Libvirt allows you to access hypervisors running on remote machines through authenticated and encrypted connections. Basic usage¶ On the remote machine, libvirtd should be running in general. See libvirtd configuration file section on how to configure libvirtd. Not all hypervisors supported by libvirt require a running libvirtd. If you want to connect to a VMware ESX/ESXi or GSX server then libvir