Re: [Users] Is it possible to run the node and engine on the same box?

On 19/02/12 19:21, Brent Bolin wrote: > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Doron Fediuck<dfediuck(a)redhat.com> wrote: >> On 19/02/12 15:33, Brent Bolin wrote: >>> Assume if it was possible fedora 16 with the additional repos would be >>> suggested. >> >> Hi Brent, >> ovirt-node is read-only by nature (with the exception of some configurations). >> This means you cannot simply install rpm's on it. Instead both vdsm and the >> engine core needs to be pre-built on the node. This is not trivial, as the >> engine core requires many packages. >> >> If we assume you're using standard Fedora to be able to install rpm's, then >> we come to the next set of issues; co-hosting engine core with vdsm. There >> are things that need to be taken care of such as- >> - Adding the same host as a new host into the engine will cause reboot, which >> is not a good thing to do to the engine core during the installation process >> of the host.. We are adding a flag (host property) to avoid host reboot at the end of host installation. This will be available soon and we are thinking to expose it only through the API (not in the UI).