Hi, I'm trying to use virt-manager / virt-viewer to access the console of some qemu / kvm virtual machines on a remote system over ssh. I have public key access to root@remote_system. When I do:
virt-manager -c 'qemu+ssh://root@remote_system/system? keyfile=path_to_private_key' the connection to libvirt on the remote system comes up fine, and I can see the various VMs running there, but when I try to access a VM console (via the "Open" button or "Edit / Virtual Machine Details"), I get prompted for the password for "root@remote_system" (which doesn't even work, since password access is disabled in the ssh server configuration). The same thing happens when I run: virt-viewer -c -c 'qemu+ssh://root@remote_system/system? keyfile=path_to_private_key' a list of VMs on the remote system pops up, but when I select one, I get the password prompt. What is going on here? Since I'm specifying a keyfile on the command line, and it's being used - otherwise I wouldn't even get the list of VMs - why am I being prompted for the password? Celejar
