libvirt-php receives the error: internal error Unable to locate libvirtd daemon in /usr/sbin

Question

I have installed php-libvirt as well as all required packages I have setup my php file as follows:

<?php
echo “WebAdmin 0.1Beta”;
echo “<br/>”;

$uri=”qemu:///system”;
echo (“Connecting to libvirt (URI:$uri)\n”.”<br/>”.”<br/>”);
$conn=libvirt_connect($uri,false);
if ($conn==false)
{
echo (“Libvirt last error: “.libvirt_get_last_error().”\n”);
exit;
}

However when I load the page I get:

WebAdmin 0.1Beta
Connecting to libvirt (URI:qemu:///system)

Libvirt last error: internal error Unable to locate libvirtd daemon in /usr/sbin (to override, set $LIBVIRTD_PATH to the name of the libvirtd binary) 

It works fine from the command line when I run

[root@localhost ~]# virsh -c qemu:///system list
 Id    Name                           State
----------------------------------------------------

I checked Libvirtd status, it's also running

[root@localhost ~]# service libvirtd status
libvirtd (pid  14017) is running...

What could be the issue?

Answer 1

Do you have libvirtd executable in /usr/sbin?

You should find where it is and point $LIBVIRTD_PATH to the correct folder.

If you run the script as non-root user then the executable could be there, just the script does not have permissions to use it.

p.s. probably this question is for Server Fault