RHEL 7.5 as an oVirt host - missing packages
Hello everyone, I believe there is a potential issue with the RHEL 7 yum repos and at least one missing RPM to convert a pre-existing RHEL 7.5 system into an oVirt host node. I have the following YUM repos enabled in my RHEL 7 system, according to the documentation: rhel-7-server-rpms rhel-7-server-optional-rpms rhel-7-server-extras-rpms I installed the oVirt 4.2 RPM: ovirt-release42-4.2.3.1-1.el7.noarch I then go to the engine GUI to add the new host, and during the installation process I am informed that there is a YUM transaction error with the following package being unavailable: python-qpid-proton (as a dependency install for the python-gofer-proton package) I dug around Red Hat's YUM repos and discovered that this package only exists in the rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.{1..3}-rpms YUM repos from the official Red Hat site. I tried enabling this repo (specifically the rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.3-rpms repo) to see which version of the package would be installed, and it appears to be a custom spin for Satellite in the release version: ============================================================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================= Installing: python-gofer-proton noarch 2.7.7-3.el7sat lab1-rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.3-rpms 54 k Installing for dependencies: python-gofer noarch 2.7.7-3.el7sat lab1-rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.3-rpms 132 k python-qpid-proton x86_64 0.16.0-7.el7 lab1-rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.3-rpms 216 k qpid-proton-c x86_64 0.16.0-7.el7 lab1-rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.3-rpms 131 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================== Install 1 Package (+3 Dependent packages) Since I shouldn't even require this repo according to the official oVirt install documentation for hosts, and the fact that these packages appear to be custom spins (el7sat) versions, I was curious if this is OK to use for oVirt or if I have encountered a dependency bug with RHEL 7.5 and oVirt 4.2? Any advice would be welcomed.
Sorry, I hate to be "that guy", but does no one here seem to care that both the repositories and documentation are wrong for installing oVirt on RHEL 7.5? Either the documentation is wrong, or the RHEL repos require updating. One or the other is true, and I don't know enough about the oVirt support structure to know where to submit the appropriate bug report. I'm happy to do so, but I need input from the community here. I went ahead and installed the Satellite repo, but there is also an install problem with the gluster-server package - it never installs. I had to manually install it and manually launch the daemon and enable it (glusterd). To see this yourself: 1) Have an existing functional oVirt environment 2) Install RHEL 7.5 onto a new host from an ISO and subscribe it to Red Hat's repos 3) Configure the rhel-7-server-rpms, rhel-7-server-optional-rpms and rhel-7-server-extras-rpms repos 4) Try to add the new host to the oVirt cluster 5) See the failure 6) Configure the rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.3-rpms repo on the RHEL host 7) Try to add the host again 8) See it fail again 9) Install the gluster-server package onto the RHEL 7.5 host 10) Enable the glusterd service and start it 11) Try YET AGAIN to add the RHEL 7.5 host to the cluster 12) Success So I say again - either the documentation is wrong, or Red Hat's repos require an update (specifically the Extras repo).
2018-06-17 7:43 GMT+02:00 <jasonmicron@gmail.com>:
Sorry, I hate to be "that guy", but does no one here seem to care that both the repositories and documentation are wrong for installing oVirt on RHEL 7.5? Either the documentation is wrong, or the RHEL repos require updating.
One or the other is true, and I don't know enough about the oVirt support structure to know where to submit the appropriate bug report. I'm happy to do so, but I need input from the community here.
I went ahead and installed the Satellite repo, but there is also an install problem with the gluster-server package - it never installs. I had to manually install it and manually launch the daemon and enable it (glusterd).
To see this yourself:
1) Have an existing functional oVirt environment 2) Install RHEL 7.5 onto a new host from an ISO and subscribe it to Red Hat's repos 3) Configure the rhel-7-server-rpms, rhel-7-server-optional-rpms and rhel-7-server-extras-rpms repos 4) Try to add the new host to the oVirt cluster
you seems to miss in this procedure: # yum install https://resources.ovirt.org/pub/yum-repo/ovirt-release42.rpm on your host. See https://ovirt.org/documentation/install-guide/chap-Enterprise_Linux_Hosts/
5) See the failure 6) Configure the rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.3-rpms repo on the RHEL host 7) Try to add the host again 8) See it fail again 9) Install the gluster-server package onto the RHEL 7.5 host 10) Enable the glusterd service and start it 11) Try YET AGAIN to add the RHEL 7.5 host to the cluster 12) Success
So I say again - either the documentation is wrong, or Red Hat's repos require an update (specifically the Extras repo). _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- users@ovirt.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@ovirt.org Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community- guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/ message/IH55UNV3YVFCT6YHSRTC6A4FAP2VAW6T/
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