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< h1 > Internal drivers< / h1 >
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The libvirt public API delegates its implementation to one or
more internal drivers, depending on the < a href = "uri.html" > connection URI< / a >
passed when initializing the library. There is always a hypervisor driver
active, and if the libvirt daemon is available there will usually be a
network and storage driver active.
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< h2 > < a name = "hypervisor" > Hypervisor drivers< / a > < / h2 >
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The hypervisor drivers currently supported by libvirt are:
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< li > < strong > < a href = "drvlxc.html" > LXC< / a > < / strong > - Linux Containers< / li >
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< li > < strong > < a href = "drvopenvz.html" > OpenVZ< / a > < / strong > < / li >
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< li > < strong > < a href = "drvqemu.html" > QEMU< / a > < / strong > < / li >
< li > < strong > < a href = "drvtest.html" > Test< / a > < / strong > - Used for testing< / li >
< li > < strong > < a href = "drvuml.html" > UML< / a > < / strong > - User Mode Linux< / li >
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< li > < strong > < a href = "drvvbox.html" > VirtualBox< / a > < / strong > < / li >
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< li > < strong > < a href = "drvesx.html" > VMware ESX< / a > < / strong > < / li >
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< li > < strong > < a href = "drvvmware.html" > VMware Workstation/Player< / a > < / strong > < / li >
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< li > < strong > < a href = "drvxen.html" > Xen< / a > < / strong > < / li >
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< li > < strong > < a href = "drvhyperv.html" > Microsoft Hyper-V< / a > < / strong > < / li >
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< li > < strong > < a href = "drvphyp.html" > IBM PowerVM (phyp)< / a > < / strong > < / li >
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< li > < strong > < a href = "drvvirtuozzo.html" > Virtuozzo< / a > < / strong > < / li >
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< li > < strong > < a href = "drvbhyve.html" > Bhyve< / a > < / strong > - The BSD Hypervisor< / li >
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< h2 > < a name = "storage" > Storage drivers< / a > < / h2 >
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< li > < strong > < a href = "storage.html#StorageBackendDir" > Directory backend< / a > < / strong > < / li >
< li > < strong > < a href = "storage.html#StorageBackendFS" > Local filesystem backend< / a > < / strong > < / li >
< li > < strong > < a href = "storage.html#StorageBackendNetFS" > Network filesystem backend< / a > < / strong > < / li >
< li > < strong > < a href = "storage.html#StorageBackendLogical" > Logical Volume Manager (LVM) backend< / a > < / strong > < / li >
< li > < strong > < a href = "storage.html#StorageBackendDisk" > Disk backend< / a > < / strong > < / li >
< li > < strong > < a href = "storage.html#StorageBackendISCSI" > iSCSI backend< / a > < / strong > < / li >
< li > < strong > < a href = "storage.html#StorageBackendSCSI" > SCSI backend< / a > < / strong > < / li >
< li > < strong > < a href = "storage.html#StorageBackendMultipath" > Multipath backend< / a > < / strong > < / li >
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< li > < strong > < a href = "storage.html#StorageBackendRBD" > RBD (RADOS Block Device) backend< / a > < / strong > < / li >
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< li > < strong > < a href = "storage.html#StorageBackendSheepdog" > Sheepdog backend< / a > < / strong > < / li >
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