Re: [ovirt-users] Access VM Console on a Smart Phone with User Permission

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Jerome R <jerzkie102030(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > I tried this workaround, I tried to logon the user acct to moVirt with 1 > of the admin permission resources, it works I can access to the VM assigned > however I'm able to see what Admin can see in the portal though not able to > perform action. So far that's one of my concern the user should be able to > see just his/her VM assigned. > yes, this is a consequence of using the admin API - you can see all the entities and do actions only on the ones you have explicit rights to. Unfortunately, until the https://github.com/oVirt/moVirt/issues/282 is done, there is nothing better I can offer you. We can try to give that item a priority, just need to get the current RC out of the door (hopefully soon). > > Thanks, > Jerome > > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Tomas Jelinek <tjelinek(a)redhat.com&gt; > wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Jerome Roque <jerzkie102030(a)gmail.com&gt; >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Tomas, >>> >>> Thanks for your response. What do you mean by "removing the support for >>> user permissions"? I'm using >>> >> >> The oVirt permission model expects to be told explicitly by one header >> if the logged in user has some admin permissions or not. In the past the >> API behaved differently in this two cases so we needed to remove the option >> to use it without admin permissions. >> >> Now the situation is better so we may be able to bring this support >> back, but it will require some testing. >> >

>> >>> the latest version of moVirt 1.7.1, and ovirt-engine 4.1. >>> Is there anyone tried running user role in moVirt? >>> >>

>> you will get permission denied from the API if you try to log in with a >> user which has no admin permission. If you give him any admin permission on >> any resource, it might work as a workaround. >> >> >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> Jerome >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 5:14 PM, Tomas Jelinek <tjelinek(a)redhat.com&gt; >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 6:14 AM, Jerome Roque <jerzkie102030(a)gmail.com >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> Good day oVirt Users, >>>>> >>>>> I need some little help. I have a KVM and used oVirt for the >>>>> management of VMs. What I want is that my client will log on to their >>>>> account and access their virtual machine using their Smart phone. I tried >>>>> to install mOvirt and yes can connect to the console of my machine, but it >>>>> is only accessible for admin console. >>>>> >>>> >>>> moVirt originally worked both with admin and user permissions. We had >>>> to remove the support for user permissions since the oVirt API did not >>>> provide all features moVirt needed for user permissions (search for >>>> example). But the API moved significantly since then (the search works also >>>> for users now for one) so we can move it back. I have opened an issue about >>>> it: https://github.com/oVirt/moVirt/issues/282 - we can try to do it >>>> in next version. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Tried to use web console, it downloaded console.vv but can't open it. >>>>> By any chance could make this thing possible? >>>>> >>>> >>>> If you want to use a web console for users, I would suggest to try the >>>> new ovirt-web-ui [1] - you have a link to it from oVirt landing page and >>>> since 4.1 it is installed by default with oVirt. >>>> >>>> The .vv file can not be opened using aSPICE AFAIK - adding Iordan as >>>> the author of aSPICE to comment on this. >>>> >>>> [1]: https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-web-ui >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> Jerome >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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