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 | Univention Virtual Machine Manager is a high-performance management system for KVM and XEN. | Web-based | active | Uses libvirt | Commercial, Free for personal use edition available |
| 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 |