Chapter 2. Spice basics

Table of Contents

Basic Definitions
Host
Guest
Client
Launching qemu
Adding Spice support to an existing virtual machine
Using virt-manager
Using libvirt
Using QEMU
Connecting to guest
Ticketing
Using virt-manager
Using libvirt
Using QEMU
Client
Agent
Using virt-manager
Using libvirt
Using QEMU
USB redirection
Using virt-manager
Using libvirt
Using QEMU
Client
Multiple monitor support
Using virt-manager
Using libvirt
Using QEMU
Client
TLS
Using virt-manager
Using libvirt
Using QEMU
Client
Generating self-signed certificates for use with Spice

Basic Definitions

Host

Host is a machine running an instance of qemu-kvm.

Guest

Guest is a virtual machine hosted on the host which will be accessed with a spice client.

Client

Client is referring to a system running the spice client (the recommended one is virt-viewer).