[SOLVED] remote-viewer, spice, QEMU and Unix domain socket

atelszewski · 02-10-2016, 12:45 PM

Hi,

Is it possible to connect from remote-viewer to QEMU instance over Unix domain socket?

If I have QEMU configured with:

Code:

--spice disable-ticketing,port=5930,addr=localhost

then I have no problems connecting from remote-viewer over TCP/IP socket.

But if I change it to:

Code:

--spice disable-ticketing,unix,addr=windows.sock

then, after many trials, I have no clue how to do it.

I know that:

Code:

--spice disable-ticketing,unix,addr=windows.sock

actually works, because if I do:

Code:

$ socat TCP-LISTEN:5930,fork,reuseaddr UNIX-CLIENT:windows.sock

then I can again connect, so passing spice through Unix domain socket actually works fine, it's the remote-viewer that either has no possibility to connect over AF_UNIX or I don't know how to make it.

Any help appreciated.

Versions:
QEMU: 2.5.0
remote-viewer: 3.1
spice: 0.12.6
spice-gtk: 0.30
spice-protocol: 0.12.10

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Best regards,
Andrzej Telszewski

atelszewski · 02-10-2016, 02:19 PM

Hi,

Well, it often happens that an idea strikes you after posting the problem

Simple:

Code:

$ remote-viewer spice+unix://windows.sock

will do the job.

The last problem I'm facing is how can I put it into *.ini configuration file?

For the TCP/IP I have it like that:

Code:

[virt-viewer]
type=spice
host=localhost
port=5930
title=windows64-7
color-depth=32
disable-effects=all
enable-usbredir=1

but have no idea how to do it for Unix domain socket.

Still, any help welcome

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Best regards,
Andrzej Telszewski

atelszewski · 02-12-2016, 10:28 AM

Hi,

Marking as solved as the primary question has been answered.

When it comes to the config file I solved it in the following way:

Code:

$ cat spice.conf 
--title=windows64-7
--spice-disable-effects=all
--spice-color-depth=32
--spice-disable-audio
  spice+unix://spice.sock

and then:

Code:

remote-viewer $(cat spice.conf)

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Best regards,
Andrzej Telszewski