[Users] Trouble making ovirt-node image

Tue Dec 6 16:56:14 UTC 2011

On 12/06/2011 11:45 AM, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
> El 05/12/11 19:50, Mike Burns escribió:
>> On Mon, 2011-12-05 at 15:55 -0300, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
>>> El 02/12/11 16:30, Joey Boggs escribió:
>>>> On 12/02/2011 11:09 AM, Mike Burns wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 12:25 -0300, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
>>>>>> El 02/12/11 12:00, Mike Burns escribió:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 11:05 -0300, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
>>>>>>>> El 02/12/11 01:34, Mike Burns escribió:
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 14:42 -0300, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> El 01/12/11 12:59, Mike Burns escribió:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 11:23 -0300, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> El 30/11/11 16:48, Douglas Landgraf escribió:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello Federico,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 11/30/2011 11:31 AM, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am trying to implement Ovirt in a testing datacenter.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have installed Ovirt-Engine from rpm on Fedora 16 and all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is Ok. I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can access the web management without problem.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My problem is with Ovirt-Node. I followed the guide in:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Node_Building.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I used the same Fedora 16 installation for building the node
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> iso. I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> followed all steps, but the iso creation failed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The docs dont say, but I had to install  at least the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ovirt-node-tools, I don't know if also I have to install
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ovirt-node
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rpm from $BASEDIR/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The output of make ovirt-node-image.iso is in pastebin:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://pastebin.com/2U6NezuE
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please see this BZ, there is a workaround:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757818
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Douglas
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, it worked
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I could generate the iso image, but now I can't install Ovirt
>>>>>>>>>>>> to the
>>>>>>>>>>>> hardisk neither access to the configuration to specify things
>>>>>>>>>>>> such ip,
>>>>>>>>>>>> password, etc.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Boot option "Install" only boots Ovirt on live cd image mode
>>>>>>>>>>>> (No hardisk
>>>>>>>>>>>> installation). Also I don't  know the default user and
>>>>>>>>>>>> password, or the
>>>>>>>>>>>> method to specify this parameters at the image creation time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for any clarification and sorry for my poor english.
>>>>>>>>>> Sorry, I sent the response to private address. I resend to the
>>>>>>>>>> list:
>>>>>>>>>>> It sounds like something isn't working quite right in the iso.
>>>>>>>>>>> What is
>>>>>>>>>>> the last commit in the git repo?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> git log -1
>>>>>>>>>> commit b1f86732fa5a7803223a52af759b40830612d08a
>>>>>>>>>> Author: Mike Burns<mburns at redhat.com>
>>>>>>>>>> Date:   Thu Nov 17 08:40:32 2011 -0500
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>          move rc.local changes to ovirt-post
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>          Change-Id: Iac718b9284b831b978e50eb80d93d498e23d475d
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Where did you check the repo out from?
>>>>>>>>>> git clone http://gerrit.ovirt.org/p/ovirt-node.git
>>>>>>>>> Ok, that's the right stuff.  I know we've seen this in some cases
>>>>>>>>> a long
>>>>>>>>> time ago, but not recently.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> can you try this?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1.  generate a hashed password using # openssl passwd
>>>>>>>>> 2.  Boot the image and in the boot menu (or in the pxe config if
>>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>> using pxe), add rootpw=hashed_password_from_step_1
>>>>>>>>> 3.  When it boots to a getty login prompt, login as root with the
>>>>>>>>> password you supplied to openssl
>>>>>>>> Ok, generated and logged in
>>>>>>>>> 4.  check /var/log/ovirt.log and /tmp/ovirt.log for any errors
>>>>>>>> http://pastebin.com/MM1BpXb3
>>>>>>>>> In addition, what type of hardware are you using?  Real hardware?
>>>>>>>>> virtual machine?
>>>>>>>> Real hardware, ibm blade
>>>>>>>>> What type of storage is on you host?  What state is it in?  Is it
>>>>>>>>> clean?
>>>>>>>>> is there something already installed?
>>>>>>>> [root at localhost ~]# fdisk -l
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Disk /dev/sda: 146.0 GB, 145999527936 bytes
>>>>>>>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17750 cylinders, total 285155328 
>>>>>>>> sectors
>>>>>>>> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>>>>>>>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>>>>>>>> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>>>>>>>> Disk identifier: 0x00000000
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Disk /dev/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How are you installing?  cd?  USB stick? pxe?
>>>>>>>> CD (iso mounted to blade hardware through blade administration
>>>>>>>> software)
>>>>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>>> There is some site or repo where I can download another  iso to
>>>>>>>> compare?
>>>>>>> Hmm, nothing jumps out at me, although the restorecon messages are
>>>>>>> concerning.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Joey can you take a look and see why the install TUI isn't loading?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Federico,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't have anything at the moment posted, but I'll build an image
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> the latest commits (I pushed a couple things today) and post it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Federico
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>>>>>> Thanks Mike, I will wait your post
>>>>> http://ovirt.org/releases/nightly/binary/ovirt-node-image-gitb30a716f.iso 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Federico
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>>>> Nothing jumps out at me either, I built one myself just now and it
>>>> boots up just fine. Is it possible to attach that machine to a serial
>>>> console and get output? Does the iso Mike linked to work for you?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hi all:
>>>
>>> The iso provided by Mike, booted up ok, TUI loads, but installation 
>>> fails
>>> ("oVirt Node Hypervisor Installation Failed"). Error logs are displayed
>>> (/var/log/ovirt.log, /tmp/ovirt.log and /var/log/messages) but I don't
>>> know how export this logs out from installation for debugging. I tried
>>> passing the root password as kernel parameter in order to login in the
>>> live system and obtain the logs, but the system asks for a new root
>>> password, I change the pass but this didn't  work.
>> The process for setting the password again is kinda confusing and I
>> always seem to mess it up.  You need to enter the old password twice,
>> then the new password twice.
> Yes, I entered the old password and the new password twice, but 
> password was not changed.
>> Now, to try to understand the error that you're facing.  First thing,
>> let me point you to slides that I recently presented at the oVirt
>> Workshop[1].
>>
>> I'm assuming you started with Slide 12 after you booted the image.  You
>> the progressed until slide 15, but you got an error instead of success
>> in the bottom-right slide?
> Yes
>> If that's the case, then you should see a list of log files to look at.
>> On that screen, hit F2 and you should get dropped to a shell where you
>> can do pretty much anything.  To get your log files off, you need to
>> setup networking and a root password.  Run the following commands and
>> follow the onscreen menus to setup networking and authentication.  Make
>> sure to allow ssh password authentication in the ovirt-config-password
>> script.
>>
>> 1.  # /usr/libexec/ovirt-config-networking
>> 2.  # /usr/libexec/ovirt-config-password
>>
>> After this is done, you should have networking and can scp the files out
>> from another machine.
> Ok, I was able to access to live system. I didn't know the F2 "trick"
> These are the logs:
>
> /var/log/messages: http://pastebin.com/gU1uRVxm
> /var/log/ovirt.log: http://pastebin.com/Qn2gn6AR
> /tmp/ovirt.log: http://pastebin.com/H47QdvSH
>
> it seems that the problem is related to hard disk
>
>
>> On a side note, if you can get on IRC (#ovirt on OFTC), it might be
>> easier for us to debug it only together in real time rather than back
>> and forth on email.  Feel free to ping me directly.
>>
>> Mike (mburns on irc)
> Ok, I will try to contact you on IRC, but I have to admin I am no 
> fluent in english
>
>  Altough also I post to the list to share the information if somebody 
> has the same problem
>
>> [1] http://www.ovirt.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ovirt-node.pdf
>>
>>> These are the most significatives log lines (manually copied):
>>>
>>> cp: cannot stat '/boot/efi/* ': no such file or directory
>>> unmount: /liveos/grub/efi: not found
>>>
>>> ERROR GRUB setup failed
>>> ERROR Grub2 installation Failed
>> I haven't hit these errors at all.
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Federico
>
> Best regards
>
> Federico
>
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Can you try running:

/sbin/grub2-install /dev/mapper/3600508e000000000c759bf82c5f06d0d 
--boot-directory=/liveos --force

It should give us some output as to why the grub install is failing.