On 20/08/2020 20:55, Michael Jones wrote:
> On 19/08/2020 14:48, Michael Jones wrote:
>> On 19/08/2020 12:12, Michael Jones wrote:
>>> On 19/08/2020 10:41, Nir Soffer wrote:
>>>>> There is no warning the method was deprecated and will be missing 
>>>>> functionality.
>>>>>
>>>>> The steps detailed on the alt install page are for the all-in-one running 
>>>>> engine-setup.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's also worth noting this works fine in;
>>>>>
>>>>> Version 4.3.1.1-1.el7
>>>>>
>>>>> but not in;
>>>>>
>>>>> Version 4.4.1.10-1.el8
>>>>>
>>>>> (el8 has the change in imageio daemons)
>>>>>
>>>>> The alternate install method is still useful to have, but i think a red 
>>>>> warning about all-in-one on el8 on that page would be good.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>> Michael Jones
>>>> Micheal, can you file a bug for this?
>>>>
>>>> If you have a good use case for all-in-one deployment (not using
>>>> hosted engine), please explain
>>>> it in the bug.
>>>>
>>>> Personally I think simple all-in-one deployment without the complexity
>>>> of hosted engine is better,
>>>> and we should keep it, but for this we need to teach engine to handle
>>>> the case when the proxy
>>>> and the daemon are the same server.
>>>>
>>>> In this case engine will not try to setup a proxy ticket, and image
>>>> transfer would work directly
>>>> with the host daemon.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not very optimistic that we will support this again, since this
>>>> feature is not needed for RHV
>>>> customers, but for oVirt this makes sense.
>>>>
>>>> Nir
>>>>
>>> Yes, I can file a bug,
>>>
>>> The main usage / setup's I have are;
>>>
>>> on-prem installs:
>>>
>>> - hosted engine
>>> - gluster
>>> - high availiblity
>>> - internal ip address
>>> - easy great...
>>>
>>> dedicated host provider for example OVH single machine:
>>>
>>> - alternate install
>>> - all-in-one
>>>
>>> The main reason for the separation is that using the cockpit install
>>> / hosted engine install causes problems with ip allocations;
>>>
>>> cockpit method requires 1x ip for host, and 1x ip for engine vm, and
>>> both ip must be in the same subnet...
>>>
>>> applying internal ip would cut off access, and to make it even
>>> harder, getting public ip blocks didn't work as the box main ip
>>> wouldn't be in the same subnet, adding nic alias ip doesn't work
>>> either (fail on install due to failing to setup ovirtmgmt network).
>>>
>>> atm, i'll struggle with changing the machine's main ip to be one of
>>> the same subnet with the engine one... (currently causes host to be
>>> taken offline due to hosting provider, health checks)
>>>
>>> provided i can change the host primary ip to be one of the OVH
>>> failover ip allocated in a block... i will be able to install using
>>> the cockpit.
>>>
>>> and after the install i can setup internal ip with the network tag.
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>> despite managing to get OVH to disable monitoring (ping to the main
>> ip, and rebooting host) and getting the host in the same ip range as
>> the engine vm...
>>
>> ie:
>>
>> host ip: 158.x.x.13/32 = not used anymore
>>
>> new subnet: 54.x.x.x/28
>>
>> and reserving;
>> host = 54.x.x.16
>> engine = 54.x.x.17
>>
>> [ ERROR ] The Engine VM (54.x.x.17/28) and the default gateway
>> (158.x.x.254) will not be in the same IP subnet.
>>
>> the hosted engine installer crashes due to the gw being in a
>> different subnet, so all three;
>>
>> - host
>> - engine
>> - gateway
>>
>> must be in the same subnet...
>>
>> this rules out an install on ovh dedicated server.
>>
>> unless... I can install the all-in-one again (this bit works), and
>> then install the engine vm in an existing all-in-one setup...
>>
>> essentially the cockpit installation is not compatible with this
>> infra setup.
>>
> After going through the documentation again, I understand the best way
> to approach this would be to have a remote manager, ie;
>
> self hosted engine (on-prem) > host/2nd DC/Cluster (remote/ovh)
>
> standalone manager (on-prem) > host/2nd DC/Cluster (remote/ovh)
>
> That way resolves the ip issues (only need host ip, just don't install
> the manager on the remote server)
>
> outstanding... i need to workout the security implications of this.
>
> shame all-in-one is gone, but the above does work, and even means the
> remote host can again use local storage.
>
> I'll raise the bug report now i've finished testing, as I think stand
> alone, all-in-one, dedicated hosts are affordable and open ovirt to a
> wider user base (keeping hardware requirements minimal).
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Mike
>
Bug raised:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1871348

There was also a comment that vprotect shouldn't be using the proxy,
I'll check that and raise a separate bug with them.

Kind Regards,

Mike

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