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-6.0.0/src/remote/remote_daemon_config.c =================================================================== --- libvirt-6.0.0.orig/src/remote/remote_daemon_config.c +++ libvirt-6.0.0/src/remote/remote_daemon_config.c @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ daemonConfigNew(bool privileged G_GNUC_U #ifdef WITH_IP # ifdef LIBVIRTD - data->listen_tls = 1; /* Only honoured if --listen is set */ + data->listen_tls = 0; /* Only honoured if --listen is set */ # else /* ! LIBVIRTD */ data->listen_tls = 0; /* Always honoured, --listen doesn't exist. */ # endif /* ! LIBVIRTD */ Index: libvirt-6.0.0/src/remote/libvirtd.conf.in =================================================================== --- libvirt-6.0.0.orig/src/remote/libvirtd.conf.in +++ libvirt-6.0.0/src/remote/libvirtd.conf.in @@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ # 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 @DAEMON_NAME@ process for this to