Chapter 7. Deploy the Hosted Engine using the Cockpit UI

Procedure

1. Specify virtual machine details

   

   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.

      
   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.

      

   2. Click Prepare VM.

      

   3. Wait for virtual machine preparation to complete.

      

      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.

      
   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.

      
   2. Click Finish Deployment.

6. Wait for deployment to complete

   This takes up to 30 minutes.

   

   The window displays the following when 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.