libvirt users - Feb 2015 - vnc client for libvirt from os x?

id like to access libvirt kvm consoles from my macbook. i tried
realvnc, which just crashes immediately, and the built in "screen
sharing" client, which insists on a password, which i havent set.

does anyone here do this? which vnc client do you use?

By default, libvirt doesn't allow remote access for the client vnc
connections.

I use X-forwarding trough ssh like this:
- Install openssh on the host
- Install a vnc-client on the host
- Connect from your mac to the host trough ssh like this: ssh -X -C -l {login}
{host-address}
- Start the vnc-client

I'm not sure dough if X-forwaring is possible on a mac...

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: pixelfairy [mailto:pixelfairy@gmail.com] 
Verzonden: donderdag 5 februari 2015 5:13
Aan: libvirt-users
Onderwerp: [libvirt-users] vnc client for libvirt from os x?

id like to access libvirt kvm consoles from my macbook. i tried realvnc, which
just crashes immediately, and the built in "screen sharing" client,
which insists on a password, which i havent set.

does anyone here do this? which vnc client do you use?

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os x comes with openssh, and some other nixy goodness. the rest you
can get at brew.sh.

when i ssh -Y into the host, ill just virt-manager or virt-viewer, but
the x server on os x comes with some baggage and silly annoyances like
"helpfully" trapping the mouse with a release combo thats hard to deal
with from os x. running a vnc client over os x would still come with
baggage and redundantly layering protocols. my virt host is already
painfully slow from all the virtual machines its running.

so, instead i tried ssh port forwarding (ssh -L) based on the output
of "virsh vncdisplay". as i mentioned earlier realvnc just crashes,
and the build in "screen sharing" client only works with a password. i
did try setting a dummy password on an instance and it worked, but
thats just annoying.

so, before trying out all the clients, i wanted to see if anyone else
tried one. i intend to make a script that displays an easy to click
list for my co workers, so something simple would be nice.

another way would be setting up a web server listening on localhost
(so no outside connections) so youd have to ssh -L (or D) to use it,
and just run novnc on that. but that would be more work. all the web
panels ive seen are overkill.

if all else fails, ill just do as you suggest and run the vnc client remotely.


On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Dominique Ramaekers
<dominique.ramaekers@cometal.be> wrote:
> By default, libvirt doesn't allow remote access for the client vnc
connections.
>
> I use X-forwarding trough ssh like this:
> - Install openssh on the host
> - Install a vnc-client on the host
> - Connect from your mac to the host trough ssh like this: ssh -X -C -l
{login} {host-address}
> - Start the vnc-client
>
> I'm not sure dough if X-forwaring is possible on a mac...
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: pixelfairy [mailto:pixelfairy@gmail.com]
> Verzonden: donderdag 5 februari 2015 5:13
> Aan: libvirt-users
> Onderwerp: [libvirt-users] vnc client for libvirt from os x?
>
> id like to access libvirt kvm consoles from my macbook. i tried realvnc,
which just crashes immediately, and the built in "screen sharing"
client, which insists on a password, which i havent set.
>
> does anyone here do this? which vnc client do you use?
>
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