17.2. remote-viewer

The remote-viewer is a simple remote desktop display client that supports SPICE and VNC. It shares most of the features and limitations with virt-viewer.
However, unlike virt-viewer, remote-viewer does not require libvirt to connect to the remote guest display. As such, remote-viewer can be used for example to connect to a virtual machine on a remote host that does not provide permissions to interact with libvirt or to use SSH connections.
To install the remote-viewer utility, run: 
# sudo yum install virt-viewer

Syntax

The basic remote-viewer command-line syntax is as follows: 
# remote-viewer [OPTIONS] {guest-name|id|uuid}
To see the full list of options available for use with remote-viewer, use man remote-viewer.

Connecting to a guest virtual machine

If used without any options, remote-viewer lists guests that it can connect to on the default URI of the local system.
To connect to a specific guest using remote-viewer, use the VNC/SPICE URI. For information about obtaining the URI, see Section 14.5.19, “Displaying a URI for Connection to a Graphical Display”.

Example 17.3. Connecting to a guest display using SPICE

Use the following to connect to a SPICE server on a machine called "testguest" that uses port 5900 for SPICE communication: 
# remote-viewer spice://testguest:5900

Example 17.4. Connecting to a guest display using VNC

Use the following to connect to a VNC server on a machine called testguest2 that uses port 5900 for VNC communication: 
# remote-viewer vnc://testguest2:5900

Interface

By default, the remote-viewer interface provides only the basic tools for interacting with the guest:
Sample remote-viewer interface

Figure 17.2. Sample remote-viewer interface