[virt-tools-list] Configuring virt-manager (v0.9.0) from the command line

[Digimer]

On 10/01/16 04:08 PM, Cole Robinson wrote:
> On 01/10/2016 04:05 PM, Digimer wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>   I've got a little web-based front end for managing high-availability
>> clusters hosting KVM VMs. We use little rhel/centos 6 appliances for
>> users to connect to the VMs using virt-manager.
>>
>>   I would like to configure virt-manager to add/remove nodes (hosts) as
>> needed, but I can't seem to get this to work if virt-manager is already
>> running. If it's NOT running, I can either use gconftool-2 or directly
>> create/edit the ~/.gconf/apps/virt-manager files and the next time
>> virt-manager starts, the correct config is there.
>>
>>   I would like to check to see if virt-manager is running and, if so,
>> somehow update it with the new configuration. Is this possible?
> 
> No, it's not possible with virt-manager 0.9.0 or upstream. It could be
> implemented based on watching gconf for added/removed connections, but it
> would require a patch.
> 
> - Cole

So as it stands now, I should check to see if it is running and, if so,
close it before making the changes and restart?

I think it would be a great feature to have, fwiw. :)

Thanks for a quick reply!

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