[Users] Blank VM Install Console

Itamar Heim iheim at redhat.com
Fri Jan 17 23:05:44 UTC 2014


On 01/18/2014 01:03 AM, David Li wrote:
> I am not sure which install this is refering to. The only thing I did for this is to update my firefox to 24.2.0.

install of ovirt engine 3.3

>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Michal Skrivanek <mskrivan at redhat.com>
>> To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>> Cc: Michal Skrivanek <michal.skrivanek at redhat.com>; "users at ovirt.org List" <users at ovirt.org>; Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com>
>> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 2:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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