⁠8.6. Attaching the Hypervisor to the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager

⁠8.6.1. Configuring Hypervisor Management Server

Summary
You can attach the Hypervisor to the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager immediately if the address of the Manager is available. If the Manager has not yet been installed, you must instead set a password. This allows the Hypervisor to be added from the Administration Portal once the Manager has been installed. Both modes of configuration are supported from the oVirt Engine screen in the Hypervisor user interface.

Important

Setting a password on the oVirt Engine configuration screen sets the root password on the Hypervisor and enables SSH password authentication. Once the Hypervisor has successfully been added to the Manager, disabling SSH password authentication is recommended.
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Procedure 8.24. Configuring a Hypervisor Management Server

    • Configuration Using a Management Server Address

      1. Enter the IP address or fully qualified domain name of the Manager in the Management Server field.
      2. Enter the management server port in the Management Server Port field. The default value is 443. If a different port was selected during Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager installation, specify it here, replacing the default value.
      3. Select the Retrieve Certificate option to verify that the fingerprint of the certificate retrieved from the specified management server is correct. The value that the certificate fingerprint is compared against is returned at the end of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager installation.
      4. Leave the Password and Confirm Password fields blank. These fields are not required if the address of the management server is known.

    • Configuration Using a Password

      1. Enter a password in the Password field. It is recommended that you use a strong password. Strong passwords contain a mix of uppercase, lowercase, numeric and punctuation characters. They are six or more characters long and do not contain dictionary words.
      2. Re-enter the password in the Confirm Password field.
      3. Leave the Management Server and Management Server Port fields blank. As long as a password is set, allowing the Hypervisor to be added to the Manager later, these fields are not required.

  2. Save Configuration

    To save the configuration select <Save> and press Enter.
Result
The oVirt Engine configuration has been updated.

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