Hi, I would suggest as first step to use stand-alone oVirt engine instead of hosted.
> On 12 Feb 2026, at 17:05, Ethan Provensen via Users <[email protected]> wrote: > > For the last 3-4 months, I have been trying to install oVirt on 3 bare metal > servers with 1 SAN on an air-gapped network (no internet connection). I have > failed with every attempt. I first determined what repositories I needed to > upload to my air-gapped network to my Apache server, so the 3 bare metal > servers could get the needed RPMs to install oVirt. I uploaded the following > repositories from the internet: > copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:ovirt:ovirt-master-snapshot > ovirt-appliance-master-snapshot > ovirt-master-centos-stream-ceph-pacific-testing > ovirt-master-centos-stream-gluster10-testing > ovirt-master-centos-stream-nfv-openvswitch2-testing > ovirt-master-centos-stream-openstack-yoga-testing > ovirt-master-centos-stream-opstools-collectd5-testing > ovirt-master-centos-stream-ovirt45-testing > ovirt-node-master-snapshot > I first tried to install a oVirt self-hosted engine architecture on 1 server > running Alma 9, but I ran into multiple dead ends with errors that I did not > understand. My second attempt was to refresh the 1 Alma 9 server and install > the oVirt CentOS9 node ISO instead on the 1 server. Again, I ran into > multiple errors and did not understand the error messages. Recently, the > oVirt Blog recommended we stopped using the oVirt CentOS9 node ISO for oVirt > v4.5.7, so I went back on tried to install oVirt on Alma 9, and again I ran > into multiple errors. > I do not know what I am doing wrong. I have followed all the directions and > Googled all the error messages I received, and still don't understand any of > it. Now I am wondering if it's even possible to install oVirt on an server > that doesn't have a DHCP connection to the internet. The last time I tried to > create the "HostedEngineLocal" virtual machine on the server, I noticed the > virtual machine creation relied on an internet connection and that is why the > Hosted Engine setup failed everytime. Am I wrong? What am I doing wrong? Can > someone help? > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JXNPYVQF7IJKPGBTHCBPZWV27EKZIDKR/ _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YZX4N3XDKFRJBIFYI33XD5XXTPZUNMQ5/
