Chapter 5. Installing the console from the virtual appliance

Procedure 5.1. Uploading the appliance into Red Hat Virtualization Manager

1. Download the appliance

   1. Log on to the Red Hat Customer Portal (http://access.redhat.com/).
   2. Click on Downloads to go to Software and Download Center.
   3. Click Red Hat Gluster Storage to go to Download Red Hat Gluster Storage.
   4. Set the Product Variant to Red Hat Gluster Storage Management Console (for RHEL Server).
   5. Set the Version to the appropriate version. The appliance is available in version 3.1 or later.
   6. Click on Download Now beside the appropriate version of Red Hat Gluster Gluster Storage Console Appliance to download the appliance OVA file.

2. Upload the appliance to RHV-M

   Upload the appliance OVA file from /path/to/appliance.ova to a Red Hat Virtualization Manager storage domain.

   # ovirt-image-uploader -n appliance_name -e rhvm_storage_domain upload /path/to/appliance.ova

   Enter the REST API password for the Red Hat Virtualization Manager administrative user (admin@internal) when prompted.

Procedure 5.2. Creating a virtual machine with the appliance template

1. Start creating a new virtual machine

   Log in to the Red Hat Virtualization Manager interface and navigate to the Virtual Machines tab in the navigation pane.
   Click New VM to start the creation process.

2. Use the appliance as a template

   Follow the prompts, ensuring that you select appliance_name in the Based on Template drop-down menu.

Procedure 5.3. Configuring the console appliance virtual machine

1. Ensure spice-xpi is installed

   Ensure that spice-xpi is installed on your local system so that you can view the console of your new virtual machine.

2. Start the new virtual machine

   When your new virtual machine is finished installing, start the virtual machine.

3. Configure the new virtual machine

   Open the console of your new virtual machine. Run the rhsc-setup command and follow the prompts to complete setup of Red Hat Gluster Storage.
   By default, rhsc-setup runs in the online mode. This requires registration to Red Hat Network channels or repositories. Follow the steps in Section 4.1, “Registering to Red Hat Network” to register with Red Hat Network and subscribe to the appropriate channels and repositories.
   If your system has limited connectivity, or you don't want to configure repositories now, you can run this command in the offline mode:

   # rhsc-setup --offline

   If you are configuring a number of machines the same way, you can also use the --config-append parameter to use a pre-configured answers file.
   When setup is complete, you can follow the normal process of setting up bricks, volumes, and trusted storage pools. If you set up in offline mode, you can also optionally register Red Hat Gluster Storage Console for updates by following the instructions in Section 4.1, “Registering to Red Hat Network”.