[et-mgmt-tools] koan --virt error

[Michael DeHaan]

Hennessey Daniel wrote:
> Michael,
>
> Thanks for your prompt reply, you were spot on. I set the selinux policy
> to "permissive" in "system-config-security" and now all proceeds as
> expected. No reboot required.
>
> I can now install xen guests using koan.
>   
Sure, this will be fixed and released shortly so you'll be able to leave 
SELinux on. I'll send an email to the list once that's done.
I obviously don't want to imply everyone should run with SELinux off 
just to get koan to work :)
> One problem I have now is that the install fails if I include the
> "xconfig" in the kickstart file as the xen instance doesn't have a
> graphical display.
>
> Does koan call virt-install to do the actual install? If it does then it
> is just a matter of including the "--vnc" switch in the command line.
>   
It's using virtinst, which is the library behind the virt-install app.

> What do you suggest?
>
>   
I'll see about adding a graphics option to koan.
As I was primarily targetting servers/datacenters, this was left out 
originally, but it's easy to add and ought to be there.
> TIA and FYI I am really excited about the potential of using cobbler to
> provision our real and virtual servers. I am also trying to work in
> puppet for centralised configuration. This could be the answer to all my
> (and my employers) prayers.
>
> Exciting times indeed thanks to you and all the other OSS workers out
> there
>   
You're welcome, thanks for the feedback.
> Cheers
>
> Dan