--_=_swift_v4_1408258037_cf16571b98839ffb61d2087951ae8375_=_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Can someone point me to instructions for building a C= entOS server that would be ready for installing the self hosted node= . I have a 7x 500GB HD, 16 GB RAM, i7 computer that I have inst= alled CentOS 6.5 (Software RAID6) to and would now like to install t= he self-hosted-engine. While I do have experience with D= ebian as a server and some experience with CentOS, I have not so far= found any information regarding how to build a basic server ready fo= r installing oVirt packages, for example configuring static IP addre= sses, hostname, hosts file, maybe NFS shares ? or iSCSI shares ?= http://www.ovirt.org/Download#Install_oVirt Step = 6 says "Follow the on screen prompts to configure and install the en= gine ", however knowing what to supply for the prompts and what to h= ave already configured on your server would be very helpful. ht= tp://www.ovirt.org/Hosted_Engine_Howto "During the deployment you'll= be asked for input on host name, storage path and other relevant in= formation ", it is how to set up the environment for answering these= questions that I would like assistance with (e.g. a HowTo ?)= I have once before installed the "ovirt-engine-setup-plug= in-allinone" in a VMware Workstation VM, but not without many challe= nges. I would now like to install the "ovirt-hosted-engine-= ha" The second prompt said "Please specify the full shared st= orage connection path to use (example: host:/path):", however it doe= s not say that it will create this or whether you need to have this = created earlier ?=C2=A0 At this time I don't have a static IP address = nor the hosts file containing the host name, this is just a newly bui= lt CentOS server with minimum GUI, updates applied and no other chan= ges.=C2=A0 So is there any documentation which would explain what othe= r changes are needed and how to do this? http://www.ovirt.o= rg/Quick_Start_Guide Two packages, ovirt-hosted-engine-setup and ovi= rt-hosted-engine-ha provide the setup and services necessary to deplo= y a self-hosted-engine oVirt environment. For more on the oVirt S= elf-Hosted Engine, see the oVirt Installation Guide.=20 https://a= ccess.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3= .3/html/Installation_Guide/Configuring_the_Self-Hosted_Engine.ht= ml http://blog.gluster.org/2014/05/ovirt-3-4-glusterized= / The Hosted Engine feature relies on NFS storage to house the m= anagement VM. --_=_swift_v4_1408258037_cf16571b98839ffb61d2087951ae8375_=_ Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style type=3D"text/css"> body,p,td,div,span= { font-size:13px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;= }; body p{ margin:0px; } </style> </head=
<body>Hi,<br><br>Can someone point me to instructions for building= a CentOS server that would be ready for installing the self hosted node= .<br><br>I have a 7x 500GB HD, 16 GB RAM, i7 computer that I have instal= led CentOS 6.5 (Software RAID6) to and would now like to install the sel= f-hosted-engine.<br><br>While I do have experience with Debian as a serv= er and some experience with CentOS, I have not so far found any informat= ion regarding how to build a basic server ready for installing oVirt pac= kages, for example configuring static IP addresses, hostname, hosts file= , maybe NFS shares ? or iSCSI shares ?<br><br>http://www.ovirt.org/Downl= oad#Install_oVirt<br><br>Step 6 says "Follow the on screen prompts to co= nfigure and install the engine ", however knowing what to supply for= the prompts and what to have already configured on your server would be= very helpful.<br><br>http://www.ovirt.org/Hosted_Engine_Howto<br>"Durin= g the deployment you'll be asked for input on host name, storage path an= d other relevant information ", it is how to set up the environment = for answering these questions that I would like assistance with (e.g. a = HowTo ?)<br><br><br>I have once before installed the "ovirt-engine-setup= -plugin-allinone" in a VMware Workstation VM, but not without many chall= enges.<br><br>I would now like to install the "ovirt-hosted-engine-ha"<b= r><br>The second prompt said "Please specify the full shared storage con= nection path to use (example: host:/path):", however it does not say tha= t it will create this or whether you need to have this created earlier ?= At this time I don't have a static IP address nor the hosts file = containing the host name, this is just a newly built CentOS server with = minimum GUI, updates applied and no other changes. So is there any= documentation which would explain what other changes are needed and how= to do this?<br><br>http://www.ovirt.org/Quick_Start_Guide<br>Two packag= es, ovirt-hosted-engine-setup and ovirt-hosted-engine-ha=20 provide th= e setup and services necessary to deploy a self-hosted-engine=20 oVirt= environment. For more on the oVirt Self-Hosted Engine, see the=20 oVi= rt Installation Guide. <br><br>https://access.redhat.com/documentati= on/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.3/html/Installation_Guide/C= onfiguring_the_Self-Hosted_Engine.html<br><br>http://blog.gluster.org/20= 14/05/ovirt-3-4-glusterized/<br>The Hosted Engine feature relies on NFS = storage to house the management VM.<br><br><br><br><br></body></html> --_=_swift_v4_1408258037_cf16571b98839ffb61d2087951ae8375_=_--
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