ovirt-hosted-engine-setup (8) Linux Manual Page
ovirt-hosted-engine-setup – Tool for deploying hosted engine VM
Synopsis
ovirt-hosted-engine-setup [options]
Description
The ovirt-hosted-engine-setup command deploys a virtual machine that you can install oVirt Open Virtualization Manager on to. The Manager installation on your hosted-engine virtual machine can manage the host it is running on.
Options
The following are general options you can use with this command:
–help- Show the help message and exit.
–config-append=file- Load extra configuration files. The format of the files is the same used in generated answer files.
–generate-answer=file- Generate answer file to the specified path instead of using the default location: /etc/ovirt-hosted-engine/answers.conf
–upgrade-appliance- Upgrade the engine appliance.
–rollback-upgrade- Rollback using a backup saved in a previous upgrade attempt.
Files
- /etc/ovirt-hosted-engine/answers.conf
- Default location for generated answer file. The file must be used on additional hosts using the option –config-append
Example
This is an answers.conf example file:
[environment:default] OVEHOSTED_NETWORK/bridgeIf=none:None OVEHOSTED_NETWORK/fqdn=str:ovirt.home OVEHOSTED_NETWORK/bridgeName=str:ovirtmgmt OVEHOSTED_NETWORK/firewallManager=str:firewalld OVEHOSTED_NETWORK/gateway=str:192.168.1.1 OVEHOSTED_STORAGE/storageDatacenterName=str:hosted_datacenter OVEHOSTED_STORAGE/storageDomainName=str:hosted_storage OVEHOSTED_STORAGE/hostID=int:1 OVEHOSTED_STORAGE/storageType=none:None OVEHOSTED_STORAGE/volUUID=str:272b4067-1ae4-4755-b2e3-96bb600006e7 OVEHOSTED_STORAGE/domainType=str:nfs3 OVEHOSTED_STORAGE/imgSizeGB=str:25 OVEHOSTED_STORAGE/storageDomainConnection=str:server.home:/home/images OVEHOSTED_STORAGE/connectionUUID=str:ca50f16a-23ab-465c-914b-b132f07a7151 OVEHOSTED_STORAGE/spUUID=str:8018650a-4c64-48fb-a98e-5602bba3086e OVEHOSTED_STORAGE/imgUUID=str:c7d69e7a-d934-423c-93d6-ca45c5882806 OVEHOSTED_STORAGE/sdUUID=str:1d6f6bca-467e-4890-b220-dd2d9b204ab5 OVEHOSTED_VM/vmVCpus=str:2 OVEHOSTED_VDSM/consoleType=str:vnc OVEHOSTED_VM/vmBoot=str:pxe OVEHOSTED_VM/vmMemSizeMB=str:4096 OVEHOSTED_VM/vmUUID=str:ab35151c-7661-475e-aeaf-adc6fb45e399 OVEHOSTED_VM/vmMACAddr=str:00:16:3e:1b:d7:61 OVEHOSTED_VM/vmCDRom=none:None OVEHOSTED_VM/ovfArchive=none:None OVEHOSTED_VDSM/spicePkiSubject=str:O=home, CN=server.home OVEHOSTED_VDSM/pkiSubject=str:/C=EN/L=Test/O=Test/CN=Test