On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 05:07:24PM +0300, Nir Soffer wrote:
> We are using minikube vms, which require adding the user to to libvirt
> group[1].
> We use `virsh -c qemu:///system` for debugging these vms or related libvirt
> networks.
>
> Using virsh without specifying the '-c' argument is a common mistake that
> leads to
> trouble, for example creating the libvirt default network incorrectly.
>
> I wonder if it is possible to configure virsh so it uses -c qemu:///system
> by default?

The $HOME/.config/libvirt/libvirt.conf client config file can contain

   uri_default = "qemu:///system"

Or you can set per shell with

   export LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI=qemu:///system

Or you can set it just for virsh with

   export VIRSH_DEFAULT_CONNECT_URI=qemu:///system

See:

  https://libvirt.org/uri.html#default-uri-choice
  https://libvirt.org/manpages/virsh.html#environment