VCL board report due on Nov 9th
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The November board report is due this coming Wednesday. It is really pretty easy to do and a simple way to get a little more involved with the VCL community. The following page explains what needs to be done to create it, including explaining how to just copy the last one so that you can just make a few changes to it instead of having to write it from scratch. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Board+Reports Josh - -- - --- Josh Thompson VCL Developer North Carolina State University my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk6yjGkACgkQV/LQcNdtPQPiUACfbPP92dHrvBiYH32EyzbIprTW U5sAnieYhlSUySnfhmVMxT0G3GbfbG7y =4H51 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Linux base image on ESXi server?
Hi
After some progress yesterday I still got an error while creating an image.
The error was:
...
2011-11-02
13:40:38|6392|14:3|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:_get_file_info(2005)|searching for
matching file paths: base directory path: '[datastore1]
vmwarelinux-238-v0', search pattern: 'vmwarelinux-238-v0.vmdk'
2011-11-02
13:40:40|6392|14:3|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:_get_file_info(2016)|base directory
does not exist: '[datastore1] vmwarelinux-238-v0'
2011-11-02
13:40:40|6392|14:3|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:find_files(1753)|matching file
count: 0
2011-11-02 13:40:40|6392|14:3|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:file_exists(1625)|file
does not exist: [datastore1] vmwarelinux-238-v0/vmwarelinux-238-v0.vmdk
2011-11-02 13:40:40|6392|14:3|image|VMware.pm:does_image_exist(3915)|image
does not exist in the non-persistent directory on the VM host
|6392|14:3|image| WARNING
|6392|14:3|image| 2011-11-02
13:40:40|6392|14:3|image|VMware.pm:_get_datastore_name(5848)|unable to
determine datastore name from path: '/vclfile', path does not begin with
any of the datastore paths:
|6392|14:3|image| '[datastore1]'
|6392|14:3|image| '/vmfs/volumes/datastore1'
|6392|14:3|image| '/vmfs/volumes/4e72606b-01b8dc93-5cdb-0023aeae26d2'
...
I'll figure out how to fix it, but have a related questions.
Creating the image failed and during the process vm-00 was put in 'maintains'
mode (stateid=10) and it stays in this mode after failure. It's not
possible to change the mode to 'available' (get the message - Virtual
machines can only be added in the maintenance state.) via web portal. Looks
like I need to re-add vm-00 (have to use 'Add multiple' option) or to
change stateid value in vcl.computer : UPDATE `vcl`.`computer` SET
`stateid` = '2' WHERE `computer`.`id` =36
Is it OK to do it this way? Or am I missing something?
Thanks.
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov 4dim...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi
I got some progress on this issue. I tried to run vmware-cmd from
vcl-server and got the same error - Server version unavailable at ,
which could mean SSL certificate is missing. Then found this post
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1347703 and added these two lines
to /usr/local/vcl/lib/VCL/Module/Provisioning/VMware/vSphere_SDK.pm after
line 62
$ENV{SSL_verify_mode} = 0x00;
$ENV{PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME} = 0;
This change allowed image creation to start successfully. VCLD connects to
ESXi server OK and gets server version. It doesn't use ssh keys from
/etc/vcl/vcl.key, but username/password configured in the profile.
Thanks.
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov 4dim...@gmail.comwrote:
Hello
Got this link from one of the posts on this elist -
https://sites.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/vcl-bootcamp/. I hope it helps me
understand the VCL better...
Can you recommend anything else to read about Apache VCL, besides
https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/ ?
Thanks.
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov 4dim...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi All
I'm stuck on creating a base image (Linux) for newly deployed Apache VCL
system and looking for help...
This is the closes I got so far to a working system.
I'm using ESXi 4.1 (60 days evaluation), ssh is enabled, ESXi server
name is esxiServer01, added to the host file on VCL management server.
Linux server being imaged is vm-00 running on esxiServer01. Added to the
host file as well on VCL server. I can ping both and ssh -i key host works.
Below is the full log for the process. These lines puzzle me:
2011-11-01
08:40:59|16965|20:20|image|OS.pm:is_ssh_responding(405)|esxiServer01 is NOT
responding to SSH, SSH command failed, port 22: open, port 24: closed
2011-11-01 08:40:59|16965|20:20|image|VMware.pm:initialize(257)|unable
to control OS of VM host esxiServer01 using VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab
OS object because VM host is not responding to SSH
since I can ping the VM host and 'ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key esxiServer01'
works fine.
Also all http(s) links work fine when I access them from management
server.
Is there a way to create and register images manually? Can I use Veeam
FastSCP or similar software to copy VMs to VCL server and register them? If
there is way to do so, anyone has a link?
I would appreciate any help. Thank you.
Here is the full log file for the imaging process:
VCL::image object could not be created and initialized
time: 2011-11-01 08:40:59
caller: vcld:make_new_child(571)
( 0) vcld, make_new_child (line: 571)
(-1) vcld, main (line: 346)
management node: vcl-01
reservation PID: 16965
parent vcld PID: 5086
request ID: 20
reservation ID: 20
request state/laststate: image/image
request start time: 2011-11-01 08:40:49
request end time: 2011-11-01 09:40:49
for imaging: no
log ID: none
computer: vm-00
computer id: 23
computer type: virtualmachine
computer eth0 MAC
Re: Linux base image on ESXi server?
Dmitri,
If you go to the 'Computer Utilities' screen under manage computers, you will
be able to change the computer's state. It sounds like you are trying to modify
the state from the 'Edit Computer Information' page, which is not where that
should be done.
Aaron
--
Aaron Coburn
Systems Administrator and Programmer
Academic Technology Services, Amherst College
On Nov 3, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Dmitri Chebotarov wrote:
Hi
After some progress yesterday I still got an error while creating an image.
The error was:
...
2011-11-02
13:40:38|6392|14:3|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:_get_file_info(2005)|searching for
matching file paths: base directory path: '[datastore1] vmwarelinux-238-v0',
search pattern: 'vmwarelinux-238-v0.vmdk'
2011-11-02 13:40:40|6392|14:3|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:_get_file_info(2016)|base
directory does not exist: '[datastore1] vmwarelinux-238-v0'
2011-11-02 13:40:40|6392|14:3|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:find_files(1753)|matching
file count: 0
2011-11-02 13:40:40|6392|14:3|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:file_exists(1625)|file
does not exist: [datastore1] vmwarelinux-238-v0/vmwarelinux-238-v0.vmdk
2011-11-02 13:40:40|6392|14:3|image|VMware.pm:does_image_exist(3915)|image
does not exist in the non-persistent directory on the VM host
|6392|14:3|image| WARNING
|6392|14:3|image| 2011-11-02
13:40:40|6392|14:3|image|VMware.pm:_get_datastore_name(5848)|unable to
determine datastore name from path: '/vclfile', path does not begin with any
of the datastore paths:
|6392|14:3|image| '[datastore1]'
|6392|14:3|image| '/vmfs/volumes/datastore1'
|6392|14:3|image| '/vmfs/volumes/4e72606b-01b8dc93-5cdb-0023aeae26d2'
...
I'll figure out how to fix it, but have a related questions.
Creating the image failed and during the process vm-00 was put in 'maintains'
mode (stateid=10) and it stays in this mode after failure. It's not possible
to change the mode to 'available' (get the message - Virtual machines can
only be added in the maintenance state.) via web portal. Looks like I need to
re-add vm-00 (have to use 'Add multiple' option) or to change stateid value
in vcl.computer : UPDATE `vcl`.`computer` SET `stateid` = '2' WHERE
`computer`.`id` =36
Is it OK to do it this way? Or am I missing something?
Thanks.
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov 4dim...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi
I got some progress on this issue. I tried to run vmware-cmd from vcl-server
and got the same error - Server version unavailable at , which could mean
SSL certificate is missing. Then found this post
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1347703 and added these two lines to
/usr/local/vcl/lib/VCL/Module/Provisioning/VMware/vSphere_SDK.pm after line 62
$ENV{SSL_verify_mode} = 0x00;
$ENV{PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME} = 0;
This change allowed image creation to start successfully. VCLD connects to
ESXi server OK and gets server version. It doesn't use ssh keys from
/etc/vcl/vcl.key, but username/password configured in the profile.
Thanks.
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov 4dim...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello
Got this link from one of the posts on this elist -
https://sites.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/vcl-bootcamp/. I hope it helps me
understand the VCL better...
Can you recommend anything else to read about Apache VCL, besides
https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/ ?
Thanks.
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov 4dim...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All
I'm stuck on creating a base image (Linux) for newly deployed Apache VCL
system and looking for help...
This is the closes I got so far to a working system.
I'm using ESXi 4.1 (60 days evaluation), ssh is enabled, ESXi server name is
esxiServer01, added to the host file on VCL management server. Linux server
being imaged is vm-00 running on esxiServer01. Added to the host file as well
on VCL server. I can ping both and ssh -i key host works.
Below is the full log for the process. These lines puzzle me:
2011-11-01
08:40:59|16965|20:20|image|OS.pm:is_ssh_responding(405)|esxiServer01 is NOT
responding to SSH, SSH command failed, port 22: open, port 24: closed
2011-11-01 08:40:59|16965|20:20|image|VMware.pm:initialize(257)|unable to
control OS of VM host esxiServer01 using VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab OS
object because VM host is not responding to SSH
since I can ping the VM host and 'ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key esxiServer01' works
fine.
Also all http(s) links work fine when I access them from management server.
Is there a way to create and register images manually? Can I use Veeam
FastSCP or similar software to copy VMs to VCL server and register them? If
there is way to do so, anyone has a link?
I would appreciate any help. Thank you.
Here is the full log file for the imaging process:
VCL::image object could not be created and initialized
time: 2011-11-01
Re: Linux base image on ESXi server?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dmitri, Aaron is correct that you need to do it under Computer Utilities. However, it is okay to change the state under Edit Computer Information. There just happens to be a bug in 2.2.1 that keeps you from being able to change the state for virtual computers. I've fixed it for the 2.3 release. Josh On Thursday November 03, 2011, Aaron Coburn wrote: Dmitri, If you go to the 'Computer Utilities' screen under manage computers, you will be able to change the computer's state. It sounds like you are trying to modify the state from the 'Edit Computer Information' page, which is not where that should be done. Aaron - -- - --- Josh Thompson VCL Developer North Carolina State University my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk6yqysACgkQV/LQcNdtPQNG2gCeO5IkG8KZan4657xneiu+J76e XlAAn1RXskIyz5dT/w4xvgidAOZgBDyl =jPaK -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Base Image creation - problems - PLEASE HELP
Hello, Ok, I actually have tried many times to create a base image. I had it with NIC 1 in the private network and NIC 2 in the public previously. Each time, when VCL deletes my base image and copies it back to the VM server, the networks on the nics are REVERSED. When I start with nic 1 in Private and nic 2 in Public, it ends up with nic 1 in Pub and nic 2 in Priv. When I start with nic 1 in Public and nic 2 in Private, it ends up with nic 1 in Priv and nic 2 in Pub. The VM host profile has Virtual Switch 0 in Public and Virtual Switch 1 in Private. The DHCP server is only listening on the private network. I see unauthorized dhcp requests come in for public network IP addresses when VCL swaps them. In the last attempt, I did something new: When the new image is brought up, I manually swapped the nics back before VCL times out waiting for the image to boot. At that time, it declares the image a success, but it should not need such manual intervention. Any clues why VCL decides to swap the networks ? Al Quiros From: Aaron Coburn acob...@amherst.edumailto:acob...@amherst.edu Reply-To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.orgmailto:vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 16:24:02 -0400 To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.orgmailto:vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Base Image creation - problems - PLEASE HELP Evelio, in our VCL setup and according to the docs on this page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Create+a+Windows+Base+Image you may want to try configuring your base image to use NIC 1 for the private network and NIC 2 for the public network. The sshd configuration script that you ran on your base image typically closes ssh access over the public network, but if the two networks are switched, you may have inadvertently cut off access over the private network. Aaron -- Aaron Coburn Systems Administrator and Programmer Academic Technology Services, Amherst College (413) 542-5451 acob...@amherst.edumailto:acob...@amherst.edu On Nov 2, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello, Ok, I'm stumped. I continue to have issues creating a base image on our vcl setup. Here is my info: I have a single server running web, management node, and database. It has two interfaces, one on our private network, another on our public net. I have a single Vmware server, also with two interfaces. One interface, switch 0, is on our public net. It also has the VM management net. Another interface, switch 1, is on our private net. Each of these switches is labeled the same as in the Management node config. When I create the base image to capture, I create eth0 (nic1) on the public network, then I create eth1 (nic2) on the private network. I set them both to dhcp, and the dhcp server on the VCL server responds and gives it an address of an image in my database. I set the ssh key in the new image. I set the image in /etc/hosts so that the server can resolve it. I set the vcld to capture the image, It begins and copies the image to the management node directory, It deletes the image from the Vmware server, and re-creates the image All well and good. but then : When the recreated image comes up, The OTHER interface begins asking the dhcp server for addresses in the public network. The dhcp server denies it as non-authoritative, and the private interface never comes up. Even though it was able to dhcp previously. The image creation completes successfully, but the newly created image cannot connect to the vcl server. So, I eventually get a failure message from VCL. WHAT GIVES ??? Here is my error email: reservation failed on image6: process failed after trying to load or make available time: 2011-11-02 16:05:30 caller: State.pm:reservation_failed(213) ( 0) State.pm, reservation_failed (line: 213) (-1) new.pm, process (line: 298) (-2) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) (-3) vcld, main (line: 346) management node: vcltst.fiu.eduhttp://vcltst.fiu.edu reservation PID: 29777 parent vcld PID: 23341 request ID: 11 reservation ID: 11 request state/laststate: reload/image request start time: 2011-11-02 15:53:56 request end time: 2011-11-02 16:23:56 for imaging: no log ID: none computer: image6 computer id: 7 computer type: virtualmachine computer eth0 MAC address: 00:50:56:00:10:0a computer eth1 MAC address: 00:50:56:00:10:0b computer private IP address: 10.0.0.9 computer public IP address: 10.106.128.59 computer in block allocation: no provisioning module: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::VMware vm host: vcldell01 vm host ID: 1 vm host computer ID: 1 vm profile: VMware ESX - local storage vm profile VM path: /vmfs/volumes/datastore1 vm profile repository path: /images vm profile datastore path: /vmfs/volumes/datastore1 vm profile disk type: localdisk image: vmwarelinux-redhatbase10-v0 image display name: redhatbase image ID: 10
Re: Base Image creation - problems - PLEASE HELP
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Al, I haven't worked with setting up VM hosts much, but it sounds like you need to swap your Virtual Switches so that Virtual Switch 0 is Private and Virtual Switch 1 is Public. Give that a try and let us know how it works. Josh On Thursday November 03, 2011, Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello, Ok, I actually have tried many times to create a base image. I had it with NIC 1 in the private network and NIC 2 in the public previously. Each time, when VCL deletes my base image and copies it back to the VM server, the networks on the nics are REVERSED. When I start with nic 1 in Private and nic 2 in Public, it ends up with nic 1 in Pub and nic 2 in Priv. When I start with nic 1 in Public and nic 2 in Private, it ends up with nic 1 in Priv and nic 2 in Pub. The VM host profile has Virtual Switch 0 in Public and Virtual Switch 1 in Private. The DHCP server is only listening on the private network. I see unauthorized dhcp requests come in for public network IP addresses when VCL swaps them. In the last attempt, I did something new: When the new image is brought up, I manually swapped the nics back before VCL times out waiting for the image to boot. At that time, it declares the image a success, but it should not need such manual intervention. Any clues why VCL decides to swap the networks ? Al Quiros - -- - --- Josh Thompson VCL Developer North Carolina State University my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk6y97gACgkQV/LQcNdtPQMiqgCeK06HLp+6QIYobUvQD1FssukV sSkAn11mo1/j4wUmD98gDI8ZF718kQUF =T16z -END PGP SIGNATURE-
