Re: [libvirt PATCH] news: add note about new virt-ssh-helper binary
On Thu, 2020-09-24 at 16:00 +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
+ * remote: ``virt-ssh-helper`` replaces ``nc`` for SSH tunnelling
+
+ Libvirt now provides a ``virt-ssh-helper`` binary on the server
+ side. The libvirt remote client will use this binary for setting
+ up an SSH tunnelled connection to hosts. If not present, it will
+ transparently fallback to the traditional ``nc`` tunnel. The new
+ binary makes it possible for libvirt to transparently connect
+ across hosts even if libvirt is built with a different installation
+ prefix on the client vs server. It also enables remote access to
+ the unprivileged per-user libvirt daemons(eg using a URI such as
s/daemons(eg/daemons (eg./
+ ``qemu+ssh://hostname/session``. The only requirement is that
s/session``/session``)/
+ ``virt-ssh-helper`` is present in $PATH of the remote host.
s/$PATH/``$PATH``/
With these nits addressed,
Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna(a)redhat.com>
and safe for freeze.
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Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization