Ubuntu 12.04 / kvm / convirt can not be installed properly

05-08-2012, 07:53 AM

Hi,

I am working for 3 days on a server installation (12.04) now. I am
using kvm to run virtual machines on my server. I was looking now
for a management tool and tried convirt. After apt-get install
convirt I noticed, that the installation process for this package is
broken.

1) In /etc/convirt/development.ini the administrator password for
mysql ist not set. This can be done manually (sqlalchemy.url="">

2) After that I tried to start it (sudo service convirt start)
again. But it failed with respect to the missing database tables.
Database convirt (mysql) is created but is empty.
"dpkg-reconfigure convirt" does not help. I tried convirt_setup
and database was now created properly.

3) And again I tried to start the service. But now I get an error
like "there is no property for object c" in the log file.

Any hint for me? Do you need more detailed information?

Thanks for any help

-Thorsten-

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05-08-2012, 05:19 PM

Quoting Thorsten Göllner (tg@ovm-group.com):
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> Hi, 
> 
> I am working for 3 days on a server installation (12.04) now. I am
> using kvm to run virtual machines on my server. I was looking now
> for a management tool and tried convirt. After apt-get install

Can I ask why you chose convirt, rather than the (preferred on ubuntu
server) libvirt?

> convirt I noticed, that the installation process for this package is
> broken. 
> 
> 1) In /etc/convirt/development.ini the administrator password for
> mysql ist not set. This can be done manually ( style="font-style: italic">sqlalchemy.url=mysql://root:mypassword@localhost:3306/convirt?charset=utf8). 
> 
> 2) After that I tried to start it (sudo service convirt start)
> again. But it failed with respect to the missing database tables.
> Database convirt (mysql) is created but is empty.
> "dpkg-reconfigure convirt" does not help. I tried convirt_setup
> and database was now created properly. 
> 
> 3) And again I tried to start the service. But now I get an error
> like "there is no property for object c" in the log file. 
> 
> Any hint for me? Do you need more detailed information? 
> 
> Thanks for any help 
> -Thorsten- 
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05-09-2012, 12:01 PM

Quoting Thorsten Göllner (tg@ovm-group.com):

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Hi, 
 
I am working for 3 days on a server installation (12.04) now. I am
using kvm to run virtual machines on my server. I was looking now
for a management tool and tried convirt. After apt-get install

Can I ask why you chose convirt, rather than the (preferred on ubuntu
server) libvirt?

I thought, that convirt is a "pure" management tool
(see http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Management_Tools)

But maybe I am wrong ...

Is there another managment tool you can recommend?

convirt I noticed, that the installation process for this package is
broken. 
 
1) In /etc/convirt/development.ini the administrator password for
mysql ist not set. This can be done manually (sqlalchemy.url=mysql://root:mypassword@localhost:3306/convirt?charset=utf8). 
 
2) After that I tried to start it (sudo service convirt start)
again. But it failed with respect to the missing database tables.
Database convirt (mysql) is created but is empty.
"dpkg-reconfigure convirt" does not help. I tried convirt_setup
and database was now created properly. 
 
3) And again I tried to start the service. But now I get an error
like "there is no property for object c" in the log file. 
 
Any hint for me? Do you need more detailed information? 
 
Thanks for any help 
-Thorsten- 

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05-09-2012, 01:44 PM

On 05/08/2012 06:19 PM, Serge Hallyn wrote:

Quoting Thorsten Göllner (tg@ovm-group.com):

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Can I ask why you chose convirt, rather than the (preferred on ubuntu
server) libvirt?
If you look at convirt screen shots you'll notice Convirt has very
little to do with libvirt.

Libvirt is great if you want to build your own management platform.

Convirt, on the other hand, IS a management platform.

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05-10-2012, 02:57 PM

Quoting Thorsten Göllner (tg@ovm-group.com):
> >Quoting Thorsten Göllner (tg@ovm-group.com):
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> >> Hi, 
> >> 
> >> I am working for 3 days on a server installation (12.04) now. I am
> >> using kvm to run virtual machines on my server. I was looking now
> >> for a management tool and tried convirt. After apt-get install
> >
> >Can I ask why you chose convirt, rather than the (preferred on ubuntu
> >server) libvirt?
>
> I thought, that convirt is a "pure" management tool
> (see http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Management_Tools)
>
> But maybe I am wrong ...
>
> Is there another managment tool you can recommend?

virt-manager is a gui around libvirt, both of which are in main.

-serge

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