Re: [libvirt] listen_tls not enabling libvirtd to listen for tls

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 05:04:43PM +0300, Kenneth Nagin wrote: > > Kenneth Nagin wrote: > > > libvirtd is not listening for TLS connection by default. > > > Setting 'listen_tls = 1' in /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf does not help > > > either. > > > However, starting 'libvirtd --listen' does work. > > > I'm running Fedora 8. I prefer to use the configuration file since > > > it is automatically started when the system reboots. Does anyone > > > know how to configure libvirtd to listen for tls? > > > > Yes. As you found out, there are 2 things you need to do, the first > > of which is > > to instruct libvirtd to listen, and the second of which is to make > > it listen for > > TLS. You can accomplish the first on Fedora by editing > > /etc/sysconfig/libvirtd > > and uncommenting the LIBVIRTD_ARGS="--listen" line. You can accomplish > the > > second by edit /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf by uncommenting the "listen_tls > = 1" > > line. Then "service libvirtd restart", and you should be good to go(this > will > > also preserve the configuration across reboots). > > > > Chris Lalancette > Thanks for the quick response. That solved the problem. I suggest > updating the web document on > remote support. Even better, send us a patch with your suggested documentation udate :-) The web site is a checkout of the libvirt CVS docs subdirectory. Do a CVS checkout, edit remote.html.in and send us the diff, it's not hard and may help others !