[ale] virt-install and regular user help sought
Ted W.
ted-lists at xy0.org
Wed May 11 22:41:15 EDT 2016
Both virt-install and virsh require that your user, at a minimum, be a
member of libvirt. You can alternatively run commands as root.
On 05/11/2016 08:15 PM, Héctor Abreu wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am new to virt-install but I read in some tutorials (and I think on
> the man page too) that you need root privileges in order to run
> virt-install commands.
>
> Regards,
>
> Héctor.
>
> El may 11, 2016 7:05 PM, "Narahari 'n' Savitha" <savithari at gmail.com
> <mailto:savithari at gmail.com>> escribió:
>
> Friends:
>
> I need some help and guidance from you regarding this virt-install
> issue I am seeing.
>
> OS : SuseEnterpriseLinuxServer (SLES) 12 Service Pack 1
> virt-install version on the box
> virtual at SLES12-bare:~> virt-install --version
> 1.2.1
>
> libvirt version : libvirt-1.3.4-565.1.x86_64
>
> What I tried:
> =========
>
> I tried to start virt-install as regular user and I am seeing
> errors listed below.
>
> If I start the same with sudo it works (the user virtual shown
> here is a sudo enabled user)
>
> I really want to start the virt-install as a regular user.
>
> Please help.
>
> Error
> ====
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> virtual at SLES12-bare:~> virt-install --connect qemu:///session -n
> SLES12_SP1 --memory 4096 --vcpus 2 --cdrom
> /data/ADP_x86_64_SLES12SP1.x86_64-12.1.6.preload.iso --graphics
> spice --disk /data/kvm_images/SLES12_SP1.img
> WARNING Graphics requested but DISPLAY is not set. Not running
> virt-viewer.
> WARNING No console to launch for the guest, defaulting to --wait -1
>
> Starting install...
> ERROR Failed to connect socket to
> '/run/user/500/libvirt/virtlogd-sock': No such file or directory
> Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
> If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
> virsh --connect qemu:///session start SLES12_SP1
> otherwise, please restart your installation.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Thank You for your time and attention.
>
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