HI Andy, I'll definitely take you up on that offer! We're running a gentoo 'dev' environment on top-line SUN x64 server hardware, and I already have a vmware ESX 4.1 host with XP lab-ready vm's standing by that I prepared & tested a couple weeks ago.
Right now I'm having difficulty getting the web interface to let me login, so I'm following suggestions from Josh to redo the database creation steps and proceed from there, which will hopefully get me to a working management node again. I had the management node operational and then created an additional user, and since that time, it hasn't permitted even regular admin logins under any circumstances, so it's back to the shed for more work. Thank you so much for the offer, as I don't stand much of a chance of success without some assistance. I've been told that I have until Aug. 30th to complete this project and it's very high visibility, so there's a lot on the line here for me and the university. From what I've seen, you're a great group of guys and I look forward to success with your assistance! Please advise as to your preferred times and availability and I'll work my schedule around that. Thanks again for reaching out. All the best, Randy. On Aug 12, 2010, at 8:31 AM, Andy Kurth wrote: > Once your VCL website is working you will need to load each image on a VM, > install and configure Cygwin sshd, then save each as a VCL image. Rather > than taking weeks to get this working via the list I could help you through > this over phone then send a summary to the list. I'd like to use the new > VMware code so it can be tested in another environment. Send me a note > directly if you want to arrange a time next week. > > It will be helpful to know your existing datastore is structured. Do you > have a directory for each set of vmdk files? Do you have the ability to > create additional datastores? It may be wise to use separate space while > you're getting things working to eliminate the possibility of affecting your > existing images. > > -Andy > > > Randy Sprague wrote: >> David, >> No sir, I did not. My boss has asked me to get a VCL prototype up and >> running and linked to our already created >> vmware ESX 4.1 server's datastore of 'ready-to-roll' Windows XP Desktop >> images that have all of UCSB's licensed >> lab software pre-installed on them. I've tested those images and they are >> fully accessible via RDP from off-campus, >> so I was hoping this would be fairly straightforward, but it hasn't. >> How realistic is it to expect that I'd have a working prototype by 8/31? >> -Randy. >> On Aug 11, 2010, at 11:24 AM, David Abdurachmanov wrote: >>> Hi Randy, >>> >>> After installing VLC and setting it up, have you changed the password of >>> "admin" account? >>> >>> David >>> >>> On 2010.08.11, at 21:11, Randy Sprague wrote: >>> >>>> Josh, >>>> >>>> Thanks for that quick reply! >>>> I ran 'testsetup.php' as suggested and it came back clean, but am still >>>> unable to login via the management node. >>>> >>>> Please see the 'testsetup.php' results below: >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> PHP version: 5.2.13-pl0-gentoo >>>> >>>> Including .ht-inc/conf.php ... >>>> successfully included .ht-inc/conf.php >>>> Checking COOKIEDOMAIN setting in .ht-inc/conf.php ... >>>> COOKIEDOMAIN (bester.lsit.ucsb.edu) appears to be set correctly >>>> >>>> Checking that BASEURL in conf.php is set to use https ... >>>> BASEURL correctly set to use https >>>> Checking that SCRIPT is set appropriately ... >>>> SCRIPT appears to be set correctly >>>> Testing for required php extensions ... >>>> All required modules are installed >>>> Checking values in .ht-inc/secrets.php ... >>>> all required values in .ht-inc/secrets.php appear to be set >>>> Testing mysql connection ... >>>> Successfully connected to mysql on localhost >>>> Successfully selected database (vcl) on localhost >>>> Testing mcrypt ... >>>> Successfully encrypted test string >>>> Successfully decrypted test string >>>> checking openssl encryption keys ... >>>> successfully created private key from private key file >>>> successfully created public key from public key file >>>> Testing openssl encryption ... >>>> successfully encrypted test string >>>> successfully decrypted test string >>>> Testing for existance of dojo and dojoAjax directories ... >>>> dojoAjax directory exists >>>> dojoAjax directory is readable >>>> dojo directory exists >>>> dojo directory is readable >>>> Testing for existance of jpgraph directory ... >>>> .ht-inc/jpgraph directory exists >>>> .ht-inc/jpgraphdirectory is readable >>>> Checking value of PHP display_errors ... >>>> display_errors: enabled >>>> NOTE: Displaying errors in a production system is a security risk; however, >>>> while getting VCL up and running, having them displayed makes debugging >>>> a little easier. Edit your php.ini file to modify this setting. >>>> Done >>>> >>>> -Randy >>>> ================================== >>>> Randy Sprague, >>>> Instructional SysAdmin >>>> College of Letters & Sciences >>>> UC Santa Barbara >>>> (805) 722-4996 >>>> rspra...@lsit.ucsb.edu >>>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 11, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Randy Sprague wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm a vcl newbie, installed it fresh on a gentoo 2.6.24-26.64 x64 linux >>>>> host for UCSB's College of Letters & Sciences. >>>>> Every since completing the installation of the management node, I was >>>>> only able to login one time successfully and >>>>> get the program configured for basic operations. Since that time, any >>>>> attempt to login as "admin" with the proper >>>>> password, has been rejected. >>>>> >>>>> vcld.log follows below: >>>>> unable to retrieve management node information from database >>>>> >>>>> Time: 2010-08-11 09:29:31 >>>>> PID: 24997 >>>>> Caller: vcld:main(130) >>>>> >>>>> ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 737) >>>>> (-1) vcld, main (line: 130) >>>>> >>>>> RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS: >>>>> 2010-08-11 09:29:31|24997|vcld:main(116)|vcld environment variable set to >>>>> 1 for this process >>>>> 2010-08-11 09:29:31|24997|utils.pm:rename_vcld_process(7901)|renamed >>>>> process to 'vcld vcld' >>>>> |24997| ---- WARNING ---- |24997| 2010-08-11 >>>>> 09:29:31|24997|utils.pm:getnewdbh(3452)|unable to connect to database, >>>>> (1045) Access denied for user 'vcluser'@'bester.lsit.ucsb.edu' (using >>>>> password: YES) >>>>> |24997| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 737) >>>>> |24997| (-1) utils.pm, getnewdbh (line: 3452) >>>>> |24997| (-2) utils.pm, database_select (line: 4822) >>>>> |24997| (-3) utils.pm, get_management_node_info (line: 6733) >>>>> |24997| (-4) vcld, main (line: 126) >>>>> |24997| ---- WARNING ---- |24997| 2010-08-11 >>>>> 09:29:31|24997|utils.pm:getnewdbh(3452)|unable to connect to database, >>>>> (1045) Access denied for user 'vcluser'@'bester.lsit.ucsb.edu' (using >>>>> password: YES) >>>>> |24997| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 737) >>>>> |24997| (-1) utils.pm, getnewdbh (line: 3452) >>>>> |24997| (-2) utils.pm, database_select (line: 4824) >>>>> |24997| (-3) utils.pm, get_management_node_info (line: 6733) >>>>> |24997| (-4) vcld, main (line: 126) >>>>> |24997| ---- WARNING ---- |24997| 2010-08-11 >>>>> 09:29:31|24997|utils.pm:database_select(4825)|unable to obtain database >>>>> handle, Access denied for user 'vcluser'@'bester.lsit.ucsb.edu' (using >>>>> password: YES) >>>>> |24997| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 737) >>>>> |24997| (-1) utils.pm, database_select (line: 4825) >>>>> |24997| (-2) utils.pm, get_management_node_info (line: 6733) >>>>> |24997| (-3) vcld, main (line: 126) >>>>> |24997| ---- WARNING ---- |24997| 2010-08-11 >>>>> 09:29:31|24997|utils.pm:get_management_node_info(6737)|zero rows were >>>>> returned from database select, management node identifier may be invalid: >>>>> 'bester.lsit.ucsb.edu' >>>>> |24997| SELECT >>>>> |24997| managementnode.*, >>>>> |24997| resource.id AS resource_id, >>>>> |24997| predictivemodule.name AS predictive_name, >>>>> |24997| predictivemodule.prettyname AS predictive_prettyname, >>>>> |24997| predictivemodule.description AS predictive_description, >>>>> |24997| predictivemodule.perlpackage AS predictive_perlpackage, >>>>> |24997| state.name AS statename >>>>> |24997| FROM >>>>> |24997| managementnode, >>>>> |24997| module predictivemodule, >>>>> |24997| resource, >>>>> |24997| resourcetype, >>>>> |24997| state >>>>> |24997| WHERE >>>>> |24997| managementnode.predictivemoduleid = predictivemodule.id >>>>> |24997| AND managementnode.stateid = state.id >>>>> |24997| AND resource.resourcetypeid = resourcetype.id >>>>> |24997| AND resource.subid = managementnode.id >>>>> |24997| AND resourcetype.name = 'managementnode' >>>>> |24997| AND managementnode.hostname like 'bester.lsit.ucsb.edu%' >>>>> |24997| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 737) >>>>> |24997| (-1) utils.pm, get_management_node_info (line: 6737) >>>>> |24997| (-2) vcld, main (line: 126) > > -- > Andy Kurth > Virtual Computing Lab > Office of Information Technology > North Carolina State University > andy_ku...@ncsu.edu > 919.513.4090
