[Users] What parameters to use in automated node install to enable engine CLI register?

[Itamar Heim]

On 12/18/2013 04:33 PM, David Li wrote:
> I am still confused. My ovirt shell cli is in "disconnected" mode like this:
>
> [oVirt shell (disconnected)]#
> [oVirt shell (disconnected)]#
> [oVirt shell (disconnected)]#
>
>
> The only commands I can use are connect, exit and help. How do I see my
> node?  Or maybe the question is if the parameters I provided to the
> kernel boot options have indeed enabled the node to register with the
> engine. But again I have no way to know this. Is there a log on the node
> side that might give me some clues?

well, to begin with, do you see the node in the engine via the webadmin gui?

>
> David
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com>
>     *To:* David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>; "users at ovirt.org"
>     <users at ovirt.org>
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, December 18, 2013 12:04 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [Users] What parameters to use in automated node
>     install to enable engine CLI register?
>
>     On 12/18/2013 10:39 AM, David Li wrote:
>      > Hi Itamar,
>      >
>      > I am not sure I understand the question.
>      > How can I see the node from over-shell CLI if it's not connected
>     to it?
>      >  Are you refering to some CLI cmd that allows me to do this?
>
>
>     if you PXE boot the node to register to the engine, it will register
>     itself in the engine, so the ovirt-shell can "see it" and approve it.
>
>     note you can also just add the ovirt-node directly from the engine (via
>     the gui/cli/api/sdk without the node registering (you would need to
>     know
>     set in the node the root password (for ssh) or the engine ssh key for
>     this to be able to add the node without registering it first.
>     if you register it, it will also get the engine ssh key as part of
>     registration)
>
>      >
>      > David
>      >
>      >
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>      >    *From:* Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com <mailto:iheim at redhat.com>>
>      >    *To:* David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net
>     <mailto:david_li at sbcglobal.net>>; "users at ovirt.org
>     <mailto:users at ovirt.org>"
>      >    <users at ovirt.org <mailto:users at ovirt.org>>
>      >    *Sent:* Wednesday, December 18, 2013 1:17 AM
>      >    *Subject:* Re: [Users] What parameters to use in automated node
>      >    install to enable engine CLI register?
>      >
>      >    On 12/17/2013 05:59 PM, David Li wrote:
>      >      > Hi,
>      >      >
>      >      >
>      >      > My node install followed the automatic install instructions in
>      >     >
>      >      >
>      >
>     https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.0/html/Hypervisor_Deployment_Guide/sect-Deployment_Guide-Installing_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization_Hypervisors-RHEV_Hypervisor_Kernel_Parameters_and_Automated_Installation.html
>      >      >
>      >      >
>      >      > For the kernel boot parameters, I used
>      >      >
>      >      > management_server=<my machine IP running ovirt-shell CLI>
>      >      > rhevm_admin_password=xyz
>      >      >
>      >
>      >    do you see the node in pending approval state in the engine?'
>      >
>      >
>      >      > However I see a few problems when I tried to use
>     ovirt-shell CLI to
>      >      > connect to the engine.
>      >      >
>      >      > [oVirt shell (disconnected)]# connect --url
>      >    "http://<node-IP>:8080/api"
>      >      > --username "admin" --password "xyz"
>      >
>      >    ovirt-shell is to engine to approve the node, not to node
>     directly.
>      >
>      >      >
>      >      >
>      >      > 1. Though I can ping the node, but this cmd gave errors:
>     error:
>      >    [Errno
>      >      > 113] No route to host
>      >      > 2. What should I use for "--username" argument?  What is
>     "@domain"?
>      >      >
>      >      > David
>      >      >
>      >      >
>      >      >
>      >      >
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