On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 11:39 AM Gilboa Davara <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 10:12 AM Yedidyah Bar David <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Section 5.3 is not actually needed, the appliance already includes it.
> >
> > > The second document is missing the modules part.
> >
> > (Seems to me to include it as well, but again, it's not needed)
> >
> > > Now I can manually install ovirt-engine on the host.
> >
> > I think you got it wrong. Please see my previous posts in this thread.
> > In particular:
> >
> > 1. You do not need to install ovirt-engine on the host.
> > 2. You should try to see why it failed, on the engine VM.
> > 3. This engine vm should be left running by the failed deploy process,
> > and you can find its IP address by searching the setup logs for
> > 'local_vm_ip'. So please find it, ssh to it from the host (using the
> > root password you supplied), then try 'dnf install ovirt-engine'. If
> > it fails, try to fix the problem. My guess: Some kind of
> > networking/mirror/proxy/whatever issue.
> >
> > For an overview of the current hosted-engine deploy process, you can
> > have a look at "Hosted Engine 4.3 Deep Dive (Simone Tiraboschi)" in:
> >
> > https://www.ovirt.org/community/get-involved/resources/slide-decks.html
> >
> > It was written for 4.3, but most of it applies also for 4.4.
> >
> > Also:
> >
> > The engine package is already part of the appliance, so strictly
> > speaking, we should not try to install it. This is done so that if a
> > newer version is available (e.g. because you installed an older
> > appliance image rpm), you upgrade to the newer version.
> >
> > We have a bug open for allowing to prevent this, not sure about its
> > current status - see also the discussion in the linked github issue:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1816619
>
> Hello,
>
> My mistake. I think there is a miss-understanding on my end that
> side-stepped the main issue.
>
> Before I begin, I'd like to point out that I have a number of oVirt
> 4.3 deployments in production.

OK.

> Some installed via cockpit, others manually via hosted-engine --deploy.
>
> I'm attempting to cleanly test-install 4.4 on a CentOS 8.x machine
> before I begin (slowly) upgrading my existing 4.3 setups to 4.4.

Makes sense.

> However, when trying to install 4.4 on the test CentOS 8.x (now 8.2
> after yesterday release), either manually (via hosted-engine --deploy)
> or by using cockpit, fails when trying to download packages (see
> attached logs) during the hosted engine deployment phase.

Right. Didn't check them - I guess it's the same, no?

> The reason I mocked around with the java module (on the host) was in
> an attempt to see if the _host_ machine somehow had the wrong module
> configuration, triggering the hosted engine deployment process.

OK, and now I think we both agree this isn't the issue. Good.

>
> Just to be clear, it is the hosted engine VM (during the deployment
> process) that fails to automatically download packages, _not_ the
> host.

Exactly. That's why I asked you (because the logs do not reveal that)
to manually login there and try to install (update) the package, and
see what happens, why it failes, etc. Can you please try that? Thanks.

>
> Sorry again for the misunderstanding.

NP at all!

Best regards,
-- 
Didi
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