[Ovirt-devel] $guest_httpd_ipaddr missing in ovirt-appliance.pp

[Joey Boggs]

Hugh O. Brock wrote:
> On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:07:17PM -0300, Gilberto Mautner wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have followed the steps in http://ovirt.org/build-instructions.html  
>> to build a physical host and run oVirt Server as a virtual appliance  
>> on it.
>>
>> It almost worked flawlessly, except for one thing. The file ovirt- 
>> appliance.pp doesn't contain a $guest_httpd_ipaddr variable, which is  
>> used to assemble the httpd configuration file when the appliance boots  
>> for the first time.
>>
>> When generating an ovirt.pp file through ovirt-installer that variable  
>> is included, but the appliance relies on the ovirt-appliance.pp  
>> already built in. When the install arrives at the step of creating the  
>> httpd conf files it fails and exits without executing the rest of the  
>> tasks.
>>
>> Is there a workaround to make that variable present in the appliance  
>> before it is started up for the first time?
>>     
>
> Interesting -- we have not tested building the appliance lately.
>
> Joey, is there an easy solution to this problem?
>
> --Hugh
>   

There's 2 ways to do it one is to boot the appliance and switch to 
runlevel 1 then insert the variable or after booting and failing, insert 
it then run ace install ovirt_appliance.