Re: [libvirt-users] Fwd: Re: installing and accessing a VM? - newbie question maybe

thanks for the feedback>> You can install virt-manager and virt-viewer on the KVM server, and access both GUIs from your laptop through ssh X11 forwarding... my laptop is a W7 machine though ... I would be surprised whether X11 (not present on the KVM server, neither on a W7 machine) would be firi

[libvirt-users] Help With Nested Virtualization

(Copied from my post on the Arch Linux forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1650650#p1650650) I have a FreeNAS 10 KVM setup via libvirt on my Arch server and I'd like to be able to test out the virtualization features in the nightly FreeNAS 10 builds but the problem is that I can't

Re: [libvirt-users] Fwd: Re: installing and accessing a VM? - newbie question maybe

You can install virt-manager and virt-viewer on the KVM server, and access both GUIs from your laptop through ssh X11 forwarding ssh to the KVM server with the -X switch ssh root@server -X now you can run virt-viewer VM or virt-manager Wait a few seconds and the GUIs will appear on your lapto

[libvirt-users] Fwd: Re: installing and accessing a VM? - newbie question maybe

I am without graphical desktop, so virt-viewer seems not to be right.Or can you eun it in a cli mode or so?-- Original Message --From: Nicolas Bock To: v...@netcologne.deDate: August 28, 2016 at 9:52 PMSubject: Re: [libvirt-users] installing and accessing a VM? - newbie question ma

[libvirt-users] Use libvirt to create an NIC on the guest machine and connect to an existing TAP interface

Hello, I am facing the following issue. I have several TAP interfaces that are created by the following method on OpenVSwitch: *ovs-vsctl add-br br1* *sudo /usr/sbin/tunctl -t tap01 -p -u root* *sudo /sbin/ip link set tap01 up* *# Disable multicast* *sudo /sbin/ifconfig tap01 -multicast*

[libvirt-users] Fwd: Re: installing and accessing a VM? - newbie question maybe

Thanks for your suggestion regarding virt-viewer. But I am on a server without any graphical DesktopIs there a CLI version of virt-viewer (or an equivalent tool CLI [which I though virsh --connect would have been)?Or does virt-viewer run in a CLI mode once you don't have a GUI?On August 28, 2016 a

Re: [libvirt-users] installing and accessing a VM? - newbie question maybe

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 07:29:36AM +, Dominique Ramaekers wrote: ... virt-viewer again ... I am on a GUI less server, so that's not a option. I think setting up the console is the thing one needs to figure out. ... I also have 'GUI-less' servers. You can use tightvncserver to get a graph

Re: [libvirt-users] installing and accessing a VM? - newbie question maybe

thanks>> You can use tightvncserver to get a graphical desktop trough vnc. Like that, I can login to my servers from any client from my lasy seat ;) Don't forget to install a window-manager of your choice...not sure whether I completely understand that yet but ...if one uses something like tightvn

Re: [libvirt-users] installing and accessing a VM? - newbie question maybe

... > > virt-viewer again ... I am on a GUI less server, so that's not a option. I > think > setting up the console is the thing one needs to figure out. > ... I also have 'GUI-less' servers. You can use tightvncserver to get a graphical desktop trough vnc. Like that, I can login to my servers

Re: [libvirt-users] installing and accessing a VM? - newbie question maybe

hi Martin, thanks for the feedback. > On August 29, 2016 at 2:44 PM Martin Kletzander wrote: > * When you are connected you don't see anything because the VM doesn't > have console properly set up, I'd guess. visrh start -console [domain] gives me the same thing as beforeConnected t