-----Original Message----- From: Michael Pasternak [mailto:mpastern@redhat.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:32 PM To: Li, David Cc: users(a)ovirt.org Subject: Re: new wiki for ovirt-engine-cli Hi David, On 02/29/2012 07:47 PM, Li, David wrote: > > Michael, > I am interested in the ovirt-shell and I might have missed some earlier discussions. The wiki doesn't say much about how to install it. My questions are: > > 1. Is this part of ovirt-engine install? it shipped as another rpm (ovirt-engine-cli) / tarball in release repo, only ovirt- engine-cli is more advanced than last release of oVirt, i.e it using latest ovirt- engine-sdk which is build against latest ovirt-engine, so to use ovirt-engine-cli-2.x you have to compile and deploy the engine by yourself or wait for the next release. > 2. Can it entirely replace the engine? no, it doesn't replace the engine, but using it through over-engine-sdk [1]. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/SDK > > Do you have a 'how to get started' page? > > David > >> >> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:08:13 +0200 >> From: Michael Pasternak <mpastern(a)redhat.com&gt; >> To: users(a)ovirt.org >> Subject: [Users] new wiki for ovirt-engine-cli >> Message-ID: <4F4E3F5D.7010600(a)redhat.com&gt; >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> >> http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/CLI >> >> -- >> >> Michael Pasternak >> RedHat, ENG-Virtualization R&D >> >> -- Michael Pasternak RedHat, ENG-Virtualization R&D

On 03/01/2012 05:06 PM, Li, David wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Thanks for the info. Now on to more questions:) > > 1. Do you have a link where to get the ovirt-engine-cli rpm or tar ball?

> 2. I guess my real question is if the cli package can replace the engine GUI. This is necessary if I don't want to use the GUI but integrate the engine management > functionalities with my own code. I don't know in this case if I should directly use the SDK or script the CLI cmds. Any suggestions? for coding (in python), SDK sounds the right integration level. if you want to code in a different language, worth discussing.

I see the Feb 19 SDK dn CLI tar balls.

I already have an engine up and running. Do I need to install both SDK and CLI to use the cli?

Any wiki pages about installation instructions?

- David ________________________________________ From: Michael Pasternak [mpastern(a)redhat.com] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 7:42 AM To: Itamar Heim Cc: Li, David; users(a)ovirt.org Subject: Re: [Users] new wiki for ovirt-engine-cli On 03/01/2012 05:09 PM, Itamar Heim wrote: > On 03/01/2012 05:06 PM, Li, David wrote: >> Hi Michael, >> >> Thanks for the info. Now on to more questions:) >> >> 1. Do you have a link where to get the ovirt-engine-cli rpm or tar ball? http://www.ovirt.org/releases/ i see that ovirt-engine-cli-2.0-3 is yet not available in nightly repo, will ask to upload it, also don't forget that you need latest ovirt-engine to use it >> 2. I guess my real question is if the cli package can replace the engine GUI. This is necessary if I don't want to use the GUI but integrate the engine management >> functionalities with my own code. I don't know in this case if I should directly use the SDK or script the CLI cmds. Any suggestions? > > for coding (in python), SDK sounds the right integration level. > if you want to code in a different language, worth discussing. sdk is the right tool for integration, see http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/SDK -- Michael Pasternak RedHat, ENG-Virtualization R&D

Hi Michael, I installed the cli rpms and connected to the engine. But the "create host" keeps giving errors and I have no clue why: [oVirt shell (connected)]# create host --address '10.10.62.106' --cluster-id 'default' --name 'xxx' --root_password 'yyy' error: incomplete command From the help menu, the rest are optional. So why is this error? You have examples creating vm and datacenter. Can you add some how to create hosts? - David

Hi Michael, Now I could create a host but couldn't delete it.

[oVirt shell (connected)]# delete host "72b4107c-679d-11e1-9302-000c29cfd59e" error: failed locating type async what's the correct syntax for deleting a host? - David

Hi Michael, Now I could create a host but couldn't delete it.

[oVirt shell (connected)]# delete host "72b4107c-679d-11e1-9302-000c29cfd59e" error: failed locating type async what's the correct syntax for deleting a host? - David

Hi Michael, Do I need to reinstall the SDK as well?

In general if I start from scrach, is the right order of installation like: engine->sdk->cli?

- David

Hi David, On 03/10/2012 02:42 AM, Li, David wrote: > Hi Michael, > > I have a storagedomain that was created along with the engine. It's in unattached state. When I tried to use cli to activate, I got the error: > > [oVirt shell (connected)]# action storagedomain "iso" --datacenter-identifier "c479b8b5-1c43-4421-a68d-01f9ceebfb06" activate > error: syntax error if you'll take a look on help for the /action/ command (help action), the syntax is /action <type> <id> <action> [object identifiers] [attribute options]/ i.e it should be: action storagedomain "iso" activate --datacenter-identifier "c479b8b5-1c43-4421-a68d-01f9ceebfb06" note: command will always start as /<type> <id> <action>/ and then command options. > > > What's the correct syntax? > > - David > ________________________________________ > From: Michael Pasternak [mpastern(a)redhat.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 7:04 AM > To: Li, David > Cc: users(a)ovirt.org > Subject: Re: [Users] adding host with ovirt-engine-cli > > On 03/07/2012 04:49 PM, Li, David wrote: >> Hi Michael, >> >> Do I need to reinstall the SDK as well? > > yes. > >> In general if I start from scrach, is the right order of installation like: engine->sdk->cli? > > yep, but please hold on, I'm about to do few important changes on server side, > I'll let you know when you can pull the code. > >> >> - David > > > > -- > > Michael Pasternak > RedHat, ENG-Virtualization R&D