[libvirt-users] Libvirt Python Bindings - Remote Connection using openAuth.

[Martin Kletzander]

On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 01:06:55PM +0530, Sijo Jose wrote:
>Hi,
>I am using libvirt with python binding, and I want to connect to a remote
>host.
>I was able to connect after making ssh certificate, but It is not
>applicable for my project.
>So I want to use openAuth() method, but I could not succeed connecting to a
>remote host using it.
>
>Here is my code
>------------------------
>
>import libvirt
>
>
>USER = "root"
>PASS = "mypasswd"
>
>def authcb(credentials, user_data):
>    for credential in credentials:
>        if credential[0] == libvirt.VIR_CRED_AUTHNAME:
>            credential[4] = USER
>        elif credential[0] == libvirt.VIR_CRED_PASSPHRASE:
>            credential[4] = PASS
>    return 0
>
>auth = [[libvirt.VIR_CRED_AUTHNAME, libvirt.VIR_CRED_PASSPHRASE], authcb, None]
>conn = libvirt.openAuth("qemu+ssh://192.168.1.21/system", auth, 0)
>
>print conn.getHostname()
>-------------------------------
>*If there is something wrong, how am I supposed to use it.*
>
>If its not the right place to get libvirt-python related help, from
>where can I get it.
>

What's the error you see?  Those root:mypasswd are credentials for
libvirt and *not* ssh, beware of that.

Martin

>
>Regards
>Sijo

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