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|a programmable virtual cloud infrastructure for small, medium and large businesses | |a programmable virtual cloud infrastructure for small, medium and large businesses | ||
|web & REST API | |web & REST API | ||
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|they have commercial and open source editions | |they have commercial and open source editions | ||
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Revision as of 00:16, 8 February 2010
There are a several options available to manage kvm virtual machines:
| Name/URL | Description | UI Type | Last Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain old qemu/kvm | You can run qemu/kvm straight from the command line | cli | active | See man (qemu-system-x86_64 or kvm or qemu-kvm) for more info |
| virsh | A minimal shell around libvirt for managing VMs | cli | active | uses libvirt |
| virt-install/clone/convert | Command line tools for provisioning new VMs, cloning existing VMs and importing / converting appliance images | cli | active | uses libvirt |
| Virtual Machine Manager | Also known as virt-manager. A desktop user interface for managing virtual machines | desktop | active | uses libvirt |
| GKVM | a gnome user interface for KVM | desktop | 2007-08-01 | |
| AQemu | a Qt4 user interface for KVM | desktop | active | |
| kvmadm | a minimalistic set of command-line tools to control multi-user utilization of KVM | cli | 2007-09-25 | |
| Proxmox VE | Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines | web & cli | active | Bar-metall installer including KVM and OpenVZ management tools |
| ConVirt | an intuitive, graphical management console providing comprehensive life cycle management for Virtual Machines and virtualization infrastructures | desktop | active | basic support for kvm added in 0.9.1; formerly known as xenman |
| oVirt | oVirt is a virtualization management framework constisting of a small host image, the oVirt Node, that provides the libvirt service to host virtual machines, and a robust vm management software stack, controlled by a web-based management interface, the oVirt Server. | web | active | uses libvirt |
| OpenNebula | an open source virtual infrastructure engine | cli & xml-rpc | active | cloud computing managment; uses libvirt |
| Ganeti | Ganeti is a cluster virtual server management software tool built on top of existing virtualization technologies | cli | active | KVM support added in Ganeti 2.0 |
| Enomaly | a programmable virtual cloud infrastructure for small, medium and large businesses | web & REST API | * not available as of at Feb. 8, 2010 | they have commercial and open source editions |
| Karesansui | Karesansui is an open-source virtualization management application. It's smart graphical user interface lowers your management cost, and brings a total management/audit solution for both physical and virtual servers. | web & REST API | active | KVM & Xen support; uses libvirt |
| openQRM | openQRM is the next generation, open-source Data-center management platform. | web | active | KVM, Xen, VMware and Linux V-Server support |