[Users] changing hostname in ovirt

[Dafna Ron]

On 01/27/2014 12:23 PM, Sven Kieske wrote:
> Hi,
>
> so you can change the address></address> part
> of the host via api?
>
> I can see the update description in the rsdl
> it seems this should work, but will this have
> any effect on the certificates Dafna mentioned?

well, if you can re-deploy the hosts that would change the certificates 
as well (create new ones with the new hostname).



>
> Am 27.01.2014 12:26, schrieb Alon Bar-Lev:
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Dafna Ron" <dron at redhat.com>
>>> To: "Sven Kieske" <S.Kieske at mittwald.de>
>>> Cc: "Users at ovirt.org List" <Users at ovirt.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 1:13:14 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Users] changing hostname in ovirt
>>>
>>> you cannot change a host name after it has been installed because of
>>> certificates being installed during host installation.
>> This should not be an issue, as you can:
>> 1. go to maintenance.
>> 2. modify host name via API
>> 3. re-deploy host.
>>
>>> On 01/27/2014 10:42 AM, Sven Kieske wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> maybe I should write an RFE BZ for this
>>>> but there might be a technical limitation, I don't know.
>>>>
>>>> What I want:
>>>>
>>>> I have a Host in ovirt which is in status "down" and/or
>>>> "maintenance".
>>>>
>>>> I want to change the hostname/ip ovirt uses to connect to
>>>> this host.
>>>>
>>>> 2. RFEs:
>>>>
>>>> 1. This is not possible via webadmin, the address field
>>>> is grayed out (there seem to be conflicting design patterns
>>>> for the webadmin, other buttons which don't work don't get
>>>> grayed out for some reason, instead they throw errors..)
>>>>
>>>> 2. make it possible to change the hostname/ip via API
>>>>
>>>> from what I've seen so far I have to hack the database
>>>> to make this change happen in 3.3.2
>>>>
>>>> Is there any technical reason why this is not possible?
>>>> ovirt should be happy with the UUIDs for the host and
>>>> should not bother about the hostname.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to alter the hostname/ip which I don't know?
>>>>
>>>> Could someone point me to the right table and how to alter it
>>>> without breaking it?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dafna Ron
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Users mailing list
>>> Users at ovirt.org
>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
>>>
>>
>>


-- 
Dafna Ron