# Master libvirt daemon configuration file # # For further information consult http://libvirt.org/format.html ################################################################# # # Network connectivity controls # # Flag listening for secure TLS connections on the public TCP/IP port. # NB, must pass the --listen flag to the libvirtd process for this to # have any effect. # # It is necessary to setup a CA and issue server certificates before # using this capability. # # This is enabled by default, uncomment this to disable it listen_tls = 0 # Listen for unencrypted TCP connections on the public TCP/IP port. # NB, must pass the --listen flag to the libvirtd process for this to # have any effect. # # Using the TCP socket requires SASL authentication by default. Only # SASL mechanisms which support data encryption are allowed. This is # DIGEST_MD5 and GSSAPI (Kerberos5) # # This is disabled by default, uncomment this to enable it. listen_tcp = 1 # Override the port for accepting secure TLS connections # This can be a port number, or service name # #tls_port = "16514" # Override the port for accepting insecure TCP connections # This can be a port number, or service name # #tcp_port = "16509" # Override the default configuration which binds to all network # interfaces. This can be a numeric IPv4/6 address, or hostname # # listen_addr = "192.168.0.1" # Flag toggling mDNS advertizement of the libvirt service. # # Alternatively can disable for all services on a host by # stopping the Avahi daemon # # This is enabled by default, uncomment this to disable it #mdns_adv = 0 # Override the default mDNS advertizement name. This must be # unique on the immediate broadcast network. # # The default is "Virtualization Host HOSTNAME", where HOSTNAME # is subsituted for the short hostname of the machine (without domain) # #mdns_name = "Virtualization Host Joe Demo" ################################################################# # # UNIX socket access controls # # Set the UNIX domain socket group ownership. This can be used to # allow a 'trusted' set of users access to management capabilities # without becoming root. # # This is restricted to 'root' by default. #unix_sock_group = "libvirt" # Set the UNIX socket permissions for the R/O socket. This is used # for monitoring VM status only # # Default allows any user. If setting group ownership may want to # restrict this to: #unix_sock_ro_perms = "0777" # Set the UNIX socket permissions for the R/W socket. This is used # for full management of VMs # # Default allows only root. If PolicyKit is enabled on the socket, # the default will change to allow everyone (eg, 0777) # # If not using PolicyKit and setting group ownership for access # control then you may want to relax this to: #unix_sock_rw_perms = "0770" ################################################################# # # Authentication. # # - none: do not perform auth checks. If you can connect to the # socket you are allowed. This is suitable if there are # restrictions on connecting to the socket (eg, UNIX # socket permissions), or if there is a lower layer in # the network providing auth (eg, TLS/x509 certificates) # # - sasl: use SASL infrastructure. The actual auth scheme is then # controlled from /etc/sasl2/libvirt.conf. For the TCP # socket only GSSAPI & DIGEST-MD5 mechanisms will be used. # For non-TCP or TLS sockets, any scheme is allowed. # # - polkit: use PolicyKit to authenticate. This is only suitable # for use on the UNIX sockets. The default policy will # require a user to supply their own password to gain # full read/write access (aka sudo like), while anyone # is allowed read/only access. # # Set an authentication scheme for UNIX read-only sockets # By default socket permissions allow anyone to connect # # To restrict monitoring of domains you may wish to enable # an authentication mechanism here #auth_unix_ro = "none" # Set an authentication scheme for UNIX read-write sockets # By default socket permissions only allow root. If PolicyKit # support was compiled into libvirt, the default will be to # use 'polkit' auth. # # If the unix_sock_rw_perms are changed you may wish to enable # an authentication mechanism here #auth_unix_rw = "none" # Change the authentication scheme for TCP sockets. # # If you don't enable SASL, then all TCP traffic is cleartext. # Don't do this outside of a dev/test scenario. For real world # use, always enable SASL and use the GSSAPI or DIGEST-MD5 # mechanism in /etc/sasl2/libvirt.conf #auth_tcp = "sasl" # Change the authentication scheme for TLS sockets. # # TLS sockets already have encryption provided by the TLS # layer, and limited authentication is done by certificates # # It is possible to make use of any SASL authentication # mechanism as well, by using 'sasl' for this option #auth_tls = "none" ################################################################# # # TLS x509 certificate configuration # # Override the default server key file path # #key_file = "/etc/pki/libvirt/private/serverkey.pem" # Override the default server certificate file path # #cert_file = "/etc/pki/libvirt/servercert.pem" # Override the default CA certificate path # #ca_file = "/etc/pki/CA/cacert.pem" # Specify a certificate revocation list. # # Defaults to not using a CRL, uncomment to enable it #crl_file = "/etc/pki/CA/crl.pem" ################################################################# # # Authorization controls # # Flag to disable verification of client certificates # # Client certificate verification is the primary authentication mechanism. # Any client which does not present a certificate signed by the CA # will be rejected. # # Default is to always verify. Uncommenting this will disable # verification - make sure an IP whitelist is set #tls_no_verify_certificate = 1 # A whitelist of allowed x509 Distinguished Names # This list may contain wildcards such as # # "C=GB,ST=London,L=London,O=Red Hat,CN=*" # # See the POSIX fnmatch function for the format of the wildcards. # # NB If this is an empty list, no client can connect, so comment out # entirely rather than using empty list to disable these checks # # By default, no DN's are checked #tls_allowed_dn_list = ["DN1", "DN2"] # A whitelist of allowed SASL usernames. The format for usernames # depends on the SASL authentication mechanism. Kerberos usernames # look like username@REALM # # This list may contain wildcards such as # # "*@EXAMPLE.COM" # # See the POSIX fnmatch function for the format of the wildcards. # # NB If this is an empty list, no client can connect, so comment out # entirely rather than using empty list to disable these checks # # By default, no Username's are checked #sasl_allowed_username_list = ["joe@EXAMPLE.COM", "fred@EXAMPLE.COM" ]