Chapter 7. Deploy the Hosted Engine using the Cockpit UI
This section shows you how to deploy the Hosted Engine using the Cockpit UI. Following this process results in Red Hat Virtualization Manager running as a virtual machine on the first physical machine in your deployment. It also configures a Default cluster comprised of the three physical machines, and enables Red Hat Gluster Storage functionality and the virtual-host tuned performance profile for each machine in the cluster.
Prerequisites
- This procedure assumes that you have continued directly from the end of Configure Red Hat Gluster Storage for Hosted Engine using the Cockpit UI.
Gather the information you need for Hosted Engine deployment
Have the following information ready before you start the deployment process.
- IP address for a pingable gateway to the virtualization host
- IP address of the front-end management network
- Fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) for the Hosted Engine virtual machine
- MAC address that resolves to the static FQDN and IP address of the Hosted Engine
Procedure
Specify virtual machine details
Enter the following details:
- Engine VM FQDN
- The fully qualified domain name to be used for the Hosted Engine virtual machine.
- MAC Address
- The MAC address associated with the FQDN to be used for the Hosted Engine virtual machine.
- Root password
- The root password to be used for the Hosted Engine virtual machine.
- Click Next.
Specify virtualization management details
Enter the password to be used by the
admin
account in Red Hat Virtualization Manager. You can also specify notification behaviour here.- Click Next.
Review virtual machine configuration
Ensure that the details listed on this tab are correct. Click Back to correct any incorrect information.
Click Prepare VM.
Wait for virtual machine preparation to complete.
If preparation does not occur successfully, see Viewing Hosted Engine deployment errors.
- Click Next.
Specify storage for the Hosted Engine virtual machine
Specify the primary host and the location of the
engine
volume, and ensure that thebackup-volfile-servers
values listed in Mount Options are the IP addresses of the additional virtualization hosts.- Click Next.
Finalize Hosted Engine deployment
Review your deployment details and verify that they are correct.
NoteThe responses you provided during configuration are saved to an answer file to help you reinstall the hosted engine if necessary. The answer file is created at
/etc/ovirt-hosted-engine/answers.conf
by default. This file should not be modified manually without assistance from Red Hat Support.- Click Finish Deployment.
Wait for deployment to complete
This takes up to 30 minutes.
The window displays the following when complete.
ImportantIf deployment does not complete successfully, see Viewing Hosted Engine deployment errors.
Click Close.
Verify hosted engine deployment
Browse to the engine user interface (for example, http://engine.example.com/ovirt-engine) and verify that you can log in using the administrative credentials you configured earlier. Click Dashboard and look for your hosts, storage domains, and virtual machines.