attempting to register new installation crashes CML2controller service

[Chris.Happel-home]

I'm trying to set up a new CML2 personal instance. I think I'm close, but I can't get the license to register. When I paste the 'registration token' I copied off my 'learning network store' it immediately stops the 'CML2controller' service, and the lab manager web page shows 'server disconnected'.

I confirmed I have connectivity to the licensing server:

[sysadmin@cml-controller ~]$ curl https://tools.cisco.com/its/service/oddce/services/DDCEService
<h1>DDCEService</h1>
<p>Hi there, this is an AXIS service!</p>
<i>Perhaps there will be a form for invoking the service here...</i>

I'm not sure if it means anything, but I see this in the service logs when the 'CML2controller' starts:

WARNING linux_core_driver:93:Unable to add node definition server

I have the 'refplat_xxx' iso file attached to the ESXi CML guest.

Also, while it appears to check for, find and download updates, it fails to install any, giving a pretty vague error:

Error -1 running transaction

 Restarting the controller doesn't seem to help. Any suggestions?

Thanks

[Chris.Happel-home]

So, the actual service that's failing is 'virl2-controller.service'. It gives some error messages, but apparently they can't be posted here - either as text or as an image, or I'm just too stupid to figure it out. I'm going to go try my hand at EVE-NG while I'm waiting for a helpful reply.

[Martin L]

well, it could be something or some setting on ESXi.  you can try CML on Windows.  if you did not register your CML, You may try fresh with new install;if you registered your CML, you must de-register before moving to new install or new host.

in either case, make sure CML does not do updates;  most of issues I think are due to updates.  CML 2.0 is full of bugs and does not work well. I would wait for 2.1 which may come soon in Sept.  Until then, go with Eve-ng.

  Regards, ML
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[Chris.Happel-home]

Having run out of better ideas I wiped my original install and tried again from scratch, and did have slightly better results - I was able to successfully register it, and it's running, although it still fails to install updates, which apparently isn't a bad thing?

As far as I can tell there are two significant differences from my first attempt - this time the server had access to the Internet during the installation, when my original install was done with my workstation online but the ESXi server was isolated. Obviously I had it online by the time I was trying to license and update it. Second, I didn't attempt to make any changes to the default install, where last time I had dialed up the storage to 150m and memory to 64g. 

I'll continue to tinker with it, as I don't think the default sizing will work well for what I'm trying to do, although it sounds like we are really close to v2.1, so I may end up just getting familiar with what I've get and then wiping it again when that comes out. 

Thanks for the reply.

ch

[Martin L]

Yes, defiantly CML 2.1 version looks better; will work better?  ...... we will see (but not as good as eve)

see preview updated  CML 2.1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26TKTc_5vEc