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@redhat.com> and safe for freeze. -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization