[ovirt-users] External Provider https (unknown error)

[Dominik Holler]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 13:29:56 +0200
Stefan Wendler <stefan.wendler at tngtech.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am currently trying to attach Glance (OpenStack Image) and Cinder
> (OpenStack Volume) as external provider and am facing a problem when
> trying to use https in the Provider-URL on an ovirt 3.6 and 4.1
> cluster.
> 
> The Provider-URL I am using is in the form:
> https://<host>:9292 (or port 8776 for Cinder - <host> is either a fqdn
> or an IP-Address)
> 
> Whenever I press the "Test" button in the "Add Provider" dialog I get
> the message "Test Failed (unknown error)." There is no entry in any
> logfile whatsoever (at least not in any logs that are associated with
> ovirt). I would expect an ssl cert dialog here. I can telnet to the
> destination ports from the engine and the nodes so Clance and Cinder
> are reachable
> 
> I have also read that this might happen, if there is a corrupted
> /var/lib/ovirt-engine/external_truststore
> But this file is not even existing and when i create it by hand, it is
> not touched.
> 
> How can I get this to work or even get an error message that gives me
> a hint where to look?
> 

If there is something logged, it would be in engine.log.
Can you please re-check if there is something related logged in
engine.log?

Are you using authentication?

Do you use HTTPS for Glance/Cinder and authentication?