[libvirt-users] Setting the default Hypervisor

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 01:00:03PM +0100, RaSca wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm using libvirt with qemu-kvm and virtualbox on the same system.
> Everything is working, but I want to change the default uri fo virsh.
> At the moment, if i run:
> 
> # virsh uri
> vbox:///system
> 
> and because of this, if I try to list my vm(s) in this way:
> 
> # virsh list --all
>  Id Name                 State
> ----------------------------------
> 
> the output is empty. I need always to pass the uri:
> 
> # virsh -c qemu:///system list --all
>  Id Name                 State
> ----------------------------------
>   - ubuntu-vm            shut off
> 
> So, is there a way to set the default uri to be qemu:///system? I looked
> into /etc/default/libvirt-guests and /etc/default/libvirt-bin but I was
> not able to find an options (setting URIS= does not work).

Set the following env

  export LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI=qemu:///system

We support a config home $HOME/.libvirt/libvirt.conf for setting up
URI aliases, but we don't currently support setting the defautl URI
via the config file. If you file a BZ, we can easily fix that
omission

Regards,
Daniel
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