Michal, What's the most common tool people use to access oVirt VM consoles? Spice? VNC?
----- Original Message ----- > From: Michal Skrivanek <[email protected]> > To: David Li <[email protected]> > Cc: Meital Avital <[email protected]>; Einav Cohen <[email protected]>; Omer > Frenkel <[email protected]>; "[email protected] List" <[email protected]>; > "[email protected] Ron" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 1:12 AM > Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console > > > On Jan 17, 2014, at 09:59 , Dafna Ron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> well, I have to admit that it has been a while since I tried logging in to > a vm console from a Windows OS :) >> Adding some people to this which I think can help more than me... >> >> >> On 01/17/2014 12:58 AM, David Li wrote: >>> Well, it didn't even have any traces to tell me if it's > installed. I am supposed to see these according to the instruction but none > of > them showed up. >>> >>> * IE will prompt you with "This website wants to install the > following add-on SpiceX.cab... proceed by clicking the arrow on the install > button and choose "Install for All Users of this computer". >>> * Depending on the version of IE a UAC dialog may pop up asking you > if you want to allow "SpiceX.cab" If it does not Click on the install > spice button again and it will. >>> * In the UAC dialog click on the yes button. >>> * The install will now proceed in the background. >>> >>> >>> I am using W7 64bit with IE11. My engine is running on a RHEL6 machine. > > IE11 doesn't really work as of now. > Try some more reasonable browser, IE10 would be also fine. > > activex setup requires some manual work as mentione at > How_to_Connect_to_SPICE_Console_With_Portal wiki > native invocation (that file to download you got) is easier, just associate > with > recent remote viewer and it should open > it works on Windows, Linux and OSX (needs > https://github.com/brianwcook/launchvv > in addition) > > check out http://www.ovirt.org/Console_Client_Resources > > Thanks, > mcihal > >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Dafna Ron <[email protected]> >>>> To: David Li <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: Madhav V Diwan <[email protected]>; > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:16 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console >>>> >>>> 1. did you restart you're firefox after install? >>>> 2. what OS are you using? >>>> >>>> >>>> On 01/16/2014 11:40 PM, David Li wrote: >>>>> This isn't working for me at this time. I have gone to the > end of the >>>> instructions and clicked on "Install Spice" button in IE > but nothing >>>> happened. >>>>> Maybe someone with more knowledge should come out and make > clarifications. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: Madhav V Diwan <[email protected]> >>>>>> To: David Li <[email protected]> >>>>>> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 1:51 PM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console >>>>>> >>>>>> yuck >>>>>> >>>>>> i dont know why they do not just have this already done in > an rpm >>>>>> >>>>>> yes it probably works , i have not tested it , but > virt-viewer is >>>>>> deprecated in favor of the newer Remote-Viewer >>>>>> >>>>>> by the way >>>>>> >>>>>> worst comes to worst you can always connect to the ovirt > vm node >>>>>> server via virt-manager gui in linux .. or using macports > virt-manager >>>>>> in OSX >>>>>> >>>>>> and as long as you have a username and password set up in > libvirt >>>>>> password db >>>>>> /etc/libvirt/passwd.db >>>>>> >>>>>> use saslpasswd2 -a libvirt $USER on your ovirt vm host > node >>>>>> to add your user account so you dont mess with ovirt's >>>>>> >>>>>> if you have winaxe or some other Xwindows on your windows > machine you >>>>>> could probably just ssh with putty.exe to your ovirt node > server and >>>> run >>>>>> virt-manager from there while displaying back to your > windows desktop >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: David Li <[email protected]> >>>>>> Reply-to: David Li <[email protected]> >>>>>> To: Madhav V Diwan <[email protected]> >>>>>> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console >>>>>> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:35:02 -0800 (PST) >>>>>> >>>>>> Is this page still applicable to ovirt 3.3.2? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> > http://wiki.ovirt.org/How_to_Connect_to_SPICE_Console_With_Portal#Add_a_deployment_method_Server_Side >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>> From: Madhav V Diwan > <[email protected]> >>>>>>> To: David Li <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Cc: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 1:28 PM >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console >>>>>>> >>>>>>> install them wherever your firefox browser is > installed... >>>>>>> whichever machine you are using to browse to the > portal from >>>>>>> >>>>>>> unfortunately i believe ovirts' spice viewing > only works on >>>> linux >>>>>>> desktops running firefox currently >>>>>>> >>>>>>> also the ovirt vnc implementation assumes you have >>>> remote-viewer which >>>>>>> can open that .vv file that pops up.. again > remote-viewer would >>>> only be >>>>>>> available on linux desktops.. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> there IS a MAC OS port for remote-viewer , but > i've never >>>> gotten it to >>>>>>> work without a lot of manual URL input >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: David Li <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Reply-to: David Li <[email protected]> >>>>>>> To: Madhav V Diwan > <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] Blank VM Install Console >>>>>>> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:39:20 -0800 (PST) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Do I need these to be installed on the engine or on > the machine >>>> where the >>>>>>> webadmin portal browser is being run? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Are there any ovirt links describing these? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> david >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>> From: Madhav V Diwan > <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> To: David Li <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> Cc: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 10:35 AM >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] Black VM Install Console >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> you ve probabaly not install teh spice xpi in > your firefox >>>> on linux >>>>>> when >>>>>>>> you opened the console , or maybe the > remote-viewer >>>> application is >>>>>>>> missing >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> use yum to install these >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----R >>>>>>>> eply-to: David Li > <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Subject: [Users] Black VM Install Console >>>>>>>> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:08:13 -0800 (PST) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> My first time to install a VM on ovirt has > encountered a >>>> problem. I >>>>>> tried >>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> open up a console to continue the install > process. But all I >>>> got is a >>>>>> blank >>>>>>>> window and a request to save a file which I > did. The window >>>> remained >>>>>> blank >>>>>>> and I >>>>>>>> couldn't see any activities. I went to the > node itself >>>> and tried >>>>>> to see >>>>>>> if I >>>>>>>> could use virsh tool to understand what's > going on. But >>>> I was >>>>>> asked for >>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> username and password to perform any actions. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any idea what I should do at this time? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> David >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Users mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dafna Ron >>>> >> >> >> -- >> Dafna Ron >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
