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libssh2_transport: Add docs to remote.html

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Describe the existence of the transport driver and document the
configurable options.
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@ -136,8 +136,14 @@ Remote libvirt supports a range of transports:
<dd> Unencrypted TCP/IP socket. Not recommended for production
use, this is normally disabled, but an administrator can enable
it for testing or use over a trusted network.
The standard port is 16509.
</dd>
The standard port is 16509. </dd>
<dt> libssh2 </dt>
<dd> Transport over the SSH protocol using
<a href="http://libssh2.org/" title="libssh2 homepage">libssh2</a> instead
of the OpenSSH binary. This transport uses the libvirt authentication callback for
all ssh authentication calls and therefore supports keyboard-interactive authentication
even with graphical management applications. As with the classic ssh transport
netcat is required on the remote side.</dd>
</dl>
<p>
The default transport, if no other is specified, is <code>tls</code>.
@ -182,6 +188,9 @@ Connect to a libvirtd daemon offering unencrypted TCP/IP connections
on localhost port 5000 and use the test driver with default
settings.
</li>
<li><code>qemu+libssh2://user@host/system?known_hosts=/home/user/.ssh/known_hosts</code><br/> &#x2014;
Connect to a remote host using a ssh connection with the libssh2 driver
and use a different known_hosts file.</li>
</ul>
<h4>
<a name="Remote_URI_parameters">Extra parameters</a>
@ -237,7 +246,7 @@ Note that parameter values must be
<td>
<code>socket</code>
</td>
<td> unix, ssh </td>
<td> unix, ssh, libssh2 </td>
<td>
The path to the Unix domain socket, which overrides the
compiled-in default. For ssh transport, this is passed to
@ -252,7 +261,7 @@ Note that parameter values must be
<td>
<code>netcat</code>
</td>
<td> ssh </td>
<td> ssh, libssh2 </td>
<td>
The name of the netcat command on the remote machine.
The default is <code>nc</code>. For ssh transport, libvirt
@ -277,7 +286,7 @@ Note that parameter values must be
<td>
<code>keyfile</code>
</td>
<td> ssh </td>
<td> ssh, libssh2 </td>
<td>
The name of the private key file to use to authentication to the remote
machine. If this option is not used the default keys are used.
@ -341,6 +350,39 @@ Note that parameter values must be
<td colspan="2"/>
<td> Example: <code>pkipath=/tmp/pki/client</code> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<code>known_hosts</code>
</td>
<td> libssh2 </td>
<td>
Path to the known_hosts file to verify the host key agains. LibSSH2
supports OpenSSH-style known_hosts files, although it does not support
all key types, so using files created by the OpenSSH binary may result
into truncating the known_hosts file. It's recommended to use the default
known_hosts file is located in libvirt's client local configuration
directory e.g.: ~/.config/libvirt/known_hosts. Note: Use absolute paths.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"/>
<td> Example: <code>known_hosts=/root/.ssh/known_hosts</code> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<code>sshauth</code>
</td>
<td> libssh2 </td>
<td>
A comma separated list of authentication methods to use. Default (is
"agent,privkey,keyboard-interactive". The order of the methods is perserved.
Some methods may require additional parameters.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"/>
<td> Example: <code>sshauth=privkey,agent</code> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>
<a name="Remote_certificates">Generating TLS certificates</a>