[kwlug-disc] Multiple NICs on Ubuntu Server 14.04

[CrankyOldBugger]

Small sidebar.. Couldn't figure out how to wipe Europa.  Even deleted every
trace of its files from the system that I could find, but it still showed
up in virsh list --all.  Finally found "virsh undefine europa".  That
cleared it out..



On 19 August 2014 15:24, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, more progress..
>
> I gave up on the tools I was using yesterday.  "Europa" is there and
> running but completely dead-stick.  So I did a little more digging and
> found "UVTOOL", which seems to be much easier.  I was able to quickly
> download an image from the cloud and then built a VM with it.  I could
> connect to the VM with no issues, until I changed the VM's IP and that
> seemed to mess things up.  But I now have a "proof of concept" and I will
> try to show a little more planning before building the next VM.  I'm going
> to try to erase all of the files connected to the latest VM and start with
> a clean slate.
>
> I need to find a way to wipe Europa from the host cleanly (the files are
> gone but it still shows up under uvt-kvm list).  Despite the failures this
> is still fun!
>
> Thanks to the gang for the great help so far!  I will update you as things
> progress.
>
>
>
> On 18 August 2014 16:24, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> You should either get a connection to the console of a running instance,
>> or get a message saying "waiting for guest domain to start".
>>
>> If you get "cannot find guest domain x", then that VM is not defined.
>>
>> If you get the "Unable to connect to libvirt", this means that the
>> current user on the local machine cannot login via ssh to the remote host.
>>
>> Are you running KVM on a remote host or you local machine?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 4:18 PM, CrankyOldBugger <
>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> No, sorry, still won't work.  I tried it from the server command line,
>>> ssh to the server from an Ubuntu desktop, even from within a terminal in
>>> Ubuntu desktop.
>>>
>>> The last option, which was run from a GUI, gave the error "Unable to
>>> connect to libvirt with URI qemu+ssh//10.42.1.80/system" .  The CLI
>>> versions all complained that they "Cannot open display".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18 August 2014 15:56, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 3:44 PM, CrankyOldBugger <
>>>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Now this is where I am stuck.  Virt-manager is pretty much useless
>>>>> (you run it and it just goes away)  and virt-viewer is crying about not
>>>>> being able to find the Display (I am running Ubuntu Server, which is CLI
>>>>> only.  Is that the problem?)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Try explicitly specifying the connection.
>>>>
>>>> If KVM/libvirt are running on the local machine do:
>>>>
>>>> $ virt-viewer -c qemu:///system europa
>>>>
>>>> If KVM/libvirt are running on a remote machine do:
>>>>
>>>> $ virt-viewer -c qemu+ssh://server_name/system europa
>>>> (Assuming that you have ssh access to the remote machine called
>>>> server_name).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>   I'm still trying to get past this issue and actually see the VM.
>>>>>  I'll let you know how that goes.  If I knew europa's IP or something that
>>>>> I could connect to...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> One of the above should get you a console, and from there you can
>>>> login, then do ifconfig to know what IP address it uses.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
>>>> 2bits.com, Inc.
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>> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
>> 2bits.com, Inc.
>> Fast Reliable Drupal
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>> Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. --   Leonardo da Vinci
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