HowTo Install RHEV-M Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager RHEL 7 – Part 2

We have just published what is RHEV is the first article to understand RHEV Better. In order to maintain multiple RHEV-Hosts from central place RHEV-Manager is required. RHEV-M will be used as a central place to manage all RHEV-Hosts. In this Article We are going to see HowTo Install RHEV-M Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager RHEL 7.

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management (RHEV-M) is a virtual management console built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It interacts with individual RHEV-Hosts using the Virtual Desktop Server Manager (VDSM). A VDSM agent is running on each of the RHEV-H nodes. RHEV-M allows administrators to manage/control number of data centers and their network, compute and storage resources. In addition RHEV-M provides a central repository for storing virtual machines, disks, images and virtual machine snapshots.

Install RHEV-M Hardware Requirements

• Hard Disk Space Minimum 50GB
• RAM Minimum 4GB – Max 2TB
• Dual Core or High Processor
• 1Gbps NIC Card

Software Requirements

• Operating System RHEL 7
• Red Hat Subscription Credentials
• DNS Server IP Details
• DNS PTR Record (for name resolution)
• Client Side (Windows/Linux/Mac) Browser with latest updates

It’s mandatory to register your Linux machine with Red Hat so that you will get an appropriate RHEVM supportable repository. You can also do an offline RHEV-M installation by one time download of repo from Red Hat.

[root@ArkIT-RHEV ~]# subscription-manager register
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: raviankam
Password:
The system has been registered with ID: 1234567890hj-1872hskhr-y634knasdfg
[root@ArkIT-RHEV ~]# subscription-manager attach --auto

After completion subcription successfully just list all available repositories and enble appropriate then run RHEV-M Installation

HowTo Install RHEV-M Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager RHEL 7

# subscription-manager list --available

[root@ArkIT-RHEV ~]# subscription-manager list --available | grep Virtualization
Subscription Name: 60 Day Self-Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Smart Virtualization and Management Evaluation
 Red Hat Virtualization Host
 Red Hat Virtualization

# subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rpms
# subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-supplementary-rpms
# subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rhv-4.1-rpms
# subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rhv-4-tools-rpms
# subscription-manager repos --enable=jb-eap-7-for-rhel-7-server-rpms
# subscription-manager attach --pool=8a85f9815cd0aad0015cd0add04f03dd
# yum update; yum install rhevm
# engine-setup

Below is an text file of yum update command output

yum update; yum install rhevm – output

First set of questions it asks you about Product Options, you have to answer them 

--== PRODUCT OPTIONS ==--

Configure Engine on this host (Yes, No) [Yes]:
 Configure Image I/O Proxy on this host? (Yes, No) [Yes]:
 Configure WebSocket Proxy on this host (Yes, No) [Yes]:
 Please note: Data Warehouse is required for the engine. If you choose to not configure it on this host, you have to configure it on a remote host, nd then configure the engine on this host so that it can access the database of the remote Data Warehouse host.
 Configure Data Warehouse on this host (Yes, No) [Yes]:
 Configure VM Console Proxy on this host (Yes, No) [Yes]:

 

--== NETWORK CONFIGURATION ==--

Host fully qualified DNS name of this server [localhost.localdomain]:
[WARNING] Failed to resolve localhost.localdomain using DNS, it can be resolved only locally
 Setup can automatically configure the firewall on this system.
 Note: automatic configuration of the firewall may overwrite current settings.
 Do you want Setup to configure the firewall? (Yes, No) [Yes]:
[ INFO ] firewalld will be configured as firewall manager.

--== DATABASE CONFIGURATION ==--

Where is the DWH database located? (Local, Remote) [Local]:
 Setup can configure the local postgresql server automatically for the DWH to run. This may conflict with existing applications.
 Would you like Setup to automatically configure postgresql and create DWH database, or prefer to perform that manually? (Automatic, Manual) [Automaic]:
 Where is the Engine database located? (Local, Remote) [Local]:
 Setup can configure the local postgresql server automatically for the engine to run. This may conflict with existing applications.
 Would you like Setup to automatically configure postgresql and create Engine database, or prefer to perform that manually? (Automatic, Manual) [Autmatic]:

Select the Database whether it is local database or remote Database if it is remote provide remote server details

--== OVIRT ENGINE CONFIGURATION ==--

Engine admin password:
 Confirm engine admin password:
[WARNING] Password is weak: it is too simplistic/systematic
 Use weak password? (Yes, No) [No]: yes
 Application mode (Virt, Gluster, Both) [Both]:

Engine Password is the main password while connecting admin portal you have to provide

--== STORAGE CONFIGURATION ==--

Default SAN wipe after delete (Yes, No) [No]: yes

SAN Configuration do want wipe entire default space

--== PKI CONFIGURATION ==--

Organization name for certificate [localdomain]:

Public Key Infrastructure Certificate for provided domain, while accessing admin portal if domain name does not match you can’t load admin portal

 --== APACHE CONFIGURATION ==--

Setup can configure the default page of the web server to present the application home page. This may conflict with existing applications.
 Do you wish to set the application as the default page of the web server? (Yes, No) [Yes]:
 Setup can configure apache to use SSL using a certificate issued from the internal CA.
 Do you wish Setup to configure that, or prefer to perform that manually? (Automatic, Manual) [Automatic]:

 Configure RHEV-M Configuration with SSL for accessing using https://adminportalURL:8443

Verify Final configuration settings and say OK so that RHEV-M will start installing

Summary if installation finally RHEV-M Installed successfully 

Now Access RHEV-M Admin portal using URL to manage everything from single place

https://localhost.localdomain.ovirt-engine/sso/login.html

After Successful Login you will as like below

That’s it about HowTo Install RHEV-M Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 4.1

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