[ovirt-users] Add a disk and set the console for a VM in the user portal

[Michal Skrivanek]

> On 6 Feb 2018, at 13:13, nicolas at devels.es wrote:
> 
> I can't even see other options, like adding NICs, or changing the machine type (server, desktop)... Was this removed on purpose or there's some permission(s) to grant?

it just hasn’t been coded. Feel free to open issues or submit patches for the project[1]


> 
> El 2018-02-06 11:45, nicolas at devels.es escribió:
>> Hi,
>> We recently upgraded to oVirt 4.2.0 and we're testing things so we can
>> determine if our production system might also be upgraded or not. We
>> do an extensive use of the User Portal, I've granted the VmCreator and
>> DiskProfileUser privileges on a user (the user has a quota as well), I
>> logged in to the user portal, I can successfully create a VM setting
>> its memory and CPUs but:

yeah, the VM creation in ovirt-ewb-ui is simplistic and relies on the original Template mostly.

>> 1) I can't see a way to change the console type. By default, when the
>> machine is created, SPICE is chosen as the mechanism, and I'd like to
>> change it to VNC, but I can't find a way.

it’s using whatever you have in the Template. Could you change it there? If you need flexibility then use SPICE+VNC, then clients can choose either.

Thanks,
michal

[1] https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-web-ui

>> 2) I can't see a way to add a disk to the VM.
>> I'm attaching a screenshot of what I see in the panel.
>> Are some new privileges needed to add a disk or change the console type?
>> Thanks
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