[ovirt-users] Hosted-engine --deploy FQDN questions

[Mark Steckel]

Marcin,

----- Marcin Mirecki <mmirecki at redhat.com> wrote:
> Mark,
> 
> >           Enter the name which will be used to identify this host inside the
> >           Administrator Portal [hosted_engine_1]:
> 
> This is the name used for the host inside the Administrator Portal, so basically
> the name of the VM inside the system.
> This does not have to be the hostname, but there are also no objection for it.
> 
> 
> >           Engine FQDN:  []:
> Yes, you are correct. This must be the FQDN of the host, resolvable to IP.
> This fqdn will be used to access the administration portal.

If I understand you correctly, both questions apply to the hosted engine vm. Correct?

(If so, I'm glad I asked, because I initially and incorrectly thought that the first question referred to the bare metal machine that hosts the hosted engine vm.)

Thanks
Mark



> 
> Marcin
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Steckel" <mjs at fix.net>
> > To: users at ovirt.org
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 6:08:38 AM
> > Subject: [ovirt-users] Hosted-engine --deploy FQDN questions
> > 
> > Folks,
> > 
> > I'm an OVirt newbie having troubles setting up my first Hosted Engine and am
> > stumbling. In this case I think it may be because of the following two
> > set-up questions.
> > 
> >           Enter the name which will be used to identify this host inside the
> >           Administrator Portal [hosted_engine_1]:
> >           Please provide the FQDN for the engine you would like to use.
> >           This needs to match the FQDN that you will use for the engine
> >           installation within the VM.
> >           Note: This will be the FQDN of the VM you are now going to create,
> >           it should not point to the base host or to any other existing
> >           machine.
> >           Engine FQDN:  []:
> > 
> > My read of this is that the first question is asking for the name of the
> > host, while the second question is asking for the name (FQDN) of the guest
> > vm which will be the hosted-engine. Is this correct?
> > 
> > I'm also presuming that a) the first question should be the hostname of the
> > host, and b) that both the host and guest hostnames should resolve to IP
> > addresses.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Mark
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