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I am not sure I follow you. I am on ubuntu... do I need to install some 
debian
spice package to get this working?

On 2021-08-06 12:11, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> On 8/5/21 7:25 PM, number9 wrote:
>> I have posted this on stackexchange, but am also asking here:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Running openstack on Ubuntu 20.04 with a controller node and four
>> compute nodes. I am reading the instructions on configuring SPICE 
>> here.
>> I will admit, I found out about which packages to install from other
>> sites, as the instructions at the link do not actually list any 
>> software
>> that needs to be installed.
>> 
>>     On the compute nodes and controller, I installed nova-spiceproxy
>>     On the controller I installed nova-spiceproxy and spice-html5
>> 
>> I followed the instructions in the link on configuring
>> /etc/nova/nova.conf on the controller and all compute nodes.
>> 
>> In a nutshell, when you click on console in the dashboard, it simply 
>> says:
>> 
>> Something went wrong!
>> 
>> An unexpected error has occurred. Try refreshing the page. If that
>> doesn't help, contact your local administrator.
>> 
>> I have parsed every log in /var/log on the compute and controller 
>> nodes
>> and found nothing that would indicate it is failing.
>> 
>> On the compute node, I can do a ps aux and see that spice is running 
>> on
>> the instance I am trying to connect to.
>> 
>> 
>> I am really not sure where to go. I have tried VNC and noVNC also to 
>> no
>> avail, each time completely removing the old
>> configs and only adding the new. I have reverted back to SPICE to try
>> the "simple" approach.
>> 
>> My relevant config items in /etc/nova/nova.conf from a compute node 
>> are:
>> 
>> [DEFAULT]
>> vnc_eanabled = false
>> # yes, I know it is redundant, I am following the docs...
>> 
>> [vnc]
>> enabled = false
>> 
>> [spice]
>> enabled = true
>> agent_enabled = true
>> html5proxy_base_url = http://10.131.39.40:6082/spice_auto.html
>> # the above IP is the IP of the controller.
>> server_listen = 0.0.0.0
>> server_proxyclient_address = 10.131.29.42
>> # the above IP is the IP of the controller that I pulled this config 
>> from
>> html5proxy_host = 0.0.0.0
>> html5proxy_port = 6082
>> 
>> Back on the controller node, in /etc/nova/nova.conf I have:
>> 
>> [spice]
>> enabled = true
>> agent_enabled = false
>> html5proxy_host = 0.0.0.0
>> html5proxy_port = 6082
>> keymap = en_us
>> 
>> I also have vnc false, as it is on the compute nodes. I will admit
>> further, I have tried at least 20 iterations of this, just leaving off
>> proxy ports, or thinking for a moment that the proxyclientaddress was
>> the controller node, but none of them work. I do restart nova on the
>> controller and all compute nodes after every change.
>> 
>> Any ideas or directions would be appreciated. I wish there were logs, 
>> I
>> am perhaps missing them or need to turn on debugging of some kind.
>> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The Debian packages have spice by default. Did you try it?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Thomas Goirand (zigo)
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