[ovirt-users] Using a free-standing Spice viewer

[Itamar Heim]

On 10/12/2014 02:49 AM, John Gardeniers wrote:
> Thanks for the info Dan. If that's what it takes I'll need to use a
> different method. The one you describe is not only very messy but
> extremely breakable and error prone (e.g. if the VM migrates to another
> host).
>
> regards,
> John
>
>
>
> On 11/10/14 02:02, Dan Yasny wrote:
>> The steps are:
>> 1. Find the VM's UUID in the API
>> https://rhevm/ovirt-engine/api/vms?search=VMNAME
>> 2. Find the VM's current host and spice ports:
>> https://rhevm/ovirt-engine/api/vms/UUID/
>> Look for the <display> section - it will hold the host IP or FQDN, and
>> the spice ports
>> 3. Issue a spice ticket via https://rhevm/ovirt-engine/api/vms/UUID/ticket
>> 4. Connect with a spice client (remote-viewer or spicec) with the
>> target being HOST:PORT and the ticket you issued as password
>>
>> All this can be scripted via the API or the engine CLI
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 5:03 PM, John Gardeniers
>> <jgardeniers at objectmastery.com <mailto:jgardeniers at objectmastery.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     Connecting to a VM console with Spice via the RHEV/Ovirt admin
>>     interface works just fine. How can I connect to a VM's console
>>     using a free-standing Spice viewer, such as the Chrome Spice
>>     Viewer plug-in? I've so far found no information on this at all.
>>
>>     regards,
>>     John
>>
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the ovirt cli console command should cover you?