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libvirt
Developer(s)Red Hat
Initial releaseDecember 19, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-19)[1]
Stable release
5.10.0 / 2 December 2019; 4 years ago (2019-12-02)[2]
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemLinux
TypeLibrary
LicenseGNU Lesser General Public License
Websitelibvirt.org Edit this on Wikidata

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.

Internals

libvirt supports several Hypervisors and is supported by several management solutions

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

User Interfaces

Various virtualization programs and platforms use libvirt. Virtual Machine Manager, GNOME Boxes and others provide graphical interfaces. The most popular command line interface is virsh, and higher level tools such as oVirt.[13]

Corporate

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

References

  1. ^ "0.0.1: Dec 19 2005". libvirt. 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  2. ^ "v5.10.0 (2019-12-02)". libvirt. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  3. ^ "libvirt home page description".
  4. ^ "Python bindings".
  5. ^ "Perl bindings".
  6. ^ "OCaml bindings".
  7. ^ "Ruby bindings".
  8. ^ "Java bindings".
  9. ^ "Node.js module".
  10. ^ "PHP bindings".
  11. ^ "The Observation Deck » KVM on illumos".
  12. ^ "bhyve - FreeBSD Wiki". wiki.freebsd.org.
  13. ^ "oVirt Virtualization Management Platform".
  14. ^ "Innovation Without Disruption: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Now Available".
  15. ^ "Windows availability".

Books

  • Warnke, Robert; Ritzau, Thomas. qemu-kvm & libvirt (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-8370-0876-0.