[Linux-cluster] Unable to communicate with luci server

[Millard, Matt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-cluster-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:linux-cluster-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Millard, Matt
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 2:47 PM
> To: linux-cluster at redhat.com
> Subject: [Linux-cluster] Unable to communicate with luci server
> 
> I'm working on setting up a brand new cluster using Conga.  After I
> initialize Luci and restart it, go into Cluster, Create a New Cluster
and
> enter in fqdn hostnames for each of my two nodes, password and select
> "View SSL cert fingerprints" I get a popup that says "Unable to
> communicate with luci server."  I've tried to set this up on two
separate
> Luci servers with the same results.  I've verified that /etc/hosts has
the
> fqdn names for each node, multicast is working (pingable), port 11111
is
> open (per nmap).  I get no errors in /var/log/messages.  I've tried
both
> the public and private networks to get the nodes setup with no
results.
> 
> Also I can just be sitting at the "Clusters" page with nothing on it
and
> the same "Unable to communicate with luci server."  Error will pop up
> randomly in my browser.  Any thoughts on where to start with this?
> 
> RHEL5 - U2 on both nodes and on the Luci server.
> 
> Matt
> 

This turned out to be a problem with using IE6 as my browser.  I was
able to switch to Firefox 3 and able to setup my cluster without issue.

Just thought I'd send a message to help someone out in the future


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