# virt-manager to remote **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Virtualization\ **Created:** [December 24, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/virt-manager-to-remote/22078 "2011-12-24T20:43:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/virt-manager-to-remote/22078/1 "2011-12-24T20:43:31Z")
I am trying to get virt-manager to connect to a remote host. Is there any docs for how this is setup. I have been googling for hours and trying different things without any luck. Any help appreciated. Thanks and Happy Holidays. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/virt-manager-to-remote/22078/2 "2011-12-24T20:45:47Z")
Rick B wrote: [color=blue] > I am trying to get virt-manager to connect to a remote host. Is there any > docs for how this is setup. I have been googling for hours and trying > different things without any luck. Any help appreciated. > > Thanks and Happy Holidays.[/color] I can connect using virsh fine to a remote. Is virt-manager just broke? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/virt-manager-to-remote/22078/3 "2011-12-24T21:22:04Z")
Rick B wrote: [color=blue] > I am trying to get virt-manager to connect to a remote host. Is there any > docs for how this is setup. I have been googling for hours and trying > different things without any luck. Any help appreciated. > > Thanks and Happy Holidays.[/color] I figured it out ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/virt-manager-to-remote/22078/4 "2011-12-27T10:16:02Z")
warper2;2163611 Wrote:[color=blue] > Rick B wrote: > [color=green] > > > I am trying to get virt-manager to connect to a remote host. Is there[/color] > > any[color=green] > > docs for how this is setup. I have been googling for hours and[/color] > > trying[color=green] > > different things without any luck. Any help appreciated. > > > > Thanks and Happy Holidays.[/color] > > I figured it out[/color] Hi Rick, Curious to what the problem was. What we often do is setup SSH RSA keys between Xen hosts, then configure each virt-manager to always autoconnect to it’s local host as also the others so you can always manage the bunch from each Xen host individually. Cheers, Willem – Novell Knowledge Partner (voluntary sysop) ## It ain’t anything like Harry Potter.. but you gotta love the magic IT can bring to this world magic31’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=2303](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=2303) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=450003](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=450003) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/virt-manager-to-remote/22078/5 "2011-12-27T14:38:22Z")
magic31 wrote: [color=blue] > warper2;2163611 Wrote:[color=green] > > > Rick B wrote: > > [color=darkred] > > > > > I am trying to get virt-manager to connect to a remote host. Is there[/color] > > > any[color=darkred] > > > docs for how this is setup. I have been googling for hours and[/color] > > > trying[color=darkred] > > > different things without any luck. Any help appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks and Happy Holidays.[/color] > > > > I figured it out[/color] > > Hi Rick, > > Curious to what the problem was. > > What we often do is setup SSH RSA keys between Xen hosts, then > configure each virt-manager to always autoconnect to it’s local host as > also the others so you can always manage the bunch from each Xen host > individually. > > Cheers, > Willem > > [/color] I finally did the intelligent thing and logged at the messages log and saw that there was not a passwd database. Once I set that up it was all good. I had thought it used the system level and was wrong. Thanks all is working well.