[libvirt] listen_tls not enabling libvirtd to listen for tls

Kenneth Nagin NAGIN at il.ibm.com
Tue May 13 14:04:43 UTC 2008


> Kenneth Nagin wrote:
> > libvirtd is not listening for TLS connection by default.
> > Setting 'listen_tls = 1' in /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf does not help
> > either.
> > However, starting 'libvirtd --listen' does work.
> > I'm running Fedora 8.   I prefer to use the configuration file since
> > it is automatically started when the system reboots.  Does anyone
> > know how to configure libvirtd to listen for tls?
>
> Yes.  As you found out, there are 2 things you need to do, the first
> of which is
> to instruct libvirtd to listen, and the second of which is to make
> it listen for
> TLS.  You can accomplish the first on Fedora by editing
> /etc/sysconfig/libvirtd
> and uncommenting the LIBVIRTD_ARGS="--listen" line.  You can accomplish
the
> second by edit /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf by uncommenting the "listen_tls
= 1"
> line.  Then "service libvirtd restart", and you should be good to go(this
will
> also preserve the configuration across reboots).
>
> Chris Lalancette
Thanks for the quick response.  That solved the problem.  I suggest
updating the web document on
remote support.

Kenneth Nagin




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