Thanks Josh. We actually got past part of this issue on our own; the "associate image with a Group" step had been left out.
Now we can deploy reliably and reserve as the admin user, but non-admin users, even with full admin privileges switched on, can't see any images. Clearly there's something we haven't done to set up the user correctly. I did find isAvailable while working my way through the code to try to figure out what's missing. I was disappointed to find that it returns useful codes for a VCL system in maintenance mode, or an over-subscribed image, but for something like six or seven other error conditions it just throws "0", none available, with no way to tell why, so I've been adding debug code to try to figure out which tests are failing in our case. That's ongoing. On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:21:20AM -0400, Josh Thompson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Michael, > > Have a look at this thread. This is a common enough prolem that I'll try to > write it up on our new CMS. > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01398.html > > Josh > > On Friday, July 27, 2012 10:56:17 PM Michael Jinks wrote: > > I have a Linux template, named "linux_template_v23_", that mostly works > > but has a fatal bug in the config file for its public network interface. > > So, I built and captured a new, corrrected build, called > > "linux_template_26_". > > > > So far so good. The new build captured successfully, and I can select > > one of my VM definitions, load the new image, and that succeeds, with > > the VM ending up marked "Available" in the database, accessable from the > > net and so on. > > > > The trouble comes when I try to select the new image in the reservations > > interface. The name appears in the dropdown, but when I select it the > > UI immediately prints a red line, "Selection not currently available". > > The old profile doesn't have that problem. > > > > I can't think what I did differently for the older template. I've > > looked all over the UI, plus a couple of the backing tables, and I can't > > find any difference between the two templates that explains why one is > > available and the other isn't. > > > > In requests.php I find: > > > > $rc = isAvailable($images, $imageid, $imagerevisionid, $start, > > $end); [...] > > if($rc < 1) { > > print "'<font color=red>Selection not currently > > available</font>'; "; print "if(dojo.byId('newsubmit')) > > dojo.byId('newsubmit').value = 'View Time Table';"; > > > > ...and in utils I find that the isAvailable function checks a lot of > > conditions before returning an integer less than 1 on error, so the > > cause of that message could be a few different things. > > > > A few more items, maybe relevant: Currently I have VM computers defined > > and available, associated with a working ESX host, both with and without > > the new template in their currentimage field. > > > > When I reload the image on a VM, that seems to go flawlessly, best we've > > seen since we started this project: the VM boots, gets its networking > > right, accepts SSH from the management node and gets its post-boot > > reconfiguration done. I'm logged into one now and everything looks just > > fine. But, not currently available. > > > > Any ideas where to look next? I'm stumped. > - -- > - ------------------------------- > Josh Thompson > VCL Developer > North Carolina State University > > my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu > > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAlAWmGAACgkQV/LQcNdtPQOiygCcCDm1bSsJ6ZHDDws9afVTgDYd > jToAn3pvxIvg/pDFpm34RVuuetipIJUK > =tj1x > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- Michael Jinks :: [email protected] :: 773-469-9688 University of Chicago IT Services
