[ovirt-users] API -- Do I need to use templates? Can I change network for the nic?

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On 2-10-2014 23:05, Morgan McLean wrote:
> I'm actually having issues across the board...maybe its because I'm
> going against the design ideals but I was told that in order to use
> the local storage on the box and sacrifice VM migration capabilities,
> all machines had to be in their own datacenter. Pain point number one.
>
For reference: http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_Administration_Guide

> Second pain point is adding additional networks aside from the initial
> management network doesn't seem to be very intuitive. I'm a network
> engineer for a living...and I can't figure it out.
>
See below
> Third pain point is ovirt management UI requires a restart semi
> frequently due to crashing.
>
Don't know about your version and whether you have a dedicated or a
hosted-engine setup but in my case I have both types running and don't
experience any crashes, running a dedicated 3.4.3 engine(s)

> I added the network under the networks tab, but I noticed it doesn't
> ask any interface questions (ok, it could technically attempt arp on
> all interfaces like a citrix netscaler). I notice theres no ifconfig
> changes on the host. I also notice that the other interface has a
> bridge named exactly as the management name in the UI; ovirtmgmt,
> which is bridged to eth0.
Sofar everything OK

> OK, so I create a bridge called utility (my network name) and mapped
> it to a vlan tagged interface I had setup on eth1.21. Everything looks
> identical to how ovirt setup the initial network. The interface itself
> works, I can see things on the network etc. Traffic passes.
>
Not needed. If you have created your networks then goto to the hosts
tab, select your host, select the Network Interfaces tab and hit Setup
Host Networks.
You'll get a window where you can drag and drop your defined networks to
an interface and define properties for them.

> Trying to run the VM results in errors because its failing network
> filters, says it doesn't exist etc. All I want to do, is create a VM
> with some memory, some disk, with a nic on a network, across
> individual machines. My PXE provisioning will take over from there.
> Whats the best way to do this? Sorry for all the questions -- your
> guys' response is great, and I really appreciate the help thus far.
>
I use theForeman for that and it works perfectly.

No problem with the questions, oVirt tries to solve a complex problem
and sometimes its easy to forget that one had the same problems a whole
while back :-)

Joop