[libvirt] [PULL 05/12] doc: switch to modern syntax for VNC TLS setup
Gerd Hoffmann
kraxel at redhat.com
Thu Aug 23 09:56:46 UTC 2018
From: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>
The use of 'tls', 'x509' and 'x509verify' properties is the deprecated
backcompat syntax, replaced by use of TLS creds objects.
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>
Message-id: 20180725092751.21767-2-berrange at redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel at redhat.com>
---
qemu-doc.texi | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index f74542a0e9..7bd449f398 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -1103,7 +1103,9 @@ support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any
client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
@example
-qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
+qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] \
+ -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server,verify-peer=no \
+ -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0 -monitor stdio
@end example
In the above example @code{/etc/pki/qemu} should contain at least three files,
@@ -1118,10 +1120,14 @@ only be readable by the user owning it.
Certificates can also provide a means to authenticate the client connecting.
The server will request that the client provide a certificate, which it will
then validate against the CA certificate. This is a good choice if deploying
-in an environment with a private internal certificate authority.
+in an environment with a private internal certificate authority. It uses the
+same syntax as previously, but with @code{verify-peer} set to @code{yes}
+instead.
@example
-qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
+qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] \
+ -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server,verify-peer=yes \
+ -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0 -monitor stdio
@end example
@@ -1132,7 +1138,9 @@ Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication
to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
@example
-qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio
+qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] \
+ -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server,verify-peer=yes \
+ -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0,password -monitor stdio
(qemu) change vnc password
Password: ********
(qemu)
@@ -1169,7 +1177,9 @@ credentials. This can be enabled, by combining the 'sasl' option
with the aforementioned TLS + x509 options:
@example
-qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509,sasl -monitor stdio
+qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] \
+ -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server,verify-peer=yes \
+ -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0,sasl -monitor stdio
@end example
@node vnc_setup_sasl
--
2.9.3
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