----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jon Forrest" <nob...@gmail.com> > To: users@ovirt.org > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 5:06:56 PM > Subject: [Users] How to See Ovirt Console From a Remote Windows Host > > I know that this is simple for some of you, but I also > know from Googling around that lots of people have had > trouble seeing their ovirt console from a remote Windows > host. Below I describe what finally worked for me. I hope > this helps somebody avoid wasting as much time as I did > today. > > I'm a fairly experienced VMWare user who's learning ovirt. > I just installed an all-in-one ovirt server and copied a > CentOS 6.5 iso into it. I then tried to boot a new VM > but soon learned that console access is different in ovirt > than on VMWare. > > I then spent over an hour trying the various documented > ways to view a remote console using Spice on my Windows 7 > desktop. I even tried using a Linux VM to see if the Firefox > plugin for Spice would work. Nothing. > > What finally worked was installing the virt-viewer Windows > client (http://virt-manager.org/download/). Then, I opened > the ovirt Administration Portal in Firefox running on my > Windows 7 desktop. I created a new VM and configured it > the way I wanted. Then, from the "Virtual Machines" tab, I started > the new VM. Pretty soon the little console icon turned green so > I clicked on it. I got the prompt from Firefox asking me what > app I wanted to associate with the ".vv" URL that opened when > I clicked on the console icon. I browsed around and selected > > \Program Files\VirtViewer\bin\remote-viewer.exe > > which is from the virt-viewer client package I installed above. > I told Firefox to always use this app for this kind of file. > > This works great! I was able to boot the CentOS system and > install it with no problems. > > Good luck! > Jon Forrest
Thanks Jon for writing this. It's always useful for folks seeking help. Generally speaking, starting version 3.3 you should have HTML 5 support, which means a new tab will open with the VM's console. http://www.ovirt.org/Features/SpiceHTML5 _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
