[Users] HowTo: Spice ActiveX Plugin/Virt Viewer Console on oVirt 3.1

Thu Aug 30 02:22:05 EDT 2012

Thanks! 
Can you wiki'fy it (@ wiki.ovirt.org) ? 
Y. 

----- Original Message -----

> I have seen this question asked many times on this list and the
> spice-devel list. Now having figured out how to make it work I will
> provide the answer to the rest of the community.

> *NOTE* this only applies to Windows/Internet Explorer users. There
> exists no other option other than the html5 spice console (still
> beta/in development) for windows users ATM. This will also only work
> with Internet Explorer.

> Basic Steps:
> - Install an oVirt server.
> - Add at least one node
> - Setup storage/iso/export domains

> Advanced steps
> - Start by downloading: http://elmarco.fedorapeople.org/spice.cab
> - Create a directory for it oVirt looks by default in
> /usr/share/spice
> - Rename spice.cab to SpiceX.cab and copy it into /usr/share/spice
> - Now edit /usr/share/ovirt-engine/engine.ear/root.war/WEB-INF and
> add the following:

> <!-- SpiceX.cab -->
> <servlet>
> <servlet-name>SpiceX.cab</servlet-name>
> <servlet-class>org.ovirt.engine.core.FileServlet</servlet-class>
> <init-param>
> <param-name>type</param-name>
> <param-value>application/octet-stream</param-value>
> </init-param>
> <init-param>
> <param-name>file</param-name>
> <param-value>/usr/share/spice/SpiceX.cab</param-value>
> </init-param>
> </servlet>
> <servlet-mapping>
> <servlet-name>SpiceX.cab</servlet-name>
> <url-pattern>/spice/SpiceX.cab</url-pattern>
> </servlet-mapping>

> - Next create an html file within
> /usr/share/ovirt-engine/engine.ear/root.war
> - In the example below an html file called "spice.html"
> - Copy/Paste the below into spice.html:

> <!DOCTYPE html>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>SPICE Plugin Installer</title>

> <script type="text/javascript">
> function installSpice()
> {
> try {
> document.getElementById('SpiceX').innerHTML = '<OBJECT id="SpiceX"
> codebase="/spice/SpiceX.cab"
> classid="clsid:ACD6D89C-938D-49B4-8E81-DDBD13F4B48A" width="0"
> height="0"></OBJECT>';
> } catch (ex) {
> alert("Epic Fail!: " + ex.Description);
> }
> }
> </script>

> </head>
> <body>
> <p>
> <p><b id='SpiceX'>Spice ActiveX Plugin</b> </p>
> <button onclick='installSpice()'>Install Spice Plugin</button>
> </p>
> </body>
> </html>

> - Save the file
> - You will now need to restart the ovirt-engine service EG: systemctl
> restart ovirt-engine.service OR service ovirt-engine restart
> - The installer page will now be available at http://<url to ovirt
> server>/spice.html EX: http://ovirt.azeroth.net/spice.html
> - Navigate to that page and click the install button
> - IE will prompt you to deploy/install the SpiceX cabinet file
> - It may gripe about an unsigned or untrusted source, acknowledge
> this an proceed anyways
> - If the install succeeds the text "Spice ActiveX Plugin" on the page
> will change to blank (it's actually the plugin with null values)
> - The console button in the user and webadmin portals will now launch
> the new virt-viwer spice based console!

> Happy Spice Consoling to your VM's from Windows!

> *NOTE*
> To uninstall the plugin:
> - The below removes the add-on from IE (EG: removes knowledge of
> "application/x-spice")
> - pop a command terminal and type:
> On Windows XP: regsvr32 /u "C:\Documents and
> Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application
> Data\virt-viewer\bin\SpiceX.dll"
> On Windows 7 regsvr32 /u C:\Documents and
> Settings\Administrator\Local
> Settings\AppData\virt-viewer\bin\SpiceX.dll"
> - Next we need to remove the rest of virt-viewer
> - Go to add/remove programs and uninstall virt-viewer, this removes
> the rest of virt-viewer from the system

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