'rhn-profile-sync' or 'rhnreg_ks' commands gives error "libvirt.libvirtError: no connection driver available"
Issue
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Updating a client profile or registering a client gives error "libvir: error : no connection driver available"
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rhn-profile-sync:
> Updating package profile...
> Updating hardware profile...
> Updating virtualization profile...
> libvir: error : no connection driver available
> Warning: Could not retrieve virtualization information!
> libvirtd service needs to be running.
- rhnreg_ks:
rhnreg_ks --username <RHN or Satellite username> --password <password> --force
libvir: error : no connection driver available An error has occurred:
libvirt.libvirtError
See /var/log/up2date for more information:
File "/usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks", line 227, in ?
cli.run()
File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhncli.py", line 66, in run
sys.exit(self.main() or 0)
File "/usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks", line 178, in main
rhnreg.sendVirtInfo(systemId)
File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnreg.py", line 674, in sendVirtInfo
support.refresh()
File "/usr/share/rhn/virtualization/support.py", line 51, in refresh
if _is_host_domain():
File "/usr/share/rhn/virtualization/support.py", line 161, in _is_host_domain
conn = libvirt.open(None)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 169, in open
if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpen() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: no connection driver available
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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