[Users] Trouble making ovirt-node image

Tue Dec 6 17:49:44 UTC 2011

On 12/06/2011 12:16 PM, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
> El 06/12/11 13:56, Joey Boggs escribió:
>> 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.
>>
> # /sbin/grub2-install /dev/mapper/3600508e000000000c759bf82c5f06d0d 
> --boot-directory=/liveos --force
>
> /sbin/grub2-setup: warn: This GPT partition label has no BIOS Boot 
> Partition; embedding won't be possible!.
> /sbin/grub2-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be 
> installed in this setup by using blocklists.  However, blocklists are 
> UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
> Installation finished. No error reported.
>
> Thanks
>
> Federico

As long as vmlinuz0, initrd0.img and grub2/grub.cfg exist in /liveos it 
should boot now can you look and then give it a try?