Unable to connct to KVM using virsh - 'error: failed to connect to the hypervisor'
Issue
- Here are couple of examples:
$ virsh -c qemu:///system list
error: failed to connect to the hypervisor
error: authentication failed: polkit: polkit\56retains_authorization_after_challenge=1
Authorization requires authentication but no agent is available.
$ sudo virsh -c qemu:///system list
error: failed to connect to the hypervisor
error: no connection driver available for qemu:///system
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
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