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By adding a link to an explanation in the kbase. Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
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Libvirt does not work after installation
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.. contents::
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TL;DR
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=====
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Most probably you want to start a virtqemud socket:
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::
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# systemctl start virtqemud.socket
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If you are unsure whether to do this, please read the rest of this document.
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Symptom
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After installing libvirt or a virt tool that uses libvirt, commands do
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not work when run as root:
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::
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# virsh list
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error: failed to connect to the hypervisor
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error: Operation not supported: Cannot use direct socket mode if no URI is set.
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For more information see https://libvirt.org/kbase/failed_connection_after_install.html
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Root cause
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Distribution guidelines and/or configurations may discourage or prohibit
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starting services as part of a package installation. And because libvirt cannot
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know where you might want to connect it cannot start it on its own.
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Solution
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After installing libvirt you may need to start a particular libvirt daemon on
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the local machine, set a (default) URI to connect to or, alternatively,
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rebooting the machine might work.
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If you are trying to connect to a remote libvirt daemon you need to specify a `connection URI <../uri.html>`__.
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If you are trying to control a local hypervisor, then the solution depends on various factors. You should know:
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- what hypervisor driver you want to connect to, whether it is ``virtqemud`` for QEMU, ``virtchd`` for Cloud Hypervisor, etc. and
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- how to start a service or socket (in case of systemd) on you system.
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Example of the most common solution, trying to use QEMU/KVM on Linux with systemd as an init system, is:
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::
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# systemctl start virtqemud.socket
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also provided on the top of the page.
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