Describe the existence of the transport driver and document the
configurable options.
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docs/remote.html.in | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/remote.html.in b/docs/remote.html.in
index e6af4c2..40696b9 100644
--- a/docs/remote.html.in
+++ b/docs/remote.html.in
@@ -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/> —
+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>
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1.7.12
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