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

  1. Specify virtual machine details

    The VM tab of the Hosted Engine Deployment window with example values entered in all fields.
    1. 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.
    2. Click Next.
  2. Specify virtualization management details

    1. Enter the password to be used by the admin account in Red Hat Virtualization Manager. You can also specify notification behaviour here.

      The Engine tab of the Hosted Engine Deployment window with example values entered in all fields.
    2. Click Next.
  3. Review virtual machine configuration

    1. Ensure that the details listed on this tab are correct. Click Back to correct any incorrect information.

      The Prepare VM tab of the Hosted Engine Deployment window with configuration details displayed for review.
    2. Click Prepare VM.

      The Prepare VM tab of the Hosted Engine Deployment window showing deployment in progress and various log messages.
    3. Wait for virtual machine preparation to complete.

      The Prepare VM tab of the Hosted Engine Deployment window showing, 'Execution completed successfully. Please proceed to the next step.'

      If preparation does not occur successfully, see Viewing Hosted Engine deployment errors.

    4. Click Next.
  4. Specify storage for the Hosted Engine virtual machine

    1. Specify the primary host and the location of the engine volume, and ensure that the backup-volfile-servers values listed in Mount Options are the IP addresses of the additional virtualization hosts.

      The Storage tab of the Hosted Engine Deployment window with the engine volume specified as hosted engine virtual machine storage.
    2. Click Next.
  5. Finalize Hosted Engine deployment

    1. Review your deployment details and verify that they are correct.

      Note

      The 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.

      The Finish tab of the Hosted Engine Deployment window with details of the Hosted Engine's storage displayed.
    2. Click Finish Deployment.
  6. Wait for deployment to complete

    This takes up to 30 minutes.

    The Finish tab of the Hosted Engine Deployment window showing deployment in progress and various log messages.

    The window displays the following when complete.

    The Finish tab of the Hosted Engine Deployment window showing Hosted Engine deployment complete.
    Important

    If deployment does not complete successfully, see Viewing Hosted Engine deployment errors.

    Click Close.

  7. 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.

    The Red Hat Virtualization Manager Administration Portal dashboard after deployment.

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