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<h1>Applications using <strong>libvirt</strong></h1>
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<p>
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This page provides an illustration of the wide variety of
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applications using the libvirt management API.
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<ul id="toc"></ul>
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<h2><a name="add">Add an application</a></h2>
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<p>
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To add an application not listed on this page, send a message
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to the <a href="contact.html">mailing list</a>, requesting it
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be added here, or simply send a patch against the documentation
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in the libvirt.git docs subdirectory.
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If your application uses libvirt as its API,
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the following graphic is available for your website to advertise
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support for libvirt:
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</p>
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<p class="image">
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<img src="madeWith.png" alt="Made with libvirt"/>
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</p>
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<h2><a name="clientserver">Client/Server applications</a></h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="http://archipelproject.org">Archipel</a></dt>
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<dd>
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Archipel is a libvirt-based solution to manage and supervise virtual
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machines. It uses XMPP for all communication. There is no web
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service or custom protocol. You just need at least one XMPP server,
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like eJabberd, to start playing with it. This allows Archipel to
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work completely real time. You never have to refresh the user
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interface, you'll be notified as soon as something happens. You can
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even use your favorite chat clients to command your infrastructure.
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</dd>
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<dd>
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Isn't it great to be able to open a chat conversation with your
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virtual machine and say things like "How are you today?" or "Hey,
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please reboot"?
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2><a name="command">Command line tools</a></h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="http://libguestfs.org">guestfish</a></dt>
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<dd>
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Guestfish is an interactive shell and command-line tool for examining
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and modifying virtual machine filesystems. It uses libvirt to find
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guests and their associated disks.
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</dd>
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<dt>virsh</dt>
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<dd>
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An interactive shell, and batch scriptable tool for performing
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management tasks on all libvirt managed domains, networks and
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storage. This is part of the libvirt core distribution.
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://virt-manager.org/">virt-clone</a></dt>
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<dd>
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Allows the disk image(s) and configuration for an existing
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virtual machine to be cloned to form a new virtual machine.
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It automates copying of data across to new disk images, and
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updates the UUID, MAC address, and name in the configuration.
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/">virt-df</a></dt>
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<dd>
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Examine the utilization of each filesystem in a virtual machine
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from the comfort of the host machine. This tool peeks into the
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guest disks and determines how much space is used. It can cope
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with common Linux filesystems and LVM volumes.
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://virt-manager.org/">virt-image</a></dt>
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<dd>
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Provides a way to deploy virtual appliances. It defines a
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simplified portable XML format describing the pre-requisites
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of a virtual machine. At time of deployment this is translated
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into the domain XML format for execution under any libvirt
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hypervisor meeting the pre-requisites.
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://virt-manager.org/">virt-install</a></dt>
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<dd>
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Provides a way to provision new virtual machines from a
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OS distribution install tree. It supports provisioning from
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local CD images, and the network over NFS, HTTP and FTP.
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top/">virt-top</a></dt>
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<dd>
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Watch the CPU, memory, network and disk utilization of all
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virtual machines running on a host.
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</dd>
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<dt>
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<a href="http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-what/">virt-what</a>
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</dt>
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<dd>
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virt-what is a shell script for detecting if the program is running
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in a virtual machine. It prints out a list of facts about the
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virtual machine, derived from heuristics.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2><a name="configmgmt">Configuration Management</a></h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="https://wiki.lcfg.org/bin/view/LCFG/LcfgLibvirt">LCFG</a></dt>
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<dd>
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LCFG is a system for automatically installing and managing the
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configuration of large numbers of Unix systems. It is particularly
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suitable for sites with very diverse and rapidly changing
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configurations.
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</dd>
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<dd>
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The lcfg-libvirt package adds support for virtualized systems to
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LCFG, with both Xen and KVM known to work. Cloning guests is
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supported, as are the bridged, routed, and isolated modes for
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Virtual Networking.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2><a name="continuousintegration">Continuous Integration</a></h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="http://buildbot.net/buildbot/docs/current/Libvirt.html">BuildBot</a></dt>
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<dd>
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BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle required
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by most software projects. CVS commits trigger new builds, run on
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a variety of client machines. Build status (pass/fail/etc) are
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displayed on a web page or through other protocols.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="http://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Libvirt+Slaves+Plugin">Jenkins</a></dt>
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<dd>
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This plugin for Jenkins adds a way to control guest domains hosted
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on Xen or QEMU/KVM. You configure a Jenkins Slave,
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selecting the guest domain and hypervisor. When you need to build a
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job on a specific Slave, its guest domain is started, then the job is
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run. When the build process is finished, the guest domain is shut
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down, ready to be used again as required.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2><a name="conversion">Conversion</a></h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/poor-mans-p2v/">Poor mans p2v</a></dt>
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<dd>
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A simple approach for converting a physical machine to a virtual
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machine, using a rescue CD.
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-p2v/">virt-p2v</a></dt>
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<dd>
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An older tool for converting a physical machine into a virtual
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machine. It is a LiveCD which is booted on the machine to be
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converted. It collects a little information from the user, then
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copies the disks over to a remote machine and defines the XML for a
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domain to run the guest.
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=virt-v2v.git;a=summary">virt-v2v</a></dt>
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<dd>
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virt-v2v converts guests from a foreign hypervisor to run on KVM,
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managed by libvirt. It can currently convert Red Hat Enterprise
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Linux (RHEL) and Fedora guests running on Xen and VMware ESX. It
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will enable VirtIO drivers in the converted guest if possible.
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</dd>
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<dd>
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For RHEL customers of Red Hat, conversion of Windows guests is also
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possible. This conversion requires some Microsoft signed pieces,
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that Red Hat can provide.
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="https://launchpad.net/virt-goodies">vmware2libvirt</a></dt>
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<dd>
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Part of the <i>virt-goodies</i> package, vmware2libvirt is a python
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script for migrating a vmware image to libvirt.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2><a name="desktop">Desktop applications</a></h2>
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<dt><a href="http://virt-manager.org/">virt-manager</a></dt>
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<dd>
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A general purpose desktop management tool, able to manage
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virtual machines across both local and remotely accessed
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hypervisors. It is targeted at home and small office usage
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upto managing 10-20 hosts and their VMs.
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://virt-manager.org/">virt-viewer</a></dt>
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<dd>
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A lightweight tool for accessing the graphical console
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associated with a virtual machine. It can securely connect
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to remote consoles supporting the VNC protocol. Also provides
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an optional mozilla browser plugin.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2><a name="iaas">Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)</a></h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="http://www.nimbusproject.org">Nimbus</a></dt>
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<dd>
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Nimbus is an open-source toolkit focused on providing
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Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) capabilities to the scientific
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community. It uses libvirt for communication with all KVM and Xen
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virtual machines.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2><a name="libraries">Libraries</a></h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="http://libguestfs.org">libguestfs</a></dt>
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<dd>
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A library and set of tools for accessing and modifying virtual
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machine disk images. It can be linked with C and C++ management
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programs, and has bindings for Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, OCaml,
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PHP, Haskell, and C#.
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</dd>
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<dd>
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Using its FUSE module, you can also mount guest filesystems on the
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host, and there is a subproject to allow merging changes into the
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Windows Registry in Windows guests.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="https://github.com/ohadlevy/virt#readme">Ruby
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Libvirt Object bindings</a></dt>
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<dd>
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Allows using simple ruby objects to manipulate
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hypervisors, guests, storage, network etc. It is
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based on top of
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the <a href="http://libvirt.org/ruby">native ruby
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bindings</a>.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2><a name="livecd">LiveCD / Appliances</a></h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-p2v/">virt-p2v</a></dt>
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<dd>
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An older tool for converting a physical machine into a virtual
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machine. It is a LiveCD which is booted on the machine to be
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converted. It collects a little information from the user, then
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copies the disks over to a remote machine and defines the XML for a
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domain to run the guest.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2><a name="monitoring">Monitoring</a></h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="http://collectd.org/plugins/libvirt.shtml">collectd</a></dt>
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<dd>
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The libvirt-plugin is part of <a href="http://collectd.org/">collectd</a>
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and gathers statistics about virtualized guests on a system. This
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way, you can collect CPU, network interface and block device usage
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for each guest without installing collectd on the guest systems.
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For a full description, please refer to the libvirt section in the
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collectd.conf(5) manual page.
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://honk.sigxcpu.org/projects/libvirt/#munin">Munin</a></dt>
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<dd>
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The plugins provided by Guido Günther allow to monitor various things
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like network and block I/O with
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<a href="http://munin.projects.linpro.no/">Munin</a>.
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/nagios-virt/">Nagios-virt</a></dt>
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<dd>
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Nagios-virt is a configuration tool to add monitoring of your
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virtualised domains to <a href="http://www.nagios.org/">Nagios</a>.
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You can use this tool to either set up a new Nagios installation for
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your Xen or QEMU/KVM guests, or to integrate with your existing Nagios
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installation.
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://community.zenoss.org/docs/DOC-4687">Zenoss</a></dt>
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<dd>
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The Zenoss libvirt Zenpack adds support for monitoring virtualization
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servers. It has been tested with KVM, QEMU, VMware ESX, and VMware
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GSX.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2><a name="provisioning">Provisioning</a></h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/prov-mgr/">Tivoli Provisioning Manager</a></dt>
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<dd>
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Part of the IBM Tivoli family, Tivoli Provisioning Manager (TPM) is
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an IT lifecycle automation product. It
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<a href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v38r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.tivoli.tpm.apk.doc/libvirt_package.html">uses libvirt</a>
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for communication with virtualization hosts and guest domains.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<dt><a href="http://theforeman.org">Foreman</a></dt>
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<dd>
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Foreman is an open source web based application aimed to be a
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Single Address For All Machines Life Cycle Management. Foreman:
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<ul>
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<li>Creates everything you need when adding a new machine to
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your network, its goal being automatically managing
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everything you would normally manage manually (DNS, DHCP,
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TFTP, Virtual Machines,CA, CMDB...)</li>
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<li>Integrates with Puppet (and acts as web front end to it).</li>
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<li>Takes care of provisioning until the point puppet is
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running, allowing Puppet to do what it does best.</li>
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<li>Shows you Systems Inventory (based on Facter) and
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provides real time information about hosts status based on
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Puppet reports.</li>
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2><a name="web">Web applications</a></h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="http://community.abiquo.com/display/AbiCloud">AbiCloud</a></dt>
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<dd>
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AbiCloud is an open source cloud platform manager which allows to
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easily deploy a private cloud in your datacenter. One of the key
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differences of AbiCloud is the web rich interface for managing the
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infrastructure. You can deploy a new service just dragging and
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dropping a VM.
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://ovirt.org/">oVirt</a></dt>
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<dd>
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oVirt provides the ability to manage large numbers of virtual
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machines across an entire data center of hosts. It integrates
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with FreeIPA for Kerberos authentication, and in the future,
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certificate management.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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