knobbytires Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Most articles/videos for virt-manager on OSX connecting to Unraid seemed a bit dated so thought I'd share what I did to get things running. What's outlined below seems like a lot but once you've done it once it can be repeated in under 5 minutes. My requirements: - Create, start and stop VM's on Unraid from OSX - Create + manage snapshots on Unraid from OSX - Clone VM's on Unraid from OSX - Monitor basic stats like cpu/ram/network usage Guide: ########## ## Unraid ########## 1. Setup libvirt + qemu to listen on "0.0.0.0" A lot of articles referred to editing "/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf" but this didn't exist in "/etc/libvirt/". Restarting VM service + array fixed it for me. a) Restart VM service + array Settings -> VM Manager -> Set "Enable VM's" to No Main - Stop Array Main -> Start Array Settings -> VM Manager -> Set "Enable VM's" to Yes b) SSH to Unraid server and change two files: /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf listen_addr = "0.0.0.0" <-- default is "127.0.0.1" /etc/libvirt/qemu.con vnc_listen = "0.0.0.0" <-- default is "127.0.0.1" c) Again, restart VM service and array (doing both is likely redundant) Settings -> VM Manager -> Set "Enable VM's" to No Main - Stop Array Main -> Start Array Settings -> VM Manager -> Set "Enable VM's" to Yes ########## ## OSX ########## 1. Install virt-manager on OSX a) Prerequisites: Install Homebrew @ https://brew.sh b) Install virt-manger + dependencies: brew cask install xquartz brew tap jeffreywildman/homebrew-virt-manager brew install virt-manager virt-viewer mkdir -p /usr/local/Cellar/libosinfo/1.7.1/share/libosinfo cd /usr/local/Cellar/libosinfo/1.7.1/share/libosinfo/ curl http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids -O curl https://pci-ids.ucw.cz/v2.2/pci.ids -O 2. Create virt-manager app instead of launching via Terminal Why? There are tools such as "appify" that will wrap a shell script and create pseudo OSX App but it will still launch a Terminal window in addition to virt-manager. I wanted virt-manager to launch like a native OSX app. a) Create virt-manager app via Automator Applications -> Automator -> New Document -> Workflow -> Choose Scroll down and double click "Run Shell Script" Paste (w/ quotes) -> "/usr/local/bin/virt-manager" File -> Save -> Click down arrow to expand view -> Choose "Applications" -> Save As: virt-manager -> File Format: Application -> Save b) Add virt-manger icon to app: Grab virt-manager icon @ https://icon-icons.com/icon/virt-manager/94317 (just click icon and drag to desktop) Double click icon (it will open in Preview) CTRL-C to copy Applications -> virt-manager -> Right Click -> Get Info Click on icon and CTRL-V to paste 3. Connect to Unraid a) Launch virt-manager Applications -> virt-manager b) Add connection to Uraid File -> Add Connection Hypervisor: Custom URI Autoconnect: Checked Custom URI: qemu+tcp://root@<unraid-server-ip>/system ** Note - There is no TLS or password auth setup. If you are running in environment where this is required I would suggest looking into ssh auth vs. tcp. 1 Quote Link to comment
invalid Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Instead of making holes in Unraid isn't it better to do it via SSH? install the virt-manager local ssh -L 8080:127.0.0.1:80 -L 16509:127.0.0.1:16509 <unraiduser>@<UnraidIP> Open virt-manager File -> Add Connection Hypervisor: Custom URI Autoconnect: Checked Custom URI: qemu+tcp://[email protected]:16509/system And you have now a open webUI 127.0.0.1:8080 with no password Quote Link to comment
payam Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Hello I don't understand this part : Paste (w/ quotes) -> "/usr/local/bin/virt-manager"? Quote Link to comment
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