Disable TLS by default On SUSE distros, the default is for libvirtd to listen only on the Unix Domain Socket. The libvirt client still provides remote access via a SSH tunnel. Index: libvirt-5.3.0/src/remote/libvirtd.conf =================================================================== --- libvirt-5.3.0.orig/src/remote/libvirtd.conf +++ libvirt-5.3.0/src/remote/libvirtd.conf @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ # 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 +# This is disabled by default, uncomment this to enable it +#listen_tls = 1 # Listen for unencrypted TCP connections on the public TCP/IP port. # NB, must pass the --listen flag to the libvirtd process for this to Index: libvirt-5.3.0/src/remote/remote_daemon_config.c =================================================================== --- libvirt-5.3.0.orig/src/remote/remote_daemon_config.c +++ libvirt-5.3.0/src/remote/remote_daemon_config.c @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ daemonConfigNew(bool privileged ATTRIBUT if (VIR_ALLOC(data) < 0) return NULL; - data->listen_tls = 1; + data->listen_tls = 0; data->listen_tcp = 0; if (VIR_STRDUP(data->tls_port, LIBVIRTD_TLS_PORT) < 0 || Index: libvirt-5.3.0/src/remote/test_libvirtd.aug.in =================================================================== --- libvirt-5.3.0.orig/src/remote/test_libvirtd.aug.in +++ libvirt-5.3.0/src/remote/test_libvirtd.aug.in @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module Test_libvirtd = ::CONFIG:: test Libvirtd.lns get conf = - { "listen_tls" = "0" } + { "listen_tls" = "1" } { "listen_tcp" = "1" } { "tls_port" = "16514" } { "tcp_port" = "16509" }