[ovirt-users] console spice questions

Sat Sep 20 11:31:57 UTC 2014

Thank you.  IE wasn't telling me about a .vv download... I had reverted to using IE as virt-engine seemed like it was happier with me using IE and warned me that graphic display wasn't optimal with FireFox..  so anyway, I tried FireFox again and it offered to download the .vv file and I opened it and associated it with Remote Viewer and yes it works.  Looks like I am back on track again.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Jaša [mailto:djasa at redhat.com]
Sent: 19 September 2014 13:29
To: Bill Dossett
Cc: users at ovirt.org
Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] console spice questions

Hi,

On Pá, 2014-09-19 at 10:26 +0000, Bill Dossett wrote:
> Thanks David, I appreciate the help.  I installed virt-manager on my virt-engine.

That isn't needed.

> And I have installed virt-viewer on my workstation...

This is what I advised.

> I am still not getting a console though. I don't quite understand if I have to do anything further..  I have checked the faq and looked at the screen shots, but I am not much the wiser... is there any more detail I can read on installing and getting this running?

Once you install virt-viewer in Windows, it should be associated with .vv files. When you click Console then, you should be offered with .vv file download, let it open with virt-viewer (should work
out-of-the-box) and voilà, you should see your console.

If you're not offered with .vv file for download, try choosing "Native client" method in Console options (and of course if you have spice console selected in VM options)

so,

> I am assuming I connect to virt-engine for this - should the console
> button in the virt-engine bring up the remote viewer,

yes, it should,

>  or do I have to start the remote view separately?

no,

> I turned the firewall off to make sure that isn't the problem.

Firewall is not involved unless you restrict outbound connections as well,

> It appears its trying fire virt-manager up on to a remote x display I guess, but I just get "unable to connect to the graphic server spice://ovirt.pbi.global.pvt:5900 "

again, virt-manager is not the thingy you want, virt-viewer is.

HTH,

David

>  Any further advice on getting this running would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Bill
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Jaša [mailto:djasa at redhat.com]
> Sent: 19 September 2014 09:05
> To: Bill Dossett
> Cc: users at ovirt.org
> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] console spice questions
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Yes, the document is already dated. Lately, you don't have to go through the hoops needed to make spice-x work. Even if you can get it, it will only work for you in IE < 11. You should instead just install virt-viewer [1] and the consoles should Just Work for you using the Natice Client (.vv file) method.
>
> David
>
> [1] http://virt-manager.org/download/
>
>
> On Fri, 2014-09-19 at 07:20 +0000, Bill Dossett wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> >
> >
> > After setting up an ovirt cluster with 4 hosts and getting my
> > networking and vlans all connected I’m pretty impressed with ovirt.
> > I am however not too impressed with trying to actually get a console
> > into a VM.  I’m not sure why this isn’t included in the ovirt engine
> > to begin with as console access to actually configure a VM to make
> > templates of seems a pretty basic tenant of virtualisation.
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyway, I am following the guide
> > http://www.ovirt.org/How_to_Connect_to_SPICE_Console_With_Portal
> > and trying to download spice.cab to follow the rather long procedure
> > to install, however the link on that page gives a 404 page not found
> > error.  Could someone point me to the actual download?  Is this
> > document perhaps outdated and I am following the wrong path?
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