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< h1 > The virtualization API< / h1 >
< h2 > libvirt is:< / h2 >
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A toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities
of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes).
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Free software available under the
< a href = "http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.html" > GNU
Lesser General Public License< / a > .
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A long term stable C API
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A set of bindings for common languages
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A < a href = "CIM/" > CIM provider< / a > for the DMTF virtualization schema
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< h2 > libvirt supports:< / h2 >
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The < a href = "http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/index.html" > Xen< / a > hypervisor
on Linux and Solaris hosts.
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The < a href = "http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/" > QEMU< / a > emulator
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The < a href = "http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki" > KVM< / a > Linux hypervisor
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The < a href = "http://lxc.sourceforge.net/" > LXC< / a > Linux container system
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The < a href = "http://openvz.org/" > OpenVZ< / a > Linux container system
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Storage on IDE/SCSI/USB disks, FibreChannel, LVM, iSCSI, NFS and filesystems
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< h2 > libvirt provides:< / h2 >
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< ul > < li > Remote management using TLS encryption and x509 certificates< / li > < li > Remote management authenticating with Kerberos and SASL< / li > < li > Local access control using PolicyKit< / li > < li > Zero-conf discovery using Avahi multicast-DNS< / li > < li > Management of virtual machines, virtual networks and storage< / li > < / ul >
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< a href = "http://augeas.net/" > Augeas< / a >
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< span > A configuration editing tool and API< / span >
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< a href = "http://libvirt.org/" > libvirt< / a >
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< span > The open source virtualization API< / span >
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< a href = "http://cobbler.et.redhat.com/" > Cobbler< / a >
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< span > OS provisioning and profile management< / span >
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< a href = "http://ovirt.org/" > oVirt< / a >
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< span > Virtualization management across the data center< / span >
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< a href = "http://freeipa.org/" > FreeIPA< / a >
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< span > Identity, policy and audit management< / span >
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< a href = "http://virt-manager.org/" > Virtual Machine Manager< / a >
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