Virt-manager: Difference between revisions
imported>Artturin add virt-manager page and instructions |
imported>Nasirhm Addition of instructions to add user in libvirtd group |
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Connect | Connect | ||
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You can get the following error : | |||
<code>authentication unavailable: no polkit agent available to authenticate action 'org.libvirt.unix.manage'</code> | |||
To resolve, We would have to add user in the <code>libvirtd</code> group. | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | |||
{ | |||
users.users.<myuser>.extragroups = [ "libvirtd" ]; | |||
} | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
You will only need to do this once | You will only need to do this once | ||
[[Category:Virtualization]] | [[Category:Virtualization]] | ||
Revision as of 13:54, 29 November 2020
Installation
NixOS
virtualisation.libvirtd.enable = true;
programs.dconf.enable = true;
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ virt-manager ]
You will get a warning when you open it for the first time
Could not detect a default hypervisor. Make sure the appropriate virtualization packages containing kvm, qemu, libvirt, etc. are installed and that libvirtd is running.
To resolve
File in the menu bar -> Add connection HyperVisor = QEMU/KVM Autoconnect = checkmark Connect
You can get the following error :
authentication unavailable: no polkit agent available to authenticate action 'org.libvirt.unix.manage'
To resolve, We would have to add user in the libvirtd group.
{
users.users.<myuser>.extragroups = [ "libvirtd" ];
}
You will only need to do this once