Hi,

After doing a console url show after migration, I am still unable to access the console.

 My site consists of 1 central site and 2 DCN sites. Consoles for central and DCN02 are working fine without any issues.

But when i am creating an instance for DCN01 the console for the instance is not coming up (attached image for reference).

Today I created 3 different VM's using the same flavor, image, security group, the instances were created in the same compute host. Console was not accessible, so I shelved and unshelved all 3 instances, after which I was able to access the console for 2 of those VM's and am still unable to access the console of  the 3rd VM no matter what I do.

With regards,

Swogat Pradhan

On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 2:00 AM melanie witt <melwittt@gmail.com> wrote:

On 06/22/23 20:07, Swogat Pradhan wrote:
> Hi Mel,
> Thank you for your response.
> I am facing issues with the instance console (vnc) in the openstack
> dashboard, Most of the time I shelve the instance and unshelve the
> instance to get the console.
> But there are some VM's I created which are not working even after
> shelve/unshelve.
>
> I have used the same director to deploy a total of a central and 2 edge
> sites.
> This issue is happening on a single edge site.
> Cold Migration also helps in some situations.

OK, you didn't mention whether requesting a new console 'openstack
console url show --vnc <server>' gets you a working console after a
migration (or other event where you see the console stop working). I'm
trying to determine whether the behavior you're seeing is expected or a
bug. After an instance is moved to a different compute node than the one
it was on when the console was started, that console is not expected to
work anymore. And a new console needs to be started.

Can you give steps for reproducing the issue? Maybe that will provide
more clarity.

-melwitt

> On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 12:42 AM melanie witt <melwittt@gmail.com
> <mailto:melwittt@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 06/22/23 01:08, Swogat Pradhan wrote:
>      > Hi,
>      > Please find the below log:
>      > [root@dcn01-hci-1 libvirt]# cat virtqemud.log
>      > 2023-06-22 07:40:01.575+0000: 350319: error :
>     virNetSocketReadWire:1804
>      > : End of file while reading data: Input/output error
>      > 2023-06-22 07:40:01.575+0000: 350319: error :
>     virNetSocketWriteWire:1844
>      > : Cannot write data: Broken pipe
>      >
>      > I think this is causing the problem of not getting the instance
>     console.
>
>     When you say "instance console" are you referring to an interactive
>     console like VNC or are you talking about the console log for the
>     instance?
>
>     If it's the interactive console, if you have a console open and then
>     migrate the instance, that console will not be moved along with the
>     instance. When a user requests a console, the console proxy service
>     establishes a connection to the compute host where the instance is
>     located. The proxy doesn't know when an instance has been moved though,
>     so if the instance is moved, the user will need to request a new
>     console
>     (which will establish a new connection to the new compute host).
>
>     Is that the behavior you are seeing?
>
>     -melwitt
>
>      > On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 11:27 AM Swogat Pradhan
>      > <swogatpradhan22@gmail.com <mailto:swogatpradhan22@gmail.com>
>     <mailto:swogatpradhan22@gmail.com
>     <mailto:swogatpradhan22@gmail.com>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     Update:
>      >     If the i am performing any activity like migration or resize
>     of an
>      >     instance whose console is accessible, the console becomes
>      >     inaccessible giving out the following error : something went
>     wrong,
>      >     connection is closed
>      >
>      >     The was 1 other instance whose console was not accessible and
>     i did
>      >     a shelve and unshelve and suddenly the instance console became
>      >     accessible.
>      >
>      >     This is a peculiar behavior and i don't understand where is
>     the issue .
>      >
>      >     With regards,
>      >     Swogat Pradhan
>      >
>      >     On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 11:19 AM Swogat Pradhan
>      >     <swogatpradhan22@gmail.com <mailto:swogatpradhan22@gmail.com>
>     <mailto:swogatpradhan22@gmail.com
>     <mailto:swogatpradhan22@gmail.com>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >         Hi,
>      >         I am creating instances in my DCN site and i am unable to get
>      >         the console sometimes, error: something went wrong,
>     connection
>      >         is closed
>      >
>      >         I have 3 instances now running on my hci02 node and there is
>      >         console access on 1 of the vm's and the rest two i am not
>      >         getting the console, i have used the same flavor, same image
>      >         same security group for the VM's.
>      >
>      >         Please suggest what can be done.
>      >
>      >         With regards,
>      >         Swogat Pradhan
>      >
>