[ale] virt-install and regular user help sought

[Ted W.]

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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