Last week oVirt 4.5.2 was released and with it came a bunch of updated and enhancements on the previous release. Nothing ground breaking by way of features, but a couple specific bug fixes that related to Veeam Backup for RHV v2 which is why I decided to upgrade my HomeLab instance off the bat. I posted last week around the release of oVirt 4.5.1, but that was quickly super-seeded with this latest release. It is safe to say that oVirt is on a more agressive release schedule given the nature of the product, but that I think is a good thing.
oVirt 4.5.2 has now been released with additional enhancements and a ton of new bug fixes
Upgrading Self Hosted Engine via Command:
The oVirt Engine runs as a virtual machine on self-hosted engine nodes (specialized hosts) in the same environment it manages. The minimum setup of a self-hosted engine environment includes one oVirt Engine virtual machine that is hosted on the self-hosted engine nodes. The Engine Appliance is used to automate the installation of an Enterprise Linux 8 virtual machine, and the Engine on that virtual machine. The self-hosted engine installation uses Ansible and the Engine Appliance (a pre-configured Engine virtual machine image) to automate the installation tasks. End to end, this took about 30-40 minutes on my home setup with the VMs living on high speed NVMe datastores.
Once installed and configured, when a new build is available, the process below can be followed to complete the upgrade process.
- Update KVM Host
- Put Hosted Engine into Maintenance Mode and check to ensure that’s been done
- Enter the Hosted Engine OS Command Line
- Run the Hosted Engine Check
- Update oVirt
- Run the Engine Setup and go through the options (I used all defaults)
- Update the Hosted Engine OS
End to End Process to Upgrade via Command:
On the KVM host, we need to first performa an update and then put it into Global Maintenance Mode
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[root@lab-ovirt-01 ~]# dnf -y update Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:49 ago on Thu 18 Aug 2022 08:03:35 EDT. Dependencies resolved. Nothing to do. Complete! [root@lab-ovirt-01 ~]# hosted-engine --set-maintenance --mode=global [root@lab-ovirt-01 ~]# hosted-engine --vm-status !! Cluster is in GLOBAL MAINTENANCE mode !! --== Host lab-ovirt-01.sliema.lab (id: 1) status ==-- Host ID : 1 Host timestamp : 1864 Score : 3400 Engine status : {"vm": "up", "health": "good", "detail": "Up"} Hostname : lab-ovirt-01.sliema.lab Local maintenance : False stopped : False crc32 : 89f4435b conf_on_shared_storage : True local_conf_timestamp : 1864 Status up-to-date : True Extra metadata (valid at timestamp): metadata_parse_version=1 metadata_feature_version=1 timestamp=1864 (Thu Aug 18 08:12:31 2022) host-id=1 score=3400 vm_conf_refresh_time=1864 (Thu Aug 18 08:12:31 2022) conf_on_shared_storage=True maintenance=False state=GlobalMaintenance stopped=False !! Cluster is in GLOBAL MAINTENANCE mode !! [root@lab-ovirt-01 ~]# |
We then want to get to the console of the Hosted Engine VM to perform the actual updates.
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[root@lab-ovirt-01 ~]# hosted-engine --console The engine VM is running on this host Escape character is ^] CentOS Stream 8 Kernel 4.18.0-408.el8.x86_64 on an x86_64 Web console: https://ovirt-engine-45.sliema.lab:9090/ or https://192.168.1.53:9090/ ovirt-engine-45 login: root Password: Last login: Fri Aug 5 10:14:20 from _gateway [root@ovirt-engine-45 ~]# |
From here, we will perform a Hosted Engine Upgrade Check.
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[root@ovirt-engine-45 ~]# engine-upgrade-check VERB: Creating transaction VERB: Queue package ovirt-engine-setup for update VERB: Building transaction VERB: Transaction built VERB: Transaction Summary: VERB: install : ovirt-engine-setup-base-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch VERB: install : ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-ovirt-engine-common-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch VERB: install : ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-cinderlib-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch VERB: install : ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-vmconsole-proxy-helper-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch VERB: install : python3-ovirt-engine-lib-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch VERB: install : ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-websocket-proxy-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch VERB: install : ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-imageio-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch VERB: install : ovirt-engine-setup-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch VERB: install : ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-ovirt-engine-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch VERB: remove : ovirt-engine-setup-base-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch VERB: remove : ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-cinderlib-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch VERB: remove : ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-imageio-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch VERB: remove : ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-ovirt-engine-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch VERB: remove : ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-ovirt-engine-common-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch VERB: remove : ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-vmconsole-proxy-helper-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch VERB: remove : ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-websocket-proxy-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch VERB: remove : python3-ovirt-engine-lib-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch VERB: remove : ovirt-engine-setup-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch VERB: Closing transaction with commit VERB: Calling _plugins._unload Upgrade available. |
And then run yum update specifying oVirt repos
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[root@ovirt-engine-45 ~]# yum update ovirt\*setup\* Last metadata expiration check: 1 day, 1:46:22 ago on Wed 17 Aug 2022 06:32:59 AM EDT. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================== Upgrading: ovirt-engine-dwh-grafana-integration-setup noarch 4.5.4-1.el8 centos-ovirt45 90 k ovirt-engine-dwh-setup noarch 4.5.4-1.el8 centos-ovirt45 97 k ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap noarch 1.4.6-1.el8 centos-ovirt45 129 k ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap-setup noarch 1.4.6-1.el8 centos-ovirt45 26 k ovirt-engine-setup noarch 4.5.2.2-1.el8 ovirt-45-upstream 18 k ovirt-engine-setup-base noarch 4.5.2.2-1.el8 ovirt-45-upstream 119 k ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-cinderlib noarch 4.5.2.2-1.el8 ovirt-45-upstream 39 k ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-imageio noarch 4.5.2.2-1.el8 ovirt-45-upstream 27 k ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-ovirt-engine noarch 4.5.2.2-1.el8 ovirt-45-upstream 193 k ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-ovirt-engine-common noarch 4.5.2.2-1.el8 ovirt-45-upstream 124 k ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-vmconsole-proxy-helper noarch 4.5.2.2-1.el8 ovirt-45-upstream 39 k ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-websocket-proxy noarch 4.5.2.2-1.el8 ovirt-45-upstream 39 k python3-ovirt-engine-lib noarch 4.5.2.2-1.el8 ovirt-45-upstream 40 k unboundid-ldapsdk noarch 6.0.4-1.el8 centos-ovirt45 5.0 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================================== Upgrade 14 Packages Total download size: 6.0 M Is this ok [y/N]: |
Once it goes through the checks it will ask to update the packages now.
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[ INFO ] ovirt-provider-ovn already installed, skipping. --== PACKAGES ==-- [ INFO ] Checking for product updates... Setup needs to install or update the following packages: [erase] grafana-7.5.15-2.el8.x86_64 [install] grafana-7.5.15-3.el8.x86_64 will be installed [erase] ovirt-engine-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch [install] ovirt-engine-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch will be installed [erase] ovirt-engine-backend-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch [install] ovirt-engine-backend-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch will be installed [erase] ovirt-engine-dbscripts-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch [install] ovirt-engine-dbscripts-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch will be installed [erase] ovirt-engine-dwh-4.5.3-1.el8.noarch [install] ovirt-engine-dwh-4.5.4-1.el8.noarch will be installed [erase] ovirt-engine-restapi-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch [install] ovirt-engine-restapi-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch will be installed [erase] ovirt-engine-tools-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch [install] ovirt-engine-tools-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch will be installed [erase] ovirt-engine-tools-backup-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch [install] ovirt-engine-tools-backup-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch will be installed [erase] ovirt-engine-ui-extensions-1.3.4-1.el8.noarch [install] ovirt-engine-ui-extensions-1.3.5-1.el8.noarch will be installed [erase] ovirt-engine-vmconsole-proxy-helper-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch [install] ovirt-engine-vmconsole-proxy-helper-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch will be installed [erase] ovirt-engine-webadmin-portal-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch [install] ovirt-engine-webadmin-portal-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch will be installed [erase] ovirt-engine-websocket-proxy-4.5.1.3-1.el8.noarch [install] ovirt-engine-websocket-proxy-4.5.2.2-1.el8.noarch will be installed [erase] ovirt-web-ui-1.9.0-1.el8.noarch [install] ovirt-web-ui-1.9.1-1.el8.noarch will be installed Replying "No" will abort Setup. You can pass the option "--offline" to prevent installing or updating packages. Do you wish to update them now? (Yes, No) [Yes]: |
There is a final configuration check and validation to make sure everything is as expected
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[ INFO ] Stage: Setup validation During execution engine service will be stopped (OK, Cancel) [OK]: [ INFO ] Hosted Engine HA is in Global Maintenance mode. [ INFO ] Cleaning stale zombie tasks and commands --== CONFIGURATION PREVIEW ==-- Default SAN wipe after delete : False Host FQDN : ovirt-engine-45.sliema.lab Firewall manager : firewalld Update Firewall : True Upgrade packages : True Set up Cinderlib integration : False Keycloak installation : False Engine database host : localhost Engine database port : 5432 Engine database secured connection : False Engine database host name validation : False Engine database name : engine Engine database user name : engine Engine installation : True PKI organization : sliema.lab Set up ovirt-provider-ovn : True Grafana integration : True Grafana database user name : ovirt_engine_history_grafana Configure VMConsole Proxy : True Configure WebSocket Proxy : True DWH installation : True DWH database host : localhost DWH database port : 5432 DWH database secured connection : False DWH database host name validation : False DWH database name : ovirt_engine_history DWH database user name : ovirt_engine_history Backup DWH database : True |
And a short time later the update has been completed successfully.
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--== SUMMARY ==-- [ INFO ] Starting service: grafana-server [ INFO ] Starting dwh service [ INFO ] Starting Grafana service [ INFO ] Restarting ovirt-vmconsole proxy service Web access is enabled at: http://ovirt-engine-45.sliema.lab:80/ovirt-engine https://ovirt-engine-45.sliema.lab:443/ovirt-engine Internal CA fingerprint: SHA256: 40:7F:75:4A:9E:77:91:24:FA:E6:0C:B5:36:3F:72:C2:A2:30:33:3C:64:C1:AA:14:71:07:F0:8E:C8:27:1F:77 SSH fingerprint: SHA256:RUXsgMI3ySNyerKWtAaCCxpxCXmEJ/yXujPFnTF6/eM [ INFO ] Starting engine service Web access for grafana is enabled at: https://ovirt-engine-45.sliema.lab/ovirt-engine-grafana/ Please run the following command on the engine machine ovirt-engine-45.sliema.lab, for SSO to work: systemctl restart ovirt-engine --== END OF SUMMARY ==-- [ INFO ] Restarting httpd [ INFO ] Stage: Clean up Log file is located at /var/log/ovirt-engine/setup/ovirt-engine-setup-20220818082014-nitnnu.log [ INFO ] Generating answer file '/var/lib/ovirt-engine/setup/answers/20220818082501-setup.conf' [ INFO ] Stage: Pre-termination [ INFO ] Stage: Termination [ INFO ] Execution of setup completed successfully |
from here there is one more yum update to be run and then finally taking HostedEngine out of maintenance mode.
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!! Cluster is in GLOBAL MAINTENANCE mode !! [root@lab-ovirt-01 ~]# hosted-engine --set-maintenance --mode=none [root@lab-ovirt-01 ~]# hosted-engine --vm-status --== Host lab-ovirt-01.sliema.lab (id: 1) status ==-- Host ID : 1 Host timestamp : 3990 Score : 3400 Engine status : {"vm": "up", "health": "good", "detail": "Up"} Hostname : lab-ovirt-01.sliema.lab Local maintenance : False stopped : False crc32 : 7065e7a7 conf_on_shared_storage : True local_conf_timestamp : 3990 Status up-to-date : True Extra metadata (valid at timestamp): metadata_parse_version=1 metadata_feature_version=1 timestamp=3990 (Thu Aug 18 08:47:57 2022) host-id=1 score=3400 vm_conf_refresh_time=3990 (Thu Aug 18 08:47:57 2022) conf_on_shared_storage=True maintenance=False state=GlobalMaintenance stopped=False |
Going back to the Web Interface we are now running the latest 4.5.2 build.
