2.3. Connect to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
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.
2.3.1. Log In to Administration Portal
To connect to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization web management portal
Open a browser and navigate to https://domain.example.com:8443/RHEVManager
. Substitute domain.example.com
with the URL provided during installation.
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.
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.
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:
Header: This bar contains the name of the logged in user, the sign out button, the option to configure user roles.
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.
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.
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.
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.