libvirt
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| Developer(s) | Red Hat |
|---|---|
| Initial release | December 19, 2005[1] |
| Stable release | 4.0.0
/ 19 January 2018[2] |
| Repository |  |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Type | Library |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public License |
| Website | libvirt |
libvirt is an open-source API, daemon and management tool for managing platform virtualization.[3] It can be used to manage KVM, Xen, VMware ESXi, QEMU and other virtualization technologies. These APIs are widely used in the orchestration layer of hypervisors in the development of a cloud-based solution.
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Internals[edit]
libvirt is a C library with bindings in other languages, notably in Python,[4] Perl,[5] OCaml,[6] Ruby,[7] Java,[8] JavaScript (via Node.js)[9] and PHP.[10] libvirt for these programming languages is composed of wrappers around another class/package called libvirtmod. libvirtmod's implementation is closely associated with its counterpart in C/C++ in syntax and functionality.
Supported Hypervisors[edit]
- LXC – lightweight Linux container system
- OpenVZ – lightweight Linux container system
- Kernel-based Virtual Machine/QEMU (KVM) – open-source hypervisor for Linux and SmartOS[11]
- Xen – Bare-Metal hypervisor
- User-mode Linux (UML) paravirtualized kernel
- VirtualBox – hypervisor by Oracle (formerly by Sun) for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Solaris
- VMware ESXi and GSX – hypervisors for Intel hardware
- VMware Workstation and Player – hypervisors for Windows and Linux
- Hyper-V – hypervisor for Windows by Microsoft
- PowerVM – hypervisor by IBM for AIX, Linux and IBM i
- Parallels Workstation – hypervisor for Mac by Parallels IP Holdings GmbH
- Bhyve – hypervisor for FreeBSD 10+.[12] (Support added with Libvirt 1.2.2)
User Interfaces[edit]
Various virtualization programs and platforms use libvirt. Virtual Machine Manager and others provide graphical interfaces. The most popular command line interface is virsh, and higher level tools such as oVirt.[13]
GNOME Boxes uses libvirt.
Corporate[edit]
Development of libvirt is backed by Red Hat,[14] with significant contributions by other organisations and individuals. Libvirt is available on most Linux distributions; remote servers are also accessible from Apple Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows clients.[15]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "0.0.1: Dec 19 2005". libvirt. 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
- ^ "v4.0.0 (2018-01-19)". libvirt. 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ^ "libvirt home page description".
- ^ "Python bindings".
- ^ "Perl bindings".
- ^ "OCaml bindings".
- ^ "Ruby bindings".
- ^ "Java bindings".
- ^ "Node.js module".
- ^ "PHP bindings".
- ^ http://dtrace.org/blogs/bmc/2011/08/15/kvm-on-illumos/
- ^ https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve#line-19
- ^ "oVirt Virtualization Management Platform".
- ^ "Innovation Without Disruption: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Now Available".
- ^ "Windows availability".
Books[edit]
- Warnke, Robert; Ritzau, Thomas. qemu-kvm & libvirt (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-8370-0876-0.
