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Some things to note in this patch:
- we do extend libvirt scope beyond purely managing domains, there is
already a number of blocks which are here as helpr functions to
manage the resources on the host.
- we are expanding in the direction of libvirt being sufficient to do
most of the management on the Host (but within the limits of the need
for virtualization, e.g. managing users on the host is out of scope)
- we don't require anymore APIs to be supported by multiple
hypervisors to get in, it's already the case in practice, but we
should still make sure the semantic of those APIs are clear. We
added quite a bit for QEmu, but for example I saw on IRC that VBox
could emulate a network unplug/replug on a domain interface, and
that would be a good addition even if a priori no other hypervisor
supports it.
- Make clear that all libvirt APIs are available remotely, which is
key to use libvirt for building management tools.
- link the goal page from the project main page
As for libvirt project directions, I think it just reflects the natural
evolution in the last couple of years. We are less hypervisor agnostic
and extending in the Host management. Clearly there is interest in
making sure libvirt is complete in term of features for the hypervisors
supported, especially the ones like KVM or LXC which don't really have
integrated management library.
* docs/goals.html.in: update the goals page
* docs/index.html.in: link it from the top page
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
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<html>
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<body>
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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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A toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities
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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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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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A <a href="CIM/">CIM provider</a> for the DMTF virtualization schema
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</li>
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<li>
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A <a href="/qpid/">QMF agent</a> for the AMQP/QPid messaging system
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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://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/index.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://wiki.qemu.org/Index.html">QEMU</a> emulator
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</li>
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<li>
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The <a href="http://www.linux-kvm.org/">KVM</a> Linux hypervisor
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</li>
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<li>
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The <a href="http://lxc.sourceforge.net/">LXC</a> Linux container system
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</li>
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<li>
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The <a href="http://openvz.org/">OpenVZ</a> Linux container system
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</li>
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<li>
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The <a href="http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/">User Mode Linux</a> paravirtualized kernel
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</li>
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<li>
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The <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/">VirtualBox</a> hypervisor
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</li>
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<li>
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The <a href="http://www.vmware.com/">VMware ESX and GSX</a> hypervisors
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</li>
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<li>
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The <a href="http://www.vmware.com/">VMware Workstation and Player</a> hypervisors
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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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<p class="image">
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<img src="libvirtLogo.png" alt="libvirt Logo"/>
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</p>
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</body>
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</html>
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