[ovirt-users] Using REST API to get a proxyticket

[Ollie Armstrong]

Ah brilliant!  I never thought to try using SPICE instead.

Thanks, Juan.

On 25 March 2016 at 09:11, Juan Hernández <jhernand at redhat.com> wrote:
> On 03/24/2016 07:17 PM, Ollie Armstrong wrote:
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Unfortunately that still gives me the same NPE in the engine.log that
>> I uploaded in my first email.  I think I'll report this on BZ as it
>> isn't working for me when it works for you.
>>
>
> This is the effect of the following bug:
>
>   sign websocket proxy ticket via RESTapi when VM have VNC graphics protocol
>   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1305837
>
> It should be fixed in version 3.6.5 of the engine.
>
> To clarify how to use the action, you don't have to send anything, just
> "<action/>", and it will return you the ticket. For example, using curl:
>
> ---8<---
> #!/bin/sh -ex
>
> url="https://engine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api"
> user="admin at internal"
> password="..."
> vmid="..."
> consoleid="..."
>
> curl \
> --verbose \
> --cacert /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem \
> --request POST \
> --user "${user}:${password}" \
> --header "Content-Type: application/xml" \
> --header "Accept: application/xml" \
> --data '
> <action/>
> ' \
> "${url}/vms/${vmid}/graphicsconsoles/${consoleid}/proxyticket"
> --->8---
>
> This will return a response like this:
>
>   <action>
>     <proxy_ticket>
>        <value>ey..A1==</value>
>     </proxy_ticket>
>   </action>
>
> That long "value" is the Base64 encoded ticket.
>
>> On 24 March 2016 at 18:11, Gonzalo Rafuls <gonza at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> Apparently you can get it as well with something like
>>> "<action><proxy_ticket></proxy_ticket></action>".
>>>
>>> Only thing to change then is between curly brackets {}.
>
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