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- Git log Latest commit messages from the source repository
Applications Applications known to use libvirt
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- Windows Downloads for Windows
- Language bindings Bindings of the libvirt API for languages other than C
Documentation Information for users, administrators and developers
- Compiling How to compile libvirt
- Deployment Information about deploying and using libvirt
  - URI format The URI formats used for connecting to libvirt
  - Remote access Enable remote access over TCP
  - Authentication Configure authentication for the libvirt daemon
  - Windows port Access the libvirt daemon from a native Windows client
  - Logging The library and the daemon logging support
  - Firewall Firewall and network filter configuration
  - Hooks Hooks for system specific management
- Architecture Overview of the logical subsystems in the libvirt API
  - Goals Terminology and goals of libvirt API
  - API concepts The libvirt API concepts
  - Domains Managing virtual machines
  - Network Providing isolated networks and NAT based network connectivity
  - Storage Managing storage pools and volumes
  - Node Devices Enumerating host node devices
- XML format Description of the XML formats used in libvirt
  - Domains The domain XML format
  - Networks The virtual network XML format
  - Network Filtering Network filter XML format
  - Storage The storage pool and volume XML format
  - Storage Encryption Storage volume encryption XML format
  - Capabilities The driver capabilities XML format
  - Node Devices The host device XML format
  - Secrets The secret XML format
  - Snapshots The snapshot XML format
- Drivers Hypervisor specific driver information
  - Xen Driver the Xen hypervisor
  - QEMU / KVM Driver for QEMU, KQEMU, KVM and Xenner
  - Linux Container Driver for the Linux native container API
  - Test Pseudo-driver simulating APIs in memory for test suites
  - Remote Driver providing secure remote to the libvirt APIs
  - OpenVZ Driver for the OpenVZ container technology
  - UML Driver for the User Mode Linux technology
  - Storage Driver for the storage management APIs
  - VirtualBox Driver for VirtualBox
  - VMware ESX Driver for VMware ESX
  - VMware Workstation / Player Driver for VMware Workstation / Player
- API reference Reference manual for the C public API
  - libvirt core interfaces for the libvirt library
  - virterror error handling interfaces for the libvirt library
  - Driver support matrix of API support per hypervisor per release
- Language bindings Bindings of the libvirt API for other languages
  - Python overview of the python API bindings
  - Java overview of the Java API bindings
  - C# overview of the C# API bindings
  - PHP overview of the PHP API bindings
- Internals Working on the internals of libvirt API, driver and daemon code
  - Contributor guidelines General hacking guidelines for contributors
  - API extensions Adding new public libvirt APIs
  - Spawning commands Spawning commands from libvirt driver code
- Development Guide A guide and reference for developing with libvirt
- Virsh Commands Command reference for virsh
Wiki User contributed content
FAQ Frequently asked questions
Bug reports How and where to report bugs and request features
- Todo list Main feature request list
Contact How to contact the developers via email and IRC
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