[Users] test day help -- console

[Michal Skrivanek]

On 12 Feb 2014, at 10:09, Yedidyah Bar David <didi at redhat.com> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michal Skrivanek" <mskrivan at redhat.com>
>> To: "Greg Sheremeta" <gshereme at redhat.com>
>> Cc: "users" <users at ovirt.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 10:43:18 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Users] test day help -- console
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 11 Feb 2014, at 23:57, Greg Sheremeta <gshereme at redhat.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm having a tough time getting a VM console working via VNC. I set a VM to
>>> use VNC, and I installed virt-viewer.
>>> 
>>> 1. When I try to open a .vv file with virt-viewer, I get an error "Cannot
>>> find guest domain /var/tmp/console.vv"
>> 
>> Old virt-viewer. Where did you get it from?
> 
> It's built into current debian, I use it too. Does it support vv files?
> Didn't know that. The same package also has 'remote-viewer', which works
> for me with:
> remote-viewer vnc://host:port

Yep. For some reason only remote-viewer works. No idea why

> 
>> 
>>> 2. Using a VNC client to connect to the host with the password in the .vv
>>> file just immediately disconnects it -- no error message.
> 
> For vv files I use the following script:
> 
> =========================================================================
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> LOG=$HOME/vv1.log
> echo ===================== $(date) >> $LOG
> echo params "$@" >> $LOG
> 
> vvfile="$1"
> host=$(sed -n 's/^host=\([a-zA-Z0-9-]*\).*/\1/p' "$vvfile")
> port=$(sed -n 's/^port=\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p' "$vvfile")
> echo "$host" >> $LOG
> echo "$port" >> $LOG
> sed -n 's/^password=\(.*\)/\1/p' "$vvfile" | vncviewer -autopass "${host}::${port}" &
> 
> sleep 2
> /bin/rm -f "$vvfile"
> =========================================================================
> 
> Verified now that it works (I seldom use it because the default is spice
> which works for me).

Remote-viewer should work the same for VNC. For cclient of choice yes, your script is the one to use

> 
>> 
>> Did you make it in 120s?
> 
> That was the main reason for this script :-)
> 
>> Certificates?
> 
> Didn't bother with that.

Alon would be happy to hear that I'm sure:-D
I agree, in reality noone bothers.

> 
>> 
>>> 3. noVNC just gives me an empty popup with a gray background.
>> 
>> You didn't import the engine's CA, did you?
>> 
>>> 
>>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> The Console Downloads page has all the info to get it work, did you check it
>> out? (linked from main landing page, display options, user portal...so you
>> shouldn't moss it;)
> 
> You refer to 'Console Client Resources', which links to [1]?
> I had to do some manual work to get spice-xpi working on Debian as it's not
> packaged for it (and iirc neither are some of the dependencies).

Yes. If you have some handy tips for Debian please feel free to update the page

> 
> [1] http://www.ovirt.org/Console_Client_Resources
> -- 
> Didi