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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Shantan,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I believe the problem may be that libvirt 1.x requires TLS by default on connections. I saw that same problem the 1<sup>st</sup> time I replaces a running libvirt 0.9.x with 1.0.0. I believe there may be a way to turn off this requirement in libvirtd.conf, e.g.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Network connectivity controls<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Flag listening for secure TLS connections on the public TCP/IP port.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># NB, must pass the --listen flag to the libvirtd process for this to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># have any effect.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># It is necessary to setup a CA and issue server certificates before<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># using this capability.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># This is enabled by default, uncomment this to disable it<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#listen_tls = 0<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Listen for unencrypted TCP connections on the public TCP/IP port.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># NB, must pass the --listen flag to the libvirtd process for this to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># have any effect.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Using the TCP socket requires SASL authentication by default. Only<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># SASL mechanisms which support data encryption are allowed. This is<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># DIGEST_MD5 and GSSAPI (Kerberos5)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># This is disabled by default, uncomment this to enable it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#listen_tcp = 1 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On the two instances of libvirt 1.x I have deployed, I just configure and use TLS. Instructions on doing this may be found here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/TLSSetup">http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/TLSSetup</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>HTH,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Will<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>