Does virt-who encrypt the communication between the virt-who server and Hyper-V hypervisor?

Environment

• Virt-who
• Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor
• Red Hat Satellite 6.x

Issue

• Does Virt-who encrypt the communication between the virt-who server and a Hyper-V hypervisor?
• Need to replace plain text credentials with encrypted data in virt-who configuration for Hyper-V communications.

Resolution

• Currently, virt-who does not encrypt the communication between the virt-who server and a Hyper-V hypervisor. However, Red Hat is aware of this and the implementation of this feature is being addressed by RFE This content is not included.Implement end-to-end encryption of virt-who communications between a virtualization host and Red Hat Satellite server
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• For more KB articles/solutions related to Virt-who and Virtual Datacenter (VDC) Subscriptions Issues, please refer to the Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Virt-who and Virtual Datacenter (VDC) Subscriptions Issues.

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