[virt-tools-list] virt-manager over ssh

Cole Robinson crobinso at redhat.com
Wed Jun 9 15:47:20 UTC 2010


On 06/08/2010 05:28 PM, tbdfm wrote:
> Hi All,
> Using virt-manager over ssh via an alias in my ~/.ssh/config file[0].  I use the ssh config because ssh runs on port 19301 instead of 22.  The host I ssh to is actually a router which forwards the incoming connection on 19301 back to the hypervisor running 
> on a different subnet.
> 
> All works well until I try to launch the vnc console for the selected guest.  I'm assuming virt-manager is trying to connect directly to the vnc port on the router.  Any way to configure virt-manager to use an ssh tunnel and localhost?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> [0]- ~/.ssh/config
> Host draco
>     HostKeyAlias draco
>     Hostname 	draco.localdomain
>     port 	19301
>     User 	root
> 

What virt-manager version is this? I think this should be fixed in 0.8.4
at least. If not, please provide the output of virt-manager --debug when
reproducing the issue.

- Cole




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