Virt-manager: copy the config to a laptop

[FATeknollogee]

Let's say you have virt-manager running on your desktop, "remotely" managing a few host servers.

How can you copy the config's (not the vm config's) to a laptop or second machine?

[black3dynamite]

/etc/libvirt

[FATeknollogee]

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[FATeknollogee]

@black3dynamite Copy all the contents of /etc/libvirt ?

[black3dynamite]

@fateknollogee said in Virt-manager: copy the config to a laptop:

@black3dynamite Copy all the contents of /etc/libvirt ?

I’m not sure yet. I’m still searching for any settings that I’ve changed.

[black3dynamite]

From what I can tell, none of conf files in /etc/libvirt needs to be backed up unless you modified them.

In /etc/libvirt/qemu and /etc/libvirt/storage, I do see files that are created when creating VMs, networks and storage.

[FATeknollogee]

So what's the verdict?

[matteo nunziati]

@black3dynamite said in Virt-manager: copy the config to a laptop:

From what I can tell, none of conf files in /etc/libvirt needs to be backed up unless you modified them.

In /etc/libvirt/qemu and /etc/libvirt/storage, I do see files that are created when creating VMs, networks and storage.

Those are the VMs I think he means dome options in the vidualization of vmmanager. But I don't temember of anyone. I always open it as is and connect to the remote hypervisor

Check here

[FATeknollogee]

@matteo-nunziati Yes, thanks for the link.
It is stored in org/virt-manager/virt-manager/conns

[matteo nunziati]

@matteo-nunziati f**k I will never learn how to write on a damn smartphone