Provided by: virt-viewer_1.0-1_amd64 
NAME
remote-viewer - a simple remote desktop client
SYNOPSIS
remote-viewer [OPTIONS] -- [URI]
DESCRIPTION
remote-viewer is a simple remote display client. The supported protocols are SPICE and VNC.
Starting remote-viewer without URI will open a simple dialog with an entry and a list of previously
successfully accessed URI.
The URI can also point to a connection settings file, see FILE section for a description of the format.
OPTIONS
The following options are accepted when running "remote-viewer":
-h, --help
Display command line help summary
-V, --version
Display program version number
-v, --verbose
Display information about the connection
-z PCT, --zoom=PCT
Zoom level of the display window in percentage. Range 10-400.
-f, --full-screen
Start with the windows maximized to fullscreen.
If supported, the remote display will be reconfigured to match at best the client physical monitor
configuration on initialization, by enabling or disabling extra monitors as necessary. This is
currently implemented by the Spice backend only.
-t TITLE, --title TITLE
Set the window title to TITLE
--spice-controller
Use the SPICE controller to initialize the connection with the SPICE server. This option is used by
the SPICE browser addons to allow web page to start a client.
--debug
Print debugging information
-H HOTKEYS, --hotkeys HOTKEYS
Set global hotkey bindings. By default, keyboard shortcuts only work when the guest display widget
does not have focus. Any actions specified in HOTKEYS will be effective even when the guest display
widget has input focus. The format for HOTKEYS is
<action1>=<key1>[+<key2>][,<action2>=<key3>[+<key4>]]. Key-names are case-insensitive. Valid actions
are: toggle-fullscreen, release-cursor, secure-attention, smartcard-insert and smartcard-remove. The
"secure-attention" action sends a secure attention sequence (Ctrl+Alt+Del) to the guest. Examples:
--hotkeys=toggle-fullscreen=shift+f11,release-cursor=shift+f12
--hotkeys=release-cursor=ctrl+alt
Note that hotkeys for which no binding is given are disabled. Although the hotkeys specified here are
handled by the client, it is still possible to send these key combinations to the guest via a menu
item.
-k, --kiosk
Start in kiosk mode. In this mode, the application will start in fullscreen with minimal UI. It will
prevent the user from quitting or performing any interaction outside of usage of the remote desktop
session.
Note that it can't offer a complete secure solution by itself. Your kiosk system must have additional
configuration and security settings to lock down the OS. In particular, you must configure or disable
the window manager, limit the session capabilities, use some restart/watchdog mechanism, disable VT
switching etc.
--kiosk-quit <never|on-disconnect>
By default, when kiosk mode is enabled, virt-viewer will remain open when the connection to the
remote server is terminated. By setting kiosk-quit option to "on-disconnect" value, virt-viewer will
quit instead.
HOTKEY
A key binding combination is described by a series of key strings seperated by '+' that must be pressed
together in order to activate the associated action.
It must be composed of modifiers (shift, ctrl or alt) and a non-modifier key. For example, "shift+f11".
FILE
remote-viewer connection file is of INI file format, with a mandatory [virt-viewer] group and "type" key.
Example
Opening a file with the following content will start remote-viewer in fullscreen and connect to the host
"betsiboka" using the SPICE protocol:
[virt-viewer]
type=spice
host=betsiboka
port=5900
fullscreen=1
Key list
"version" (string)
If remote-viewer version isn't at superior or equal to the required version, an error is raised with
the version expected.
The version format accepted is a list of integers seperated by '.'.
"type" (string, mandatory)
The session type, either "spice", "vnc" or "ovirt".
"host" (string, mandatory)
The server host to connect to.
"port" (integer)
The server port to connect to.
"tls-port" (integer)
The server TLS/SSL port to connect to.
"username" (string)
The username for the session authentication.
"password" (string)
The password for the session authentication.
"disable-channels" (string list)
The list of session channels to disable.
The current SPICE channels are: main, display, inputs, cursor, playback, record, smartcard, usbredir.
"tls-ciphers" (string)
Set the cipher list to use for the secure connection, in textual OpenSSL cipher list format. (see
ciphers(1))
"title" (string)
String to present in the window title.
"fullscreen" (boolean)
Opens the client windows in fullscreen.
"ca" (string)
CA certificate in PEM format (using "\n" to seperate the lines), for verification purposes.
"host-subject" (string)
Verify the certificate subject matches with the given subject.
"toggle-fullscreen" (hotkey string)
Key binding for entering and leaving fullscreen mode. (see HOTKEY for description of expected string)
"release-cursor" (hotkey string)
Key binding for releasing cursor grab. (see HOTKEY for description of expected string)
"smartcard-insert" (hotkey string)
Key binding for inserting emulated smartcard. (see HOTKEY for description of expected string)
"smartcard-remove" (hotkey string)
Key binding for removing emulated smartcard. (see HOTKEY for description of expected string)
"color-depth" (integer)
Set the color depth of the guest display (16 or 32).
"disable-effects" (string list)
A list of desktop effects to disable in the remote guest.
The effects that can be disabled with SPICE are: wallpaper, font-smooth, animation or all.
"enable-smartcard" (boolean)
Set to 1 to enable client smartcard redirection.
"enable-usbredir" (boolean)
Set to 1 to enable client USB device redirection.
"enable-usb-autoshare" (boolean)
Set to 1 to enable client USB devices auto-sharing.
"usb-filter" (string)
Set a string specifying a filter to use to determine which USB devices to autoconnect when plugged
in, a filter consists of one or more rules. Where each rule has the form of:
"class,vendor,product,version,allow"
Use -1 for class/vendor/product/version to accept any value.
And the rules themselves are concatenated like this:
"rule1|rule2|rule3"
"secure-channels" (string list)
The list of session channels to secure.
The current SPICE channels are: main, display, inputs, cursor, playback, record, smartcard, usbredir.
"delete-this-file" (boolean)
Set to 1 for the client to remove this connection file (if it can't, it will fail silently)
"proxy" (string)
A proxy URL to tunnel the connection through.
At the time of writing this documentation, the only supported proxy method with Spice is HTTP
CONNECT.
For example, to tunnel connection through foobar host HTTP proxy on port 8080, use the value
"http://foobar:8080".
EXAMPLES
To connect to SPICE server on host "makai" with port 5900
remote-viewer spice://makai:5900
To connect to VNC server on host "tsingy" with port 5900
remote-viewer vnc://tsingy:5900
BUGS
Report bugs to the mailing list "http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list"
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Red Hat, Inc., and various contributors. This is free software. You may
redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
"https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html". There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
"virt-viewer(1)", the project website "http://virt-manager.org"