Where does virt-manager store config files?

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I checked ~/.libvirt* and ~/.config/libvirt*, non of them seem to contain config file of created VM, where is the config stored? I'm not running virt-manager as root user.

Just FYI, Debian/sid(9), virt-manager version 1:1.0.1-5 change the config to "~/.config/dconf/user" — kiiwii, May 15 '15 at 07:05

score 42 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 28 '12 at 03:20

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Oddly enough, under /etc/libvirt. virt-manager doesn't run as root, but it communicates with libvirtd that does.

answered Sep 28 '12 at 03:20

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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correct, and now 2019 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 still use it in `ls -lah /etc/libvirt/qemu/` – haidarvm Aug 15 '19 at 13:56
For anyone who came here searching for where it stores the operating system images, it's in `/var/lib/libvirt/images/`. You can find out the location in the options to clone the virtual machine. When you select `Clone this disk` and select `Details`. – Nav Aug 10 '22 at 15:23
That's libvirt's config, not the virt-manager's itself as the question was asking. Virt-manager is just a client app that communicates with libvirt. – deltaray Jan 05 '23 at 16:13

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 17 '16 at 11:33

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Client information (eg connection strings) is stored in the dconf (accessible with dconf-editor) under /org/virt-manager/virt-manager/.

answered Jul 17 '16 at 11:33

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exactly what I was looking for – nelaaro Feb 10 '17 at 06:44
me too, though it's not an answer to this question – reedstrm Nov 10 '17 at 15:03
@reedstrm for that you should look where dconf stores its files: https://developer.gnome.org/dconf/unstable/dconf-overview.html – z3ntu Nov 10 '17 at 19:08
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This was exactly what I needed to know too. dbus wasn't running and hence configs were not being saved. – Coops Apr 13 '20 at 02:04
Me too on Ubuntu 18. After `apt install dconf-editor` connections are now saved. – bomben Jul 08 '20 at 08:35
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Now they are gone again... – bomben Jul 08 '20 at 09:11

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 20 '12 at 08:34

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virt-manager config is on

~/.gconf/apps/virt-manager/

answered Nov 20 '12 at 08:34

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this is where I found my stored connection settings for virt-manager – Pete Nov 23 '13 at 00:33
This is probably the old config path. – deltaray Jan 05 '23 at 16:12

Where does virt-manager store config files?

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