Kimchi VM Guest Console Timeout Issue
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@tim_g did you try the same thing with virtmanager? Install it where kimchi is and try. Just to sort out issues: system, setup, bug...
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I opened an issue on git, and it turns out that I was using version 1.5.1-0 and current release is 2.5.
Why installing it from the repo (dnf install kimchi) installs such an old version, I shall never know... so I never thought to check that.
I'm finally able to access it remotely, and get a web-based console view of my VMs... mostly anyways.
Only a few issues remain that I'm trying to work out... it doesn't display the full screen and the keyboard/mouse stops functioning in the console.
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@tim_g Screenshots would be nice to see
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So far it seems to be okay:
(edit: oh, Test1 doesn't seem to work... I guess because I either don't have novnc installed, or I didn't do anything to it... but Test2 works with webconsole as pictured below using spice)- I can remotely access it
- Web console is showing the whole screen (but I have scroll bars to deal with... still rather have that than nothing)
- Keyboard and mouse seem to be working okay now (in Edge, haven't yet tried in FF/Ch)
and the bottom
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Went to install novnc. It's already installed. So I have no clue why I can't use webconsole on Test1 that uses vnc... test2 works just fine as pictured above using spice via web console.
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Okay, so looks like:
- https://IP:9090 (for server admin via Cockpit)
- https://IP:8001 (for KVM VM management via WOK/Kimchi & web VM console)
Potential to remotely manage your Linux servers, hypervisors, and VMs via HTML5 from anywhere in the world.
Works great! Just don't create a template that uses VNC. Use Spice instead and you'll have no issues. At least that's my fix until they get around to helping me clear it up.
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How did you re-install since dnf install kimchi was an old version?
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@fateknollogee said in Kimchi VM Guest Console Timeout Issue:
How did you re-install since dnf install kimchi was an old version?
First I did a wget <theKimchiFile>.rpm and then tried "dnf upgrade <kimchi-file>.rpm" but that failed saying it was missing new version of WOK.
So I did a wget <theWOKfile>.rpm and then installed that, then I could do the upgrade command above.
At that point, I did a bunch of stuff and it wasn't working, so I did a "dnf remove kimchi wok" and removed everything.
Then I installed the prerequisites for wok, installed that, then kimchi... this was after installing a GUI and all the crap that comes with it because I couldn't get on remotely, I twas only working via localhost.
I need to recreate my steps completely from fresh Fedora install to working Kimchi doing it this other way.
Once I do that, I'll post the steps in a very easy to read and accurate step by step from fresh Fedora 26 install to completely working Kimchi.
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Are you connecting to kimchi via localhost or remotely from another pc?
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@fateknollogee said in Kimchi VM Guest Console Timeout Issue:
Are you connecting to kimchi via localhost or remotely from another pc?
Remotely from another PC.
