Add the option to pause Hosted-Engine deployment before running engine-setup in order to make changes in the bootstrap engine VM.
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Documentation bug - bug 1960188
Deployment stops as follows: alma03 ~]# hosted-engine --deploy --ansible-extra-vars=he_pause_before_engine_setup=true [ INFO ] You can now connect from this host to the bootstrap engine VM using ssh as root and the temporary IP address - 192.168.222.167 [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : include_tasks] [ INFO ] ok: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Create temporary lock file] [ INFO ] changed: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Pause execution until /tmp/ansible.6gdygzto_he_setup_lock is removed, delete it once ready to proceed] alma03 ~]# rm -rf /tmp/ansible.6gdygzto_he_setup_lock [ INFO ] ok: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : include_tasks] [ INFO ] skipping: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [redhat.rhv.engine_setup : Perform pre-install checks] [ INFO ] ok: [localhost] . . . . . Tested on: ovirt-hosted-engine-setup-2.5.1-1.el8ev.noarch ovirt-hosted-engine-ha-2.4.7-1.el8ev.noarch Linux 4.18.0-305.6.1.el8_4.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 7 10:18:09 EDT 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.4 (Ootpa) On engine OS coming with the rhvm-appliance-4.4-20210527.0.el8ev.x86_64 I saw that engine-setup was not yet executed as expected: ovirt-engine-setup-4.4.6.8-0.1.el8ev.noarch nsednev-he-1 ~]# ll -lsha /var/log/ovirt-engine/setup/ total 0 0 drwx------. 2 root root 6 May 13 22:52 . 0 drwx------. 12 ovirt ovirt 205 Jun 15 12:26 .. [root@nsednev-he-1 ~]# systemctl status ovirt-engine ● ovirt-engine.service - oVirt Engine Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ovirt-engine.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) [root@nsednev-he-1 ~]# Moving to verified.
This bugzilla is included in oVirt 4.4.7 release, published on July 6th 2021. Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in oVirt 4.4.7 release, it has been closed with a resolution of CURRENT RELEASE. If the solution does not work for you, please open a new bug report.