I tried: import libvirt conn = libvirt.open("vbox+ssh://user@192.168.0.10/session") Prompted for a password for ssh connection, but returns this error: libvir: QEMU error : server closed connection Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/angelo/workspace/test.py", line 11, in <module> conn = libvirt.open("vbox+ssh://user@192.168.0.10/session") File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 169, in open if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpen() failed') libvirt.libvirtError: server closed connection