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Libvirt allows to manage different Virtualization solutions such as ["KVM"] and ["Xen"] through a common (programming and user) Interface.

Tools and programs

Tools available in Debian using libvirt are:

  • virt-manager - a graphical virtual machine manager

    • create/manage virtual machines
    • create/manage the networks your vms are connected to
    • create/manage the storage your vms use
  • virt-viewer - conntect to the graphical display of your virtual machine via VNC

  • virtinst - create new virtual machines on the commandline

  • libvirt-bin - commandline tools to manage virtual machines

  • virt-top - top like display of vitual machines

Language Bindings

Libvirt language bindings are available for

Questions

Please see the [:Teams/DebianLibvirtTeam:pkg-libvirt Debian Libvirt Maintainers] page or contact ?MailTo(pkg-libvirt-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org).