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Trying to deploy Integrated Containers VCH, keeps hanging
I'm scratching my head trying to figure out why VCH deployments keep hanging, They seem to go fine via CLI and GUI but the hosts are non-responsive on port 2378
The appliance appears to be booting and hanging on an expired password message, I've tried to manually update the default password "password" to no avail. It gets past that screen and seems to just hang on a message that says "
Welcome to Photo 2.0 (x86_64) - Kernel 4.9.263-1.ph2-esx (tty1)
login: root (automatic login)
" and occasionally goes blank for a couple of seconds and then displays the text again.
My firewall rules between the VCH, VIC and ESX appliances are currently pretty loose for troubleshooting purposes.
Using vic-v1.5.7-7923-f6c04457
Downloads\vic_v1.5.7.tar\vic_v1.5.7\vic>vic-machine-windows create --target vcenter.redacted.local--user administrator@vsphere.local --compute-resource arthur.redacted.local --bridge-network Servers_vSphereVCH --public-network Servers_DockerContainers --image-store "SP 1TB NVME" --volume-store "SP 1TB NVME:VCHData" --name arthur-vch --no-tlsverify --thumbprint {REDACTED}
time="2021-07-25T15:33:55-07:00" level=info msg="### Installing VCH ####"
time="2021-07-25T15:33:55-07:00" level=info msg="vSphere password for administrator@vsphere.local: "
time="2021-07-25T15:33:57-07:00" level=warning msg="Using administrative user for VCH operation - use --ops-user to improve security (see -x for advanced help)"
time="2021-07-25T15:33:57-07:00" level=info msg="Loaded server certificate arthur-vch\\server-cert.pem"
time="2021-07-25T15:33:57-07:00" level=warning msg="Configuring without TLS verify - certificate-based authentication disabled"
time="2021-07-25T15:33:58-07:00" level=info msg="Validating supplied configuration"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg="Network configuration OK on \"Servers_vSphereVCH\""
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg="vCenter settings check OK"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg="Firewall status: ENABLED on \"/Home/host/arthur.redacted.local/arthur.redacted.local\""
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg="Firewall configuration OK on hosts:"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg="\t\"/Home/host/arthur.redacted.local/arthur.redacted.local\""
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg="vCenter settings check OK"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg="License check OK on hosts:"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg=" \"/Home/host/arthur.redacted.local/arthur.redacted.local\""
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg="DRS check SKIPPED - target is standalone host"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg="Creating Resource Pool \"arthur-vch\""
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg="Creating appliance on target"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg="Network role \"client\" is sharing NIC with \"public\""
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg="Network role \"management\" is sharing NIC with \"public\""
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg="Creating the VCH folder"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:00-07:00" level=info msg="Creating the VCH VM"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:01-07:00" level=info msg="Creating directory [SP 1TB NVME] VIC"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:01-07:00" level=info msg="Datastore path is [SP 1TB NVME] VIC"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:01-07:00" level=info msg="Uploading ISO images"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:01-07:00" level=info msg="Uploading appliance.iso as V1.5.7-21381-BA7A5B4B-appliance.iso"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:03-07:00" level=info msg="Uploading bootstrap.iso as V1.5.7-21381-BA7A5B4B-bootstrap.iso"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:05-07:00" level=info msg="Waiting for IP information"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:15-07:00" level=info msg="Waiting for major appliance components to launch"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:15-07:00" level=info msg="Obtained IP address for client interface: \"192.168.34.197\""
time="2021-07-25T15:34:15-07:00" level=info msg="Checking VCH connectivity with vSphere target"
time="2021-07-25T15:34:16-07:00" level=info msg="vSphere API Test: https://vcenter.{REDACTED} vSphere API target responds as expected"
time="2021-07-25T15:37:05-07:00" level=error msg="vic/pkg/trace.(*Operation).Err: Create error: context deadline exceeded\nvic/cmd/vic-machine/create.(*Create).Run:734 Create\nvic/cmd/vic-machine/common.NewOperation:27 vic-machine-windows"
time="2021-07-25T15:37:05-07:00" level=error msg="vic/pkg/trace.(*Operation).Err: Create error: context deadline exceeded\nvic/cmd/vic-machine/create.(*Create).Run:734 Create\nvic/cmd/vic-machine/common.NewOperation:27 vic-machine-windows"
time="2021-07-25T15:37:05-07:00" level=info msg="Docker API endpoint check failed: context deadline exceeded"
time="2021-07-25T15:37:05-07:00" level=info msg="Collecting 57cb9349-f3c8-4362-9583-b361ca2a1b6c vpxd.log"
time="2021-07-25T15:37:06-07:00" level=info msg="\tAPI may be slow to start - try to connect to API after a few minutes:"
time="2021-07-25T15:37:06-07:00" level=info msg="\t\tRun command: docker -H 192.168.34.197:2376 --tls info"
time="2021-07-25T15:37:06-07:00" level=info msg="\t\tIf command succeeds, VCH is started. If command fails, VCH failed to install - see documentation for troubleshooting."
time="2021-07-25T15:37:06-07:00" level=error msg="vic/cmd/vic-machine/create.(*Create).Run.func3: Create error: context deadline exceeded\nvic/cmd/vic-machine/create.(*Create).Run:734 Create\nvic/cmd/vic-machine/common.NewOperation:27 vic-machine-windows"
time="2021-07-25T15:37:06-07:00" level=error msg=--------------------
time="2021-07-25T15:37:06-07:00" level=error msg="vic-machine-windows create failed: Creating VCH exceeded time limit of 3m0s. Please increase the timeout using --timeout to accommodate for a busy vSphere target\n"