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authorDaniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>2012-03-14 12:30:52 +0000
committerDaniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>2012-03-15 11:20:17 +0000
commite457d5ef2015e6106094b85f8bbd1582002edc4d (patch)
tree7b18a670b0a5feb1695881410679e536ec1a5669 /tools
parent6227a220ccdd0193a1912f3a0010a72d91f06818 (diff)
downloadlibvirt-e457d5ef2015e6106094b85f8bbd1582002edc4d.tar.gz
Allow overriding default URI in config file
Currently if the URI passed to virConnectOpen* is NULL, then we - Look for LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI env var - Probe for drivers This changes it so that - Look for LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI env var - Look for 'uri_default' in $HOME/.libvirt/libvirt.conf - Probe for drivers
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rw-r--r--tools/virsh.pod11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
index 64b00ee03b..ecf6aaad05 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.pod
+++ b/tools/virsh.pod
@@ -2632,7 +2632,16 @@ The file to log virsh debug messages.
=item VIRSH_DEFAULT_CONNECT_URI
The hypervisor to connect to by default. Set this to a URI, in the same
-format as accepted by the B<connect> option.
+format as accepted by the B<connect> option. This environment variable
+is deprecated in favour of the global B<LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI> variable
+which serves the same purpose.
+
+=item LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI
+
+The hypervisor to connect to by default. Set this to a URI, in the
+same format as accepted by the B<connect> option. This overrides
+the default URI set in any client config file and prevents libvirt
+from probing for drivers.
=item VISUAL