[CentOS] KVM console?

Wed Jun 5 22:22:32 UTC 2013
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Natxo Asenjo <natxo.asenjo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You can run virt-manager locally and add an ssh connection to the remote
>> host for admin and use, or use 'spicec' from spice-client (iirc) for
>> standalone access. For windows guests, I'd install the spice tools and qxl
>> driver from spice-space.org as well.
>
> +1. You can install virt-namanger on your management workstation
> and connect to the kvm hosts with ssh. You can then grab the windows
> console like you are used to. No need to run a gui on the server ;-)
>
> On the server install the libvirt tools to start and stop the vm's if
> necessary.

Yes, that works, even starting from a freenx session.   I just didn't
understand what  "File/add connection" meant in virt-manager.   That's
probably good enough for the scale of things at the moment.

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   Les Mikesell
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