On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 1:08 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ovirt newbie here - installing v 4.4.4 (well, trying to!) > > Following my post about failing Gluster setup, I can't get the self hosted > engine to deploy. I'm installing on my HP DL380p G6. I have 2 disk 170GB > Raid 0 for OS and 6 x 330GB disk Raid 5 for Gluster. DNS all set up, but Im > realizing I'm missing something here. I have a feeling my problems with > Gluster/Engine were caused by incorrect network setup. Seems I'm not the > 1st to fall at this hurdle - some people in the community are saying RH have > made it's deliberately difficult to get these 'free' set-ups working. It > does feel a little like that! > > Most instructions just say that a 'self hosted, hyperconverged, single node > setup requires 2 nics' - and that's about it! That is the 'Networking > Pre-requisites'! > > I've had some help on here and Reddit which eventually made me find a > solution some had had to use - editing lvm.conf to make sure my drive (sdb) > was being blacklisted correctly. > > So, with that, Gluster installs, with following DNS settings: > The kvm host (ovirt-kvm.whichelo.com) is fixed ip 192.168.0.40 on my 1st nic > (Enp0s7) > ovirt-engine.whichelo.com - 192.168.0.50 > and ovirt-gluster.whichelo.com on 192.168.0.60 - I created I VLAN linked to > the nic i want to use for gluster (Enp0s8) and gluster install worked. > > So now hosted engine won't install,, and pretty sure it's because I don't > know how to set the network up properly. I'm seeing virbr0 coming up with > different ip's - sometimes 192.168.1.1, sometimes 192.168.222.1. From what > I've read, this is something to do with the Engine's network, but I really > don't know!
You can/should ignore these - they are temporary, only relevant during the deployment process. > > Am I still missing something? I can't find any decent instructions on how to > do this - how (exactly) to configure the 2 'minimum required' nics? > > I came to Ovirt after realizing Oracle were dumping their own Virtualization > platform in favour of KVM. Couldn't set it up from Oracle so moved to Red > Hat - that was a no, and I was at the point where it made most sense to just > run an Ovirt node for my KVM. I've got much further with Ovirt, but > instructions do not work as easily as they looked! (example 'just click on > single node hyperconverged' which didn't work straight off the bat until > removing that LVM filter, which took days to find out! > > The single node HC server is a great match for a home lab/server like mine. I > don't want another server, let alone another 2! I'm doing this partly as > hobby, but also to update my skills during lockdown. Surely if we can get > people using things like this at home, they're more likely to end up using it > for work one day? > > Any help, or just pointing in the right direction, gratefully received! > Hopefully I'm a biit clearer here. Happy to provide any logs or anything > else.... Please share: 1. Exact detailed flow 2. Relevant logs 3. What error messages you got and when. Thanks and best regards, -- Didi _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SJYF7FE5AF7UQSOKHEEK5PLC2NVTJ5HQ/
