vnc websock error

[andrewsben]

when trying to launch vnc for an instance the dashboard has the error doesn't launch novnc with the error "WebSock error: [object Event]" and the vnc logs have the following:

  1: 184.20.74.18: new handler Process
  1: 184.20.74.18: "GET /vnc_auto.html?token=91e5de5c-cc8c-4cbe-973e-9c87654746b1&title=myserver(544ee988-84eb-45f4-a2e7-137dd038e8f7) HTTP/1.1" 200 -
  2: 184.20.74.18: new handler Process
  3: 184.20.74.18: new handler Process
  2: 184.20.74.18: "GET /vnc_auto.html?token=91e5de5c-cc8c-4cbe-973e-9c87654746b1&title=myserver(544ee988-84eb-45f4-a2e7-137dd038e8f7) HTTP/1.1" 200 -
  3: 184.20.74.18: "GET /include/plain.css HTTP/1.1" 200 -
  4: 184.20.74.18: new handler Process
  4: 184.20.74.18: "GET /include/vnc.js HTTP/1.1" 200 -
  5: 184.20.74.18: new handler Process
  6: 184.20.74.18: new handler Process
  7: 184.20.74.18: new handler Process
  5: 184.20.74.18: "GET /include/webutil.js HTTP/1.1" 200 -
  6: 184.20.74.18: "GET /include/util.js HTTP/1.1" 200 -
  7: 184.20.74.18: "GET /include/logo.js HTTP/1.1" 200 -
  8: 184.20.74.18: new handler Process
  9: 184.20.74.18: new handler Process
 10: 184.20.74.18: new handler Process
  8: 184.20.74.18: "GET /include/base64.js HTTP/1.1" 200 -
 10: 184.20.74.18: "GET /include/websock.js HTTP/1.1" 200 -
  9: 184.20.74.18: "GET /include/des.js HTTP/1.1" 200 -
 11: 184.20.74.18: new handler Process
 12: 184.20.74.18: new handler Process
 12: 184.20.74.18: "GET /include/display.js HTTP/1.1" 200 -
 11: 184.20.74.18: "GET /include/input.js HTTP/1.1" 200 -
 13: 184.20.74.18: new handler Process
 13: 184.20.74.18: "GET /include/rfb.js HTTP/1.1" 200 -
 14: 184.20.74.18: new handler Process
 14: 184.20.74.18: Plain non-SSL (ws://) WebSocket connection
 14: 184.20.74.18: Version hybi-13, base64: 'True'
 14: handler exception: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'rpc_backend'
 14: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/stack/noVNC/utils/websocket.py", line 730, in top_new_client
    self.new_client()
  File "./utils/nova-novncproxy", line 85, in new_client
    'args': {'token': token}})
  File "/opt/stack/nova/nova/rpc/__init__.py", line 88, in call
    return _get_impl().call(_CONF, context, topic, msg, timeout)
  File "/opt/stack/nova/nova/rpc/__init__.py", line 222, in _get_impl
    _RPCIMPL = importutils.import_module(_CONF.rpc_backend)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'rpc_backend'

[andrewsben (andrewsben)]

Forgot to mention that this is running on precise...

[Anthony Young (sleepsonthefloor)]

Your branch of kanaka/noVNC is out-of-date. Git pull in /opt/stack/noVNC should fix this for you.

[Anthony Young (sleepsonthefloor)]

Devstack is presently pointing to the wrong branch for essex. nova-novncproxy has been merged into the main noVNC repo (kanaka/noVNC). I'll propose a fix.

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/7125
Committed: http://github.com/openstack-dev/devstack/commit/220d93848f0254a72d15d7a16f288b85634ab180
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit 220d93848f0254a72d15d7a16f288b85634ab180
Author: Anthony Young <email address hidden>
Date: Fri May 4 10:19:44 2012 -0700

    Update to point noVNC to kanaka/master

     * nova-novncproxy was accepted into kanaka/master
     * Fixes bug 994653

    Change-Id: I1cb40440e6cfbad9ed28203c45deea9fb9305f91