On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Bill Gee <bgee at campercaver.net> wrote: > > Thanks! I changed the qemu.conf file to listen on 0.0.0.0. That works - > I can > connect to the virtual machines using a VNC client. > Listening on 0.0.0.0 listens on all network interfaces. Mark's comment is not a major concern unless your KVM host is directly connected to the Internet (no firewall). * You should consider adding firewall rules on your KVM host none the less. > > The problem with VNC is that the port number assigned to a particular VM > depends on the order in which it is started. There is no command-line > option > for VNC that will attach to a VM by name ... only by display number or > port > number. > You can specify the VNC port when creating a host. But as far as connecting via VNC to a host VM by name without also having to add a port # suffix, that is more difficult. Easiest way for you to do so is to create shell aliases for each one. For my own deployments, I have a wiki page which documents what VNC ports are used. There's also virsh commands to extract info. virsh dominfo <VM_name> virsh vncdisplay <VM_name> > > With virt-viewer I can name the domain on the command line. It is > unambiguous > - There is no doubt about which VM it will connect to. > > I found where the VNC port can be fixed in the XML file that defines each > VM. > However, it is a manual process. I have not found a way to set it using > virsh. > Yes, a manual process. One would think there's a way to change it via virsh, but that could/would be a problem for a running VM. virt-install has options for specifying VNC ports. > > I found where virsh can report the VNC port number used by a domain. > However, > the computers from where I am running VNC client do not have virsh > installed. > They do not need virsh. SSH to the KVM host and run the virsh commands from there. > > Somewhere in all this experimenting I have managed to break virt-viewer > again. > It was working, but no more. Argh! Good thing this is all happening on > test > computers! > > Bill Gee -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //