Run virt-manager on Windows 10
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You get that error on all systems, it's a standard virt-manager error. You get in on Fedora, Ubuntu Linux, Ubuntu Windows, etc.
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@scottalanmiller said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
Oh, that's because by default it is trying to connect to a local instance. If you don't have one, it's just confirming that. It's not an "error", just letting you know that it needs details for a remote instance before you can use it.
Ah ok will have to wait until Tuesday and try again. Not in Monday and I shut the machine off for the weekend
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@hobbit666 said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
@scottalanmiller said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
Oh, that's because by default it is trying to connect to a local instance. If you don't have one, it's just confirming that. It's not an "error", just letting you know that it needs details for a remote instance before you can use it.
Ah ok will have to wait until Tuesday and try again. Not in Monday and I shut the machine off for the weekend
Do you have a remote system with libvirt running that has SSH accessibility? Something to test against?
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@scottalanmiller no my lab machine is the only KVM machine all the rest are Esxi
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@hobbit666 said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
@scottalanmiller no my lab machine is the only KVM machine all the rest are Esxi
You can still use that from any Windows instance, even a VM on top of it, to see what a remote system would be like.
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before i'm back in tomorrow is there anything I need to do on the KVM (Fedora29) host I need to install/run/firewall to allow it to be managed externally by the windows machine?
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@hobbit666 said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
before i'm back in tomorrow is there anything I need to do on the KVM (Fedora29) host I need to install/run/firewall to allow it to be managed externally by the windows machine?
You shouldn't. virt-manager operates on remote hosts via ssh.
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@hobbit666 said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
before i'm back in tomorrow is there anything I need to do on the KVM (Fedora29) host I need to install/run/firewall to allow it to be managed externally by the windows machin
Port 22 and 5900. 22 for management, 5900 if you also want remote SPICE terminals.
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Trying to run virt-manager and Getting the following error:
root@DESKTOP-A911GSS:~# Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
(virt-manager:28): Gtk-WARNING **: 18:58:22.746: cannot open display:I've followed the steps and no luck.
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@brandon220 said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
Trying to run virt-manager and Getting the following error:
root@DESKTOP-A911GSS:~# Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
(virt-manager:28): Gtk-WARNING **: 18:58:22.746: cannot open display:I've followed the steps and no luck.
You have Xming running?
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OK so got a connection but got a few other problem.
First one was i got this.Unable to connect to libvirt.You need to install openssh-askpass or similar to connect to this host.Solved by running this
sudo virt-manager --no-forkOr a permanent solution was to run
sudo apt-get install ssh-askpass ssh-askpass-gnome -
My next issue/question
Once in Virt-Manager i can add my KVM host and connect. It asks for my users password twice? Should it?
Then once on (i've already got some VM's on there) when i click on a VM and open the console it asks for the password 5-6 times before displaying the console/desktop.
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@hobbit666 use SSH key authentication to avoid having to enter a username and password.
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@black3dynamite Yeah did think that, but thought mention it here in-case someone else gets the issue
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You have Xming running?
Yes, it should be. Shows the icon in the taskbar after I "opened it".
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@hobbit666 said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
OK so got a connection but got a few other problem.
First one was i got this.Unable to connect to libvirt.You need to install openssh-askpass or similar to connect to this host.Solved by running this
sudo virt-manager --no-forkOr a permanent solution was to run
sudo apt-get install ssh-askpass ssh-askpass-gnomeOK so after playing and re-insyalling from scratch on both the KVM host and Ubuntu on my machine. This is because i'm running everything as root ... oops.
So added a "user" to the KVM while i was installing and now when i use Virt-Manager we are all good.
Also as @black3dynamite suggested i've generated a SSH key and now i can just connect and go.However i did get a error when creating the connection on Virt-Manager using the "users" account
authentication unavailable: no polkit agent available to authenticate action 'org.libvirt.unix.manage'This was solved by adding the user on the KVM host to the libvirt group.
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Also i was finding that when i closed Virt-Manager on the Windows machine, then came back later the connection was lost and i had to re-add the connection and delete the default one that keeps coming back.
This was solved by running
sudo apt-get install dbus-x11on ubuntuNow when i reboot my Windows machine and re-open virt-manager the default is gone and my KVM connects automatically
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@hobbit666 said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
OK so got a connection but got a few other problem.
First one was i got this.Unable to connect to libvirt.You need to install openssh-askpass or similar to connect to this host.Solved by running this
sudo virt-manager --no-forkOr a permanent solution was to run
sudo apt-get install ssh-askpass ssh-askpass-gnomeOh, that's because you didn't set up your SSH keys. That's not part of virt-manager, just part of your OS. Do that and you never get that message and connections are automatic and instant.
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@hobbit666 said in Run virt-manager on Windows 10:
My next issue/question
Once in Virt-Manager i can add my KVM host and connect. It asks for my users password twice? Should it?
Then once on (i've already got some VM's on there) when i click on a VM and open the console it asks for the password 5-6 times before displaying the console/desktop.
No, use keys and it never asks at all.
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