homebrew-virt-manager
A set of homebrew formulae to install virt-manager
and virt-viewer
on Mac OSX.
Usage
brew tap jeffreywildman/homebrew-virt-manager
brew install virt-manager virt-viewer
virt-manager -c test:///default
FAQs
Why can't I connect to a remote URI?
When connecting to remote URIs, you probably need to override the libvirt
socket location, see www.jedi.be.
virt-manager -c 'qemu+ssh://user@libvirthost/system?socket=/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock'
virt-viewer -c 'qemu+ssh://user@libvirthost/system?socket=/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock'
I still can't connect to a remote URI, why?
This formula for virt-manager
does not include the openssh-askpass
dependency and does not prompt for passwords in a popup window. Here are two workarounds:
-
Run
virt-manager
with either the--debug
or--no-fork
option to get password prompt via the CLI. -
Set up SSH keys between your local and remote system to avoid the prompt.
Why can't I connect to a local URI (e.g., qemu:///system)?
I've not yet tested virt-manager
against any local URIs/hypervisors. If you get virt-manager
working with a local hypervisor and needed to take any special steps, feel free to share the details.
Everything was working yesterday, but it's not working today, can you help?
If virt-manager
or its dependencies have been upgraded recently (brew upgrade
), it's possible that a reinstall may fix the issue (see #39).