. > > > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >Given that the rootfs of oVirt Node is fairly small and in a > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >truly stateless environment would just run out of system > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >RAM, there's no real reason to try to do a shared NFS based > > > > > > >rootfs. > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >It's an unnecessary complication I think, if the end goal is > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >to move to truly > > > > > > >> >> >> >stateless. > > > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >For larger systems where the rootfs is on the order of GB's, > > > > > > >> >> >> >> >shared root may make more sense. > > > > > > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > > > > > > >> >> >> >> Users mailing list > > > > > > >> >> >> >> Users(a)ovirt.org > > > > > > >> >> >> >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > >> >> _______________________________________________ > > > > > > >> >> Users mailing list > > > > > > >> >> Users(a)ovirt.org > > > > > > >> >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > > > > >> Users mailing list > > > > > > >> Users(a)ovirt.org > > > > > > >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Users mailing list > > > > > Users(a)ovirt.org > > > > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Users mailing list > > > > Users(a)ovirt.org > > > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users(a)ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users