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< h1 > The virtualization API< / h1 >
< h2 > libvirt is:< / h2 >
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A toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities
of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes).
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Free software available under the
< a href = "http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.html" > GNU
Lesser General Public License< / a > .
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A long term stable C API
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A set of bindings for common languages
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A < a href = "CIM/" > CIM provider< / a > for the DMTF virtualization schema
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A < a href = "/qpid/" > QMF agent< / a > for the AMQP/QPid messaging system
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< h2 > libvirt supports:< / h2 >
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The < a href = "http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/index.html" > Xen< / a > hypervisor
on Linux and Solaris hosts.
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The < a href = "http://bellard.org/qemu/" > QEMU< / a > emulator
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The < a href = "http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki" > KVM< / a > Linux hypervisor
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The < a href = "http://lxc.sourceforge.net/" > LXC< / a > Linux container system
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The < a href = "http://openvz.org/" > OpenVZ< / a > Linux container system
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The < a href = "http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/" > User Mode Linux< / a > paravirtualized kernel
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Storage on IDE/SCSI/USB disks, FibreChannel, LVM, iSCSI, NFS and filesystems
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< h2 > libvirt provides:< / h2 >
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< li > Remote management using TLS encryption and x509 certificates< / li >
< li > Remote management authenticating with Kerberos and SASL< / li >
< 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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