oVirt Console on Windows 7
On my Windows machine I can run the web portal without issues but I would like to use the console from the portal on the VMs. I installed the virt-manager but it if I do spice://myengine.my.domain:5900 it tells me I can't connect. I've found a lot of contradictory advice (big surprise! <G>). Some say I need to install spice.cab (link does not work and a working link lead to a site with malware which got blocked). So what do I need to use a console in the portal in Windows 7? Also, when will the portal work with Chrome? Thanks.
Hello, I use virt-viewer on my windows machines. And then in the user portal or admin portal download a console.vv and let virt-viewer run that. Just right click on a machine an choose open console. Make sure under edit your using the spice console. Kind regards.
Op 18 jan. 2017 om 00:10 heeft Brett Holcomb <biholcomb@l1049h.com> het volgende geschreven:
On my Windows machine I can run the web portal without issues but I would like to use the console from the portal on the VMs. I installed the virt-manager but it if I do
spice://myengine.my.domain:5900 it tells me I can't connect.
I've found a lot of contradictory advice (big surprise! <G>). Some say I need to install spice.cab (link does not work and a working link lead to a site with malware which got blocked).
So what do I need to use a console in the portal in Windows 7?
Also, when will the portal work with Chrome?
Thanks. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
The virt-manager package has a number of programs but the one you should use is remote-viewer. In your clients browser associate the console.vv file with remote-viewer and then it will start remote-viewer passing the console.vv file with the connection details including the OTP (one time p...word). Regards, Paul S. ________________________________________ From: users-bounces@ovirt.org <users-bounces@ovirt.org> on behalf of Brett Holcomb <biholcomb@l1049h.com> Sent: 17 January 2017 23:10 To: users Subject: [ovirt-users] oVirt Console on Windows 7 On my Windows machine I can run the web portal without issues but I would like to use the console from the portal on the VMs. I installed the virt-manager but it if I do spice://myengine.my.domain:5900 it tells me I can't connect. I've found a lot of contradictory advice (big surprise! <G>). Some say I need to install spice.cab (link does not work and a working link lead to a site with malware which got blocked). So what do I need to use a console in the portal in Windows 7? Also, when will the portal work with Chrome? Thanks. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to:- http://disclaimer.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/disclaimer/disclaimer.html
On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 6:10:43 PM EST Brett Holcomb wrote:
On my Windows machine I can run the web portal without issues but I would like to use the console from the portal on the VMs. I installed the virt-manager but it if I do
spice://myengine.my.domain:5900 it tells me I can't connect.
I've found a lot of contradictory advice (big surprise! <G>). Some say I need to install spice.cab (link does not work and a working link lead to a site with malware which got blocked).
So what do I need to use a console in the portal in Windows 7?
Also, when will the portal work with Chrome?
Download the virt VIEWER from https://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-x64-5.0.ms... assuming you have a 64 bit windows. If you don't there are links to 32 bit on https://virt-manager.org/download/ again make sure to download the VIEWER not the manager. Then in your browser associate .vv files with the virt viewer and clicking the console button should be all you need to make it work. The portal has worked in Chrome since at least oVirt 3.1 maybe even earlier. Anything in particular that doesn't work for you?
Thanks. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
I had downloaded the virt-viewer but removed it and downloaded again. I'm on 64 bit windows. When I run the console I set virt viewer under the bin directory as the run with. I get a window and the message "unable to connect to libvirt with URL [none]" I'll try Chrome. I started using oVirt at 3.5 but evidently was mislead by outdated documentation which said it didn't work unless you downloaded tons of stuff and jumped through hoops. I'll try it again since that would let me get rid of Firefox. Thanks to all who answered. On 01/18/2017 08:46 AM, Alexander Wels wrote:
On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 6:10:43 PM EST Brett Holcomb wrote:
On my Windows machine I can run the web portal without issues but I would like to use the console from the portal on the VMs. I installed the virt-manager but it if I do
spice://myengine.my.domain:5900 it tells me I can't connect.
I've found a lot of contradictory advice (big surprise! <G>). Some say I need to install spice.cab (link does not work and a working link lead to a site with malware which got blocked).
So what do I need to use a console in the portal in Windows 7?
Also, when will the portal work with Chrome?
Download the virt VIEWER from https://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-x64-5.0.ms... assuming you have a 64 bit windows. If you don't there are links to 32 bit on https://virt-manager.org/download/ again make sure to download the VIEWER not the manager.
Then in your browser associate .vv files with the virt viewer and clicking the console button should be all you need to make it work.
The portal has worked in Chrome since at least oVirt 3.1 maybe even earlier. Anything in particular that doesn't work for you?
Thanks. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
I tried Chrome and it worked fine right out of the box. All I had to do was download the file first (because Chrome is stupid about that - way to go Google) and then right click on the file in the bottom download bar and select Always open files of this type and it found and used remote-viewer. If I delete the vv file and open another vm console it works fine. Chrome is also more responsive and faster. Bye Firefox - this was the last application that needed you. On 01/18/2017 08:46 AM, Alexander Wels wrote:
On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 6:10:43 PM EST Brett Holcomb wrote:
On my Windows machine I can run the web portal without issues but I would like to use the console from the portal on the VMs. I installed the virt-manager but it if I do
spice://myengine.my.domain:5900 it tells me I can't connect.
I've found a lot of contradictory advice (big surprise! <G>). Some say I need to install spice.cab (link does not work and a working link lead to a site with malware which got blocked).
So what do I need to use a console in the portal in Windows 7?
Also, when will the portal work with Chrome?
Download the virt VIEWER from https://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-x64-5.0.ms... assuming you have a 64 bit windows. If you don't there are links to 32 bit on https://virt-manager.org/download/ again make sure to download the VIEWER not the manager.
Then in your browser associate .vv files with the virt viewer and clicking the console button should be all you need to make it work.
The portal has worked in Chrome since at least oVirt 3.1 maybe even earlier. Anything in particular that doesn't work for you?
Thanks. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
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