[libvirt] virDomainDefineXML forbidden for read only access

I am running an application that invokes the java method virDomainDefineXML. But virDomainDefineXML is throwing the exception "forbidden for read only access". I'm running as root. I can successfully define domain xml and create VMs with virsh. Any suggestion of what I am do wrong? Exception details: exception caught:org.libvirt.LibvirtException: operation virDomainDefineXML forbidden for read only access level:VIR_ERR_ERROR code:VIR_ERR_OPERATION_DENIED domain:VIR_FROM_NONE hasConn:false hasDom:false hasNet:false message:operation virDomainDefineXML forbidden for read only access str1:operation %s forbidden for read only access str2:virDomainDefineXML str3:null int1:0 int2:0 Kenneth Nagin