oVirt engine tools
Engine tools are mainly standalone java programs wrapped-up by scripts and mostly using the engine libraries
Tools list
- engine-manage-domains
- engine-config
- engine-notifier
- ovirt-log-collector
- generate-ssh-keys
- store-utils.sh
Tools description
engine-manage-domains
Using this tool it is possible to add new authentication domains to serve as resource for users authenticating to oVirt engine.
How to get the tool: The tool is installed when engine is installed.
How to configure the tool: You can edit the configuration located at /etc/ovirt-engine/engine-manage-domains/engine-manage-domains.conf
How to run the tool:
Running basic example:
‘engine-manage-domains add –domain=
engine-config
Using this tool it is possible to alter engine’s configuration
How to get the tool: The tool is installed when engine is installed.
How to configure the tool: You can edit the configuration located at /etc/ovirt-engine/engine-config/engine-config.conf
How to run the tool:
Running basic example:’
‘engine-config -l’ - will show you list of properties that can be alttered ‘engine-config-g
ovirt-log-collector
Please refer to The Log Collector Tool documentation within oVirt Administration Guide
Tools TODO
- Standardize the usage of all tools and make them consistent
- Create common infrastructure both for Java programs and for the wrapping scripts e.g. functions to fulfill classpath dependencies, etc.
- Use comon paths for all
- Use a single logger library (apache-commons-logging)