README.md

Docker libvirt-client

This docker image is based on alpine. Only the required package libvirt-client is installed.

Requirements

KVM installed on the docker host

Pass the libvirt socket as a docker volume to this container.

-v /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock:/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock

Remote URI

Use the remote URIs (libvirt Connection URIs) to connect to a remote host. You may have to edit libvirt.conf or pass the URI as an argument virsh -c <remote-uri>

Run Docker

docker run --name libvirtclient -d -v /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock:/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock hsrnetwork/libvirt-client

Usage

List all Virtual Machines

docker exec libvirtclient virsh list

Connect to console

docker exec -it libvirtclient virsh console <vm-name>