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2.3. Connect to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager

Connect to the Manager administration portal
Figure 2.3. Connect to the Manager administration portal

Now that you have installed the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager and hosts, you can log in to the Manager administration portal to start configuring your virtualization environment. The web-based administration portal can be accessed using a Windows client running Internet Explorer.
Before logging in, install .NET Framework 4 and modify the default security settings on the machine used to access the web administration portal. The example below is applicable for Windows 2008.
To configure Windows client to access the administration portal
  1. To install .NET Framework 4, download it from http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17718. Run this executable as a user with administration access to the system.
  2. Next, disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration. Click StartAdministrative ToolsServer Manager. On the Security Information pane in the Server Manager window, click Configure IE ESC. Select Off for Administrators and Users to disable the security configuration. Click OK.
  3. To add the administration portal to the browser's list of trusted sites, open a browser and click on ToolsInternet Options. Click on the Security tab.
    1. Select Trusted Sites. Click Sites to display the Trusted Sites dialog. Enter the URL for your administration portal in the Add this website to the zone textbox. Click Add, then Close.
    2. Click the Custom Level... button. Locate the XAML browser applications item in the list, ensure that it is set to Enable, then click OK.
  4. Restart Internet Explorer to access the administration portal.

2.3.1. Log In to Administration Portal

Now that the prerequisites have been resolved, you can log in to the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager administration portal. Ensure that you have the administrator password configured during installation as instructed in Example 2.1, “Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager installation”.
To connect to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization web management portal
  1. Open a browser and navigate to https://domain.example.com:8443/RHEVManager. Substitute domain.example.com with the URL provided during installation.
  2. If this is your first time connecting to the administration portal, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager will issue security certificates for your browser. Click the link labelled this certificate to trust the ca.cer certificate. A pop-up displays, click Open to launch the Certificate dialog. Click Install Certificate and select to place the certificate in Trusted Root Certification Authorities store.
  3. Back on the browser screen, click the link labelled here and follow the prompts to install the RHEV-GUI-CertificateInstaller executable. A pop-up displays again, this time click Run. Note that the actual certificate installation is preceded by an ActiveX installation.
    When complete, a new link labelled here appears. Click on it to reload the administration portal.
  4. The portal login screen displays. Enter admin as your User Name, and enter the Password that you provided during installation. Ensure that your domain is set to Internal. Click Login.
You have now successfully logged in to the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization web administration portal. Here, you can configure and manage all your virtual resources. The functions of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager graphical user interface are described in the following figure and list:
Administration Portal Features
Figure 2.4. Administration Portal Features

  1. Header: This bar contains the name of the logged in user, the sign out button, the option to configure user roles.
  2. Navigation Pane: This pane allows you to navigate between the Tree, Bookmarks and Tags tabs. In the Tree tab, tree mode allows you to see the entire system tree and provides a visual representation your virtualization environment's architecture.
  3. Resources Tabs: These tabs allow you to access the resources of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. You should already have a Default Data Center, a Default Cluster, a Host waiting to be approved, and available Storage waiting to be attached to the data center.
  4. Results List: When you select a tab, this list displays the available resources. You can perform a task on an individual item or multiple items by selecting the item(s) and then clicking the relevant action button. If an action is not possible, the button is disabled.
  5. Details Pane: When you select a resource, this pane displays its details in several subtabs. These subtabs also contain action buttons which you can use to make changes to the selected resource.
Once you are familiar with the layout of the administration portal, you can start configuring your virtual environment.