I use --connect=qemu+ssh://root@host.company.tl/system virtualname greetings Patrick Op 30-12-14 om 15:46 schreef Bill Gee: > Hello everyone - > > I am trying to use virt-viewer to connect to KVM virtual machines running on a > CentOS7 host. It works great when running directly on the host, but I have > not been able to figure out the magic connection string to make it work from > another computer. > > On the host, I set selinux to "permissive" and stopped the firewalld service. > No change, so it is not related to them. > > Almost every command I try gives an immediate dialog box that says "Unable to > connect to libvirt with URI ...". The only command line that gets me anything > different is this: > > virt-viewer --connect xen+ssh://root@practice7.billgee.local/ > dd2a2ba7-707d-42b5-8c83-94b11ce6e269 > > This will ask me for the root password on the host machine and then gives me > the same "Unable to connect" message. I tried it with a regular user account > instead of root and got the same result. > > I have tried it with and without the "root@" string. I tried using both the > UUID and the domain name of the guest. I tried all of the following > protocols: > > ssh:// > qemu:// > qemu:/// > xen:// > xen+ssh:// > qemu_ssh:// > qemu+ssh:// > > If I open a regular ssh shell using the +X parameter and then launch virt- > viewer, it works. The connection string in that case is > > --connect=qemu:///system > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks - Bill Gee > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >