[Users] Blank VM Install Console
Michal Skrivanek
mskrivan at redhat.com
Fri Jan 17 22:41:45 UTC 2014
On 17 Jan 2014, at 23:38, Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com> wrote:
> On 01/18/2014 12:30 AM, David Li wrote:
>> 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?
>
> just to rule out things:
> - is the geust working correctly for you (ssh?)
> - does it happen to consume 100% cpu?
> - does vnc work for you correctly for this guest?
During install, are you sure you said yes to install websocket proxy?
Thanks,
michal
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- 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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