virt-viewer Command Examples

Minimal graphical interface for a virtual machine (VM). Note: 'domain' refers to the name, UUID or ID for the existing VMs (See: tldr virsh). More information: https://manned.org/virt-viewer.

• Launch virt-viewer with a prompt to select running virtual machines:

virt-viewer

• Launch virt-viewer for a specific virtual machine by ID, UUID or name:

virt-viewer "{{domain}}"

• Wait for a virtual machine to start and automatically reconnect if it shutdown and restarts:

virt-viewer --reconnect --wait "{{domain}}"

• Connect to a specific remote virtual machine over TLS:

virt-viewer --connect "xen//{{url}}" "{{domain}}"

• Connect to a specific remote virtual machine over SSH:

virt-viewer --connect "qemu+ssh//{{username}}@{{url}}/system" "{{domain}}"