Management Tools
From KVM
There are a several options available to manage kvm virtual machines:
| Name/URL | Description | UI Type | Last Updated | Notes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eucalyptus | Eucalyptus is an open source on-premise Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud software platform that leverages existing compute, storage, and network resources to create scalable, secure enterprise-grade clouds. | Web, CLI, REST & SOAP APIs | active | Supports KVM, Xen, and VMware | Commercial/AGPL v3 |
| UCS / UVMM | UCS Virtual Machine Manager (UVMM) is a simple-to-use, high-performance management system for KVM and XEN. UVMM offers all the necessary functions for creating and administrating virtual instances and hard drives on physical servers as well as their assignment to each other. Supports among other things live-migration of virtual systems and snapshots (with KVM). | Web-based, CLI | active | Supports KVM and Xen, Uses libvirt | Commercial, Free for personal use edition available, AGPL v3 |
| Plain 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 | GPL v2 |
| virsh | A minimal shell around libvirt for managing VMs | CLI | active | Uses libvirt | LGPL |
| VMM / Virtual Machine Manager | Also known as virt-manager. A desktop user interface for managing virtual machines. | Desktop | active | Uses libvirt | GPL v2 |
| VMM's supporting tools virt-install/clone/convert | Command line tools for provisioning new VMs, cloning existing VMs and importing / converting appliance images. | CLI | active | Uses libvirt | GPL v2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization / RHEV | Commercial management solution for RHEL / KVM. | Web-based | active | Commercial | |
| Witsbits | Witsbits enables you to set up your servers for virtualization and deploy virtual machines faster than ever before. Witsbits is a complete end-to-end solution including both hypervisor and management system with console and virtual server templates. The technology is a combination of a web service and a boot loader that requires not software installation to get your bare-metal servers ready to host virtual machines. | Web-based | active | Hypervisor and Hosted Management System, no software installation. | Free for unlimited use, commercial or personal |
| GKVM | A Gnome user interface for KVM. | Desktop | 2007-08-01 | GPL v2 | |
| AQemu | a Qt4 user interface for KVM | desktop | active | GPL v2 | |
| kvmadm | a minimalistic set of command-line tools to control multi-user utilization of KVM | cli | 2007-09-25 | GPL v2 | |
| 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 | AGPL v3 |
| ConVirt | ConVirt 2.0 Open Source is the leading open source product for managing Xen and KVM, enabling you to standardize and proactively manage your virtualized environment in a centralized fashion. | web-based | active | Xen & KVM; formerly known as xenman | GPL v2 |
| 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 | Apache License v2 |
| OpenNebula | an open source virtual infrastructure engine | cli & xml-rpc | active | cloud computing managment; uses libvirt | Apache License v2 |
| OpenNode | RHEL/CentOS based open-source server virtualization and management solution - simple bare-metal installer, providing KVM+OpenVZ host and standard libvirt, func management interfaces together with standard cli tools like virsh and vzctl. OpenNode Management Server with ajax web-based management console available - as is RPC-JSON API interface. | web & cli & api | active | Bare-metal installer, KVM, OpenVZ hypervizors and variety of management tools | Unknown |
| 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 | GPL v2 |
| 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 | Commercial/AGPL v3 |
| 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 | LGPL v2.1/GPL v2 |
| openQRM | openQRM is the next generation, open-source Data-center management platform. | web | active | KVM, Xen, VMware and Linux V-Server support | GPL v2 |
| Abiquo | Abiquo is an open source infrastructure software for the creation and integral management of Public & Private Clouds based on heterogeneous environments. | web | active | KVM, Xen & Virtual Box support; uses libvirt | Commercial |
| CloudStack | Cloudstack is an open source project that enables the deployment, management, and configuration of multi-tier and multi-tenant infrastructure cloud services using Xen, KVM and VMware hypervisors. | web | active | KVM, Xen & VMware support | Commercial/GPL v3 |
| Nimbula Director | Nimbula Director is a Cloud Operating System that enables Infrastructure as a Service using the KVM. | Web, CLI, and REST API | active | KVM support | Commercial (Freemium) |
| Archipel | Archipel is an Open Source project that aims to bring push notifications to virtualization orchestration using XMPP. | web | active | KVM, Xen, Virtual Box & OpenVZ support; uses libvirt | AGPL v3 |
| kvm-wrapper | kvm-wrapper is a lightweight, simple and intended to be hackable set of shell scripts that help manage kvm virtual machines a great deal. | cli | active | KVM support | WTFPL (v2) |
| kvm-admin | Python scripts for managing the guests (boot, shutdown ...) and include a commandline monitor . | cli | active | kvm support | GPL v2 |
| Virtualbricks | Python-gtk GUI to manage guest and hybrid (host/guest) networks. | cli | active | kvm, qemu, ksm & VDE support | GPL v2 |
| SolusVM | The most popular control panel for commercial use. | Web | active | KVM, Xen & OpenVZ support | Commercial |
| Stackops Openstack Distro | Stackops is an Openstack Nova distribution verified and tested for KVM. You only need to download the ISO image with the distro and install it on one or more servers. | cli and REST APIs | active | KVM & QEMU (libvirt based) | Apache License v2 |
| WebVirtMgr | Web service for managing VMs based on the KVM | WEB | active | Only KVM; use libvirt | Free for personal use |