[Users] Blank VM Install Console
David Li
david_li at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jan 17 22:30:30 UTC 2014
This time I tried to use "spice html5 browser client". I downloaded the cert from http://<my-engine>/ovirt-engine/ca.crt. This time the console window " spice javascript client" showed up in the firefox (24.2.0) but it stays gray. Nothing can be seen.
So what else am I missing here?
----- Original Message -----
> From: Michal Skrivanek <michal.skrivanek at redhat.com>
> To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: Meital Avital <mavital at redhat.com>; Einav Cohen <ecohen at redhat.com>; Omer Frenkel <ofrenkel at redhat.com>; "users at ovirt.org List" <users at ovirt.org>; "dron at redhat.com Ron" <dron at redhat.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 1:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console
>
>
> On Jan 17, 2014, at 09:59 , Dafna Ron <dron at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> well, I have to admit that it has been a while since I tried logging in to
> a vm console from a Windows OS :)
>> Adding some people to this which I think can help more than me...
>>
>>
>> On 01/17/2014 12:58 AM, David Li wrote:
>>> Well, it didn't even have any traces to tell me if it's
> installed. I am supposed to see these according to the instruction but none of
> them showed up.
>>>
>>> * IE will prompt you with "This website wants to install the
> following add-on SpiceX.cab... proceed by clicking the arrow on the install
> button and choose "Install for All Users of this computer".
>>> * Depending on the version of IE a UAC dialog may pop up asking you
> if you want to allow "SpiceX.cab" If it does not Click on the install
> spice button again and it will.
>>> * In the UAC dialog click on the yes button.
>>> * The install will now proceed in the background.
>>>
>>>
>>> I am using W7 64bit with IE11. My engine is running on a RHEL6 machine.
>
> IE11 doesn't really work as of now.
> Try some more reasonable browser, IE10 would be also fine.
>
> activex setup requires some manual work as mentione at
> How_to_Connect_to_SPICE_Console_With_Portal wiki
> native invocation (that file to download you got) is easier, just associate with
> recent remote viewer and it should open
> it works on Windows, Linux and OSX (needs https://github.com/brianwcook/launchvv
> in addition)
>
> check out http://www.ovirt.org/Console_Client_Resources
>
> Thanks,
> mcihal
>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Dafna Ron <dron at redhat.com>
>>>> To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>> Cc: Madhav V Diwan <mdiwan at diwanconsulting.com>;
> "users at ovirt.org" <users at ovirt.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:16 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console
>>>>
>>>> 1. did you restart you're firefox after install?
>>>> 2. what OS are you using?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 01/16/2014 11:40 PM, David Li wrote:
>>>>> This isn't working for me at this time. I have gone to the
> end of the
>>>> instructions and clicked on "Install Spice" button in IE
> but nothing
>>>> happened.
>>>>> Maybe someone with more knowledge should come out and make
> clarifications.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: Madhav V Diwan <mdiwan at diwanconsulting.com>
>>>>>> To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>> Cc: "users at ovirt.org" <users at ovirt.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 1:51 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console
>>>>>>
>>>>>> yuck
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i dont know why they do not just have this already done in
> an rpm
>>>>>>
>>>>>> yes it probably works , i have not tested it , but
> virt-viewer is
>>>>>> deprecated in favor of the newer Remote-Viewer
>>>>>>
>>>>>> by the way
>>>>>>
>>>>>> worst comes to worst you can always connect to the ovirt
> vm node
>>>>>> server via virt-manager gui in linux .. or using macports
> virt-manager
>>>>>> in OSX
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and as long as you have a username and password set up in
> libvirt
>>>>>> password db
>>>>>> /etc/libvirt/passwd.db
>>>>>>
>>>>>> use saslpasswd2 -a libvirt $USER on your ovirt vm host
> node
>>>>>> to add your user account so you dont mess with ovirt's
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if you have winaxe or some other Xwindows on your windows
> machine you
>>>>>> could probably just ssh with putty.exe to your ovirt node
> server and
>>>> run
>>>>>> virt-manager from there while displaying back to your
> windows desktop
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>> Reply-to: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>> To: Madhav V Diwan <mdiwan at diwanconsulting.com>
>>>>>> Cc: users at ovirt.org <users at ovirt.org>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console
>>>>>> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:35:02 -0800 (PST)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this page still applicable to ovirt 3.3.2?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
> http://wiki.ovirt.org/How_to_Connect_to_SPICE_Console_With_Portal#Add_a_deployment_method_Server_Side
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: Madhav V Diwan
> <mdiwan at diwanconsulting.com>
>>>>>>> To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>>> Cc: "users at ovirt.org"
> <users at ovirt.org>
>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 1:28 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> install them wherever your firefox browser is
> installed...
>>>>>>> whichever machine you are using to browse to the
> portal from
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> unfortunately i believe ovirts' spice viewing
> only works on
>>>> linux
>>>>>>> desktops running firefox currently
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> also the ovirt vnc implementation assumes you have
>>>> remote-viewer which
>>>>>>> can open that .vv file that pops up.. again
> remote-viewer would
>>>> only be
>>>>>>> available on linux desktops..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> there IS a MAC OS port for remote-viewer , but
> i've never
>>>> gotten it to
>>>>>>> work without a lot of manual URL input
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>>> Reply-to: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>>> To: Madhav V Diwan
> <mdiwan at diwanconsulting.com>
>>>>>>> Cc: users at ovirt.org <users at ovirt.org>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console
>>>>>>> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:39:20 -0800 (PST)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do I need these to be installed on the engine or on
> the machine
>>>> where the
>>>>>>> webadmin portal browser is being run?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are there any ovirt links describing these?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> david
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>> From: Madhav V Diwan
> <mdiwan at diwanconsulting.com>
>>>>>>>> To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>>>> Cc: "users at ovirt.org"
> <users at ovirt.org>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 10:35 AM
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] Black VM Install Console
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> you ve probabaly not install teh spice xpi in
> your firefox
>>>> on linux
>>>>>> when
>>>>>>>> you opened the console , or maybe the
> remote-viewer
>>>> application is
>>>>>>>> missing
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> use yum to install these
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----R
>>>>>>>> eply-to: David Li
> <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Subject: [Users] Black VM Install Console
>>>>>>>> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:08:13 -0800 (PST)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My first time to install a VM on ovirt has
> encountered a
>>>> problem. I
>>>>>> tried
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> open up a console to continue the install
> process. But all I
>>>> got is a
>>>>>> blank
>>>>>>>> window and a request to save a file which I
> did. The window
>>>> remained
>>>>>> blank
>>>>>>> and I
>>>>>>>> couldn't see any activities. I went to the
> node itself
>>>> and tried
>>>>>> to see
>>>>>>> if I
>>>>>>>> could use virsh tool to understand what's
> going on. But
>>>> I was
>>>>>> asked for
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> username and password to perform any actions.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any idea what I should do at this time?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> David
>>>>>>>>
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>>>> Dafna Ron
>>>>
>>
>>
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