In virt-manager, you should* be able to go to file -> add connection. Select Hypervisor "Custom URL", and enter: qemu+ssh://root@<host>/system And Bob's your

In virt-manager, you should* be able to go to file -> add connection. Select Hypervisor "Custom URL", and enter: qemu+ssh://root@<host>/system And Bob's your uncle. It works great for me! This means it likely won't work for you until you've paid the proper penance to the computer god.