[ovirt-users] name of virtual machine and hostname

[nicola gentile]

Good morning,
I tried cloud-init. I installed a package cloud-init, and everything works fine.

Thank you so much for you work.

Nicola

2015-01-15 11:18 GMT+01:00 nicola.gentile.to <nicola.gentile.to at gmail.com>:
> Il 15/01/2015 10:04, Simone Tiraboschi ha scritto:
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>> From: "nicola gentile" <nicola.gentile.to at gmail.com>
>>> To: Users at ovirt.org
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 2:33:35 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] name of virtual machine and hostname
>>>
>>> Good morning,
>>> sorry if I reply only now.
>>> Let me explain better.
>>> Once generated the vms, the hostname of the vms are the same of the
>>> template, but I wish it was centos-01, centos-02, etc.
>>> Is it possible?
>>
>> Yes, you can use cloud-init to set some parameters for each VM including
>> the hostname.
>> You should install the cloud-init rpm on your VMs (it would probably
>> better to do it on the template one) and than you can set the parameters for
>> each VM from 'Initial run' tab under 'Advanced option'.
>
>
> Thank you so much, I will try as soon as possible.
>
>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nicola
>>>
>>> 2014-06-29 15:43 GMT+02:00 Moti Asayag <masayag at redhat.com>:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>
>>>>> From: "Shahar Havivi" <shaharh at redhat.com>
>>>>> To: "Antoni Segura Puimedon" <asegurap at redhat.com>
>>>>> Cc: Users at ovirt.org
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 11:12:24 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] name of virtual machine and hostname
>>>>>
>>>>> On 27.06.14 05:18, Antoni Segura Puimedon wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: "nicola gentile" <nicola.gentile.to at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> To: Users at ovirt.org
>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 11:16:51 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: [ovirt-users] name of virtual machine and hostname
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good morning,
>>>>>>> I would like to ask you an information.
>>>>>>> After I have installed ovirt, I have created a pool of vm with name
>>>>>>> like centos-?? (from 1 to 20)
>>>>>>> and then ovirt generated 20 vm with name centos-1, centos-2, centos-3
>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>> The problem is when the vm starts the hostname is not the same of the
>>>>>>> vm name in ovirt but is the same name of the template.
>>>>>>> Is it possible to make sure that the name of vm and the hostname is
>>>>>>> identical?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I guess that the way to go about it would be to use the cloudinit
>>>>>> integration.
>>>>>> I've not tried it myself, but:
>>>>>>      http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Cloud-Init_Integration
>>>>>> states that setting the hostname was one of the planned features when
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> integration was designed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Setting the host name via cloud-init is currently supported - you can
>>>>> set
>>>>> it
>>>>> via the Add/Edit VM via the "Initial Run" section or try to run-once
>>>>> the
>>>>> VM
>>>>> and look at the same "initial Run" section.
>>>>> Please note that if you do Edit a VM that already run ie already
>>>>> initialized
>>>>> oVirt engine will not send the cloud-init data, you will need to use
>>>>> run-once
>>>>> dialog.
>>>>>
>>>>> What you reported looks like a bug - the VM name should be the hostname
>>>>> and
>>>>> not the template name.
>>>>
>>>> Unless Nicola referred to the template's host name, from which the vm
>>>> pool
>>>> was
>>>> created. It might be if the template wasn't sealed.
>>>>
>>>> Nicola, could you clarify what did you mean by "template name" which
>>>> appears as
>>>> the "host name" ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Moti
>>>>
>>>>> Care to report the bug on bugzilla?
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Shahar Havivi.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best regard
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nicola Gentile
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