Describe the existence of the transport driver and document the configurable options. --- docs/remote.html.in | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/remote.html.in b/docs/remote.html.in index e6af4c2..40696b9 100644 --- a/docs/remote.html.in +++ b/docs/remote.html.in @@ -136,8 +136,14 @@ Remote libvirt supports a range of transports: <dd> Unencrypted TCP/IP socket. Not recommended for production use, this is normally disabled, but an administrator can enable it for testing or use over a trusted network. - The standard port is 16509. - </dd> + The standard port is 16509. </dd> + <dt> libssh2 </dt> + <dd> Transport over the SSH protocol using + <a href="http://libssh2.org/" title="libssh2 homepage">libssh2</a> instead +of the OpenSSH binary. This transport uses the libvirt authentication callback for +all ssh authentication calls and therefore supports keyboard-interactive authentication +even with graphical management applications. As with the classic ssh transport +netcat is required on the remote side.</dd> </dl> <p> The default transport, if no other is specified, is <code>tls</code>. @@ -182,6 +188,9 @@ Connect to a libvirtd daemon offering unencrypted TCP/IP connections on localhost port 5000 and use the test driver with default settings. </li> +<li><code>qemu+libssh2://user@host/system?known_hosts=/home/user/.ssh/known_hosts</code><br/> &#x2014; +Connect to a remote host using a ssh connection with the libssh2 driver +and use a different known_hosts file.</li> </ul> <h4> <a name="Remote_URI_parameters">Extra parameters</a> @@ -237,7 +246,7 @@ Note that parameter values must be <td> <code>socket</code> </td> - <td> unix, ssh </td> + <td> unix, ssh, libssh2 </td> <td> The path to the Unix domain socket, which overrides the compiled-in default. For ssh transport, this is passed to @@ -252,7 +261,7 @@ Note that parameter values must be <td> <code>netcat</code> </td> - <td> ssh </td> + <td> ssh, libssh2 </td> <td> The name of the netcat command on the remote machine. The default is <code>nc</code>. For ssh transport, libvirt @@ -277,7 +286,7 @@ Note that parameter values must be <td> <code>keyfile</code> </td> - <td> ssh </td> + <td> ssh, libssh2 </td> <td> The name of the private key file to use to authentication to the remote machine. If this option is not used the default keys are used. @@ -341,6 +350,39 @@ Note that parameter values must be <td colspan="2"/> <td> Example: <code>pkipath=/tmp/pki/client</code> </td> </tr> + <tr> + <td> + <code>known_hosts</code> + </td> + <td> libssh2 </td> + <td> + Path to the known_hosts file to verify the host key agains. LibSSH2 + supports OpenSSH-style known_hosts files, although it does not support + all key types, so using files created by the OpenSSH binary may result + into truncating the known_hosts file. It's recommended to use the default + known_hosts file is located in libvirt's client local configuration + directory e.g.: ~/.config/libvirt/known_hosts. Note: Use absolute paths. +</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"/> + <td> Example: <code>known_hosts=/root/.ssh/known_hosts</code> </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td> + <code>sshauth</code> + </td> + <td> libssh2 </td> + <td> + A comma separated list of authentication methods to use. Default (is + "agent,privkey,keyboard-interactive". The order of the methods is perserved. + Some methods may require additional parameters. +</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"/> + <td> Example: <code>sshauth=privkey,agent</code> </td> + </tr> </table> <h3> <a name="Remote_certificates">Generating TLS certificates</a> -- 1.7.12