For security reason, framing is not allowed about ovirt_simple_backup

[zipurman]

I have not tried to install in the latest 4.2.5 release, so it is possible this is a new issue as I know they have made some changes to the web API. I will try installing into a new install soon to see if I have a similar issue.

What version of ovirt do you have installed?

Is your backup engine installed on a debian VM?

Did you install using the installer script, or did you install manually?

What do you have for content in this file from the engine:

• /usr/share/ovirt-engine/ui-plugins/simpleBackup.json

[kast88x]

sorry for late reply

Debiad 9 - backupvm
oVirt 4.2.5.2-1.el7 - engine

{
"name": "simpleBackup",
"url": "/ovirt-engine/webadmin/plugin/simpleBackup/start.html",
"config": {
"mainBackupPage": "//${backupengineip}/index.php"
},
"resourcePath": "simpleBackup"
}

This warning appears at the end of the script job

...
Updating Cron Jobs
Setting Default Configs

cp: cannot stat '/var/www/html/plugin': No such file or directory

*** Setting Up Plugin for oVirt Web UI ***

Updating oVirtEngine

Redirecting to /bin/systemctl restart ovirt-engine.service

I copied the "plugin" folder to /var/www/html/ manually, directly from "https://github.com/zipurman/oVIRT_Simple_Backup/tree/master/plugin"

[zipurman]

WIth the file : /usr/share/ovirt-engine/ui-plugins/simpleBackup.json ... you need to make sure it looks like this, but with your IP address in the file:
https://github.com/zipurman/oVIRT_Simple_Backup/blob/master/plugin/simpleBackup.json

There must be something on Debian 9 that is failing on the installer, only tested on Jessie(Debian 8)

Have a look through the installer script and make sure each instruction worked. I can see by what you pasted above that "${backupengineip}" didn't resolve correctly, which means either sed is broken or something else is failing.

I will also add it to my list to launch a Debian9 VM and install the installer and see what happens so I can fix it.

[zipurman]

Actually, just looked at my notes and I did test on Deb9. Not sure where it broke, but I will try with the latest repo version of 9 and let you know what comes up.

[kast88x]

the address is correct, it just shows the github page at the ovirt-engine fqdn:
https://test-engine.domain.int/ovirt-engine/webadmin/plugin/simpleBackup/start.html

change of ip-address in simpleBackup.json to the backupvm ip-adress did't help

[zipurman]

Looks like maybe sshpass isnt installed. Thought I had added that to the docs.

If you followed the instructions, roll back to the snapshot before the install on the backup engine vm.

Then:

apt-get install sshpass

Then try running the script again.

[kast88x]

all the necessary packages were installed before running the script
I'll wait for your test on new versions of Debian and oVirt-engine

script job output https://pastebin.com/ygHmrx5j

[zipurman]

I have updated the code as there were a couple small issues that created bigger problems. I did do a fresh install after and all seems to work. Give it another fresh install from your Snapshot and let me know.

[kast88x]

The installation runs without errors, but now I don't see "Simple Backup" in ovirt navigate panel.

[kast88x]

And vmbackup can't connect to the oVirt Cluster without specify connection errors

[zipurman]

On your engine VM:

• What is in the file /usr/share/ovirt-engine/ui-plugins/simpleBackup.json
• What is in the folder /usr/share/ovirt-engine/ui-plugins/simpleBackup
• Try running these commands on the engine VM as root

chmod 755 /usr/share/ovirt-engine/ui-plugins/simpleBackup* -R 

engine-config -s CORSSupport=true 

engine-config -s CORSAllowedOrigins=*  

service ovirt-engine restart

Does that change anything?

[zipurman]

On ubuntu it wasnt installing apache2 with php - I have added apache2 to the installer to make sure it isnt missed. Check to make sure apache2 is running on your backupvm by:

service apache2 status

If it isnt installed, I would recommend starting from your last snapshot and trying to install again.

[kast88x]

cat /usr/share/ovirt-engine/ui-plugins/simpleBackup.json

{
"name": "simpleBackup",
"url": "/ovirt-engine/webadmin/plugin/simpleBackup/start.html",
"config": {
"mainBackupPage": "//${backupengineip}/index.php"
},
"resourcePath": "simpleBackup"
}

ll /usr/share/ovirt-engine/ui-plugins/simpleBackup

ls: cannot access /usr/share/ovirt-engine/ui-plugins/simpleBackup: No such file or directory

ll /usr/share/ovirt-engine/ui-plugins/

total 4
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 48 Aug 16 17:57 dashboard.json -> /usr/share/ovirt-engine-dashboard/dashboard.json
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 53 Aug 16 17:57 dashboard-resources -> /usr/share/ovirt-engine-dashboard/dashboard-resources
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 188 Aug 21 10:42 simpleBackup.json

these commands executed without errors

apache2 running on vmbackup

[zipurman]

You must install sshpass before running the script.

The fact that your json file contains "mainBackupPage": "//${backupengineip}/index.php" instead of "mainBackupPage": "//xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/index.php" would suggest that ssh pass wasnt installed. Many things wont work without sshpass as it is what is being used in the script to login to the engine to install the plugin.

[kast88x]

sshpass installed on vmbackup, it can be seen in script output

[zipurman]

Yes, but it needs to be installed prior to the script running.

[kast88x]

sshpass was installed manually before the script was run

[zipurman]

Not sure of the issue and what is causing it. I have followed the instructions on a fresh new install and all worked as expected.

• Were you able to login to the engine as root using ssh from the backupVM?
• Did you - Navigate to your new install at https://FQDNofYourBackupEngine and accept the SSL certificate
• On the EngineVM, you are running the script as root user right?
• make sure /etc/ssh/sshd_config has "PermitRootLogin yes"

[zipurman]

If you want me to have a look directly at your setup, I would be willing to ssh in and have a look.

If interested, contact me on the IRC channel. (irc.oftc.net) #ovirt