[GH-ISSUE #20] Problem connecting via local socket #13

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opened 2026-02-27 15:56:59 +03:00 by kerem · 9 comments

kerem commented 2026-02-27 15:56:59 +03:00

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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/retspen/webvirtcloud/issues/20

I've installed webvirtcloud onto a machine as per the instructions in the readme. The machine already has a few KVM machines set up, so I'm able to run something like this without issue:

$ virsh list

Id    Name                           State
----------------------------------------------------
 2     Some VM                     running

However, after adding a local socket entry on the computes tab of webvirtcloud, I get the following on the instances tab:

Error: Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': Permission denied

I've tried adding both my local and the www-data user accounts to the libvirtd group but I still get the same error.

Any ideas?

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/retspen/webvirtcloud/issues/20 I've installed webvirtcloud onto a machine as per the instructions in the readme. The machine already has a few KVM machines set up, so I'm able to run something like this without issue: ``` $ virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- 2 Some VM running ``` However, after adding a local socket entry on the computes tab of webvirtcloud, I get the following on the instances tab: ``` Error: Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': Permission denied ``` I've tried adding both my local and the www-data user accounts to the libvirtd group but I still get the same error. Any ideas?

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kerem commented 2026-02-27 15:57:00 +03:00

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@retspen commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015):

$ sudo adduser www-data kvm

<!-- gh-comment-id:109862042 --> @retspen commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015): ``` bash $ sudo adduser www-data kvm ```

kerem commented 2026-02-27 15:57:00 +03:00

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015):

Thanks. Tried that but still getting the same error message.

I'm able to use TCP at the moment, so this isn't a huge deal. Would still be nice to solve though.

<!-- gh-comment-id:109866972 --> @ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015): Thanks. Tried that but still getting the same error message. I'm able to use TCP at the moment, so this isn't a huge deal. Would still be nice to solve though.

kerem commented 2026-02-27 15:57:00 +03:00

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@retspen commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015):

After that need restart service nginx

<!-- gh-comment-id:109872231 --> @retspen commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015): After that need restart service nginx

kerem commented 2026-02-27 15:57:00 +03:00

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015):

sudo service nginx restart

Refreshed the page but still getting the same error, even after clearing the cache.

<!-- gh-comment-id:109873512 --> @ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015): ``` sudo service nginx restart ``` Refreshed the page but still getting the same error, even after clearing the cache.

kerem commented 2026-02-27 15:57:00 +03:00

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@retspen commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015):

Can you add libvirtd group to www-data and then restart service nginx?

<!-- gh-comment-id:109873794 --> @retspen commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015): Can you add libvirtd group to www-data and then restart service nginx?

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015):

sudo adduser www-data libvirtd
sudo service nginx restart

No change unfortunately

<!-- gh-comment-id:109875371 --> @ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015): ``` sudo adduser www-data libvirtd sudo service nginx restart ``` No change unfortunately

kerem commented 2026-02-27 15:57:00 +03:00

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@retspen commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015):

Can you reboot your server? Now I tested the Issue and my configuration work perfectly.

<!-- gh-comment-id:109882752 --> @retspen commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015): Can you reboot your server? Now I tested the Issue and my configuration work perfectly.

kerem commented 2026-02-27 15:57:00 +03:00

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015):

Not able to right now but will give it a try later on and report back. Thanks for the help :)

<!-- gh-comment-id:109890160 --> @ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2015): Not able to right now but will give it a try later on and report back. Thanks for the help :)

kerem commented 2026-02-27 15:57:00 +03:00

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 11, 2015):

Apologies for the delay @retspen.

I rebooted as you suggested and it started working. Not quite sure what was wrong, but since things are working now I'll close this up.

<!-- gh-comment-id:111111033 --> @ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 11, 2015): Apologies for the delay @retspen. I rebooted as you suggested and it started working. Not quite sure what was wrong, but since things are working now I'll close this up.

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