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2008-04-23 17:08:31 +00:00
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<h1>The virtualization API</h1>
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<h2>libvirt is:</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>
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2009-11-06 15:04:19 +00:00
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A toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities
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2011-03-28 02:40:24 +00:00
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of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes), see our
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<a href="goals.html">project goals</a> for details.
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<li>
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Free software available under the
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<a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.html">GNU
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Lesser General Public License</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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A long term stable C API
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</li>
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<li>
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A set of bindings for common languages
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</li>
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<li>
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2009-11-06 15:04:19 +00:00
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A <a href="CIM/">CIM provider</a> for the DMTF virtualization schema
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</li>
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2009-01-27 14:49:09 +00:00
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<li>
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2009-11-06 15:04:19 +00:00
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A <a href="/qpid/">QMF agent</a> for the AMQP/QPid messaging system
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2009-01-27 14:49:09 +00:00
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</li>
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2014-02-03 18:24:49 +00:00
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<li>
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A <a href="governance.html">technical meritocracy</a>, in which
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participants gain influence over a project through recognition
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of their contributions.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>libvirt supports:</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>
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The <a href="http://libvirt.org/drvqemu.html">KVM/QEMU</a> Linux hypervisor
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<li>
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The <a href="http://libvirt.org/drvxen.html">Xen</a> hypervisor
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on Linux and Solaris hosts.
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</li>
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<li>
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The <a href="http://libvirt.org/drvlxc.html">LXC</a> Linux container system
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</li>
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<li>
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The <a href="http://libvirt.org/drvopenvz.html">OpenVZ</a> Linux container system
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</li>
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<li>
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2011-07-15 18:33:17 +00:00
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The <a href="http://libvirt.org/drvuml.html">User Mode Linux</a> paravirtualized kernel
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</li>
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<li>
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The <a href="http://libvirt.org/drvvbox.html">VirtualBox</a> hypervisor
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</li>
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2009-04-24 14:04:54 +00:00
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<li>
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The <a href="http://libvirt.org/drvesx.html">VMware ESX and GSX</a> hypervisors
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2009-11-13 21:43:10 +00:00
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<li>
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The <a href="http://libvirt.org/drvvmware.html">VMware Workstation and Player</a> hypervisors
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2009-11-13 21:43:10 +00:00
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</li>
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2011-07-13 15:13:42 +00:00
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The <a href="http://libvirt.org/drvhyperv.html">Microsoft Hyper-V</a> hypervisor
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</li>
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2013-02-14 15:06:58 +00:00
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The <a href="http://libvirt.org/drvphyp.html">IBM PowerVM</a> hypervisor
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</li>
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<li>
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2015-08-21 21:43:48 +00:00
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The <a href="http://libvirt.org/drvirtuozzo.html">Virtuozzo</a> hypervisor
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2013-02-14 15:06:58 +00:00
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</li>
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2014-03-01 09:04:56 +00:00
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<li>
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The <a href="http://libvirt.org/drvbhyve.html">Bhyve</a> hypervisor
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</li>
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2010-12-23 08:35:51 +00:00
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<li>
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Virtual networks using bridging, NAT, VEPA and VN-LINK.
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</li>
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<li>
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Storage on IDE/SCSI/USB disks, FibreChannel, LVM, iSCSI, NFS and filesystems
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>libvirt provides:</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>Remote management using TLS encryption and x509 certificates</li>
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<li>Remote management authenticating with Kerberos and SASL</li>
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<li>Local access control using PolicyKit</li>
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<li>Zero-conf discovery using Avahi multicast-DNS</li>
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<li>Management of virtual machines, virtual networks and storage</li>
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<li>Portable client API for Linux, Solaris and Windows</li>
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</ul>
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<img src="libvirtLogo.png" alt="libvirt Logo"/>
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