Methods to access a virtual machine console

There are multiple ways to connect to a virtual machine console. If your environment has full GUI access, then the easiest method is to use the virt-manager console itself. virt-viewer is another tool that can give you access to your virtual machine console. This tool is very helpful if you are trying to access a virtual machine console from a remote location. In the following example, we are going to make a connection to a remote hypervisor that has an IP of 192.168.122.1. The connection is tunneled through an SSH session and is secure.

The first step is to set up an authentication system without a password between your client system and the hypervisor:

1. On the client machine, use the following code:

   # ssh-keygen
   # ssh-copy-id root@192.168.122.1
   # virt-viewer -c qemu+ssh://root@192.168.122.1/system

   You will be presented with a list of virtual machines available on the hypervisor. Select the one you have to access, as shown in the...