Management Tools

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Revision as of 23:37, 4 August 2009

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
Virtual Machine Manager (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	an easy to use Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines	web	active
ConVirt	an intuitive, graphical management console providing comprehensive life cycle management for Virtual Machines and virtualization infrastructures	web?	active	basic support for kvm added in 0.9.1; formerly known as xenman
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	active	they have commercial and open source editions

 |cli
 |active
-|See man (qemu-system-x86_64|kvm|qemu-kvm) for more info
+|See man (qemu-system-x86_64 or kvm or qemu-kvm) for more info
 |-
 |[http://virt-manager.org Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager)]
 |active
 |KVM support added in Ganeti 2.0
+|-
+|[http://src.enomaly.com/ Enomaly]
+|a programmable virtual cloud infrastructure for small, medium and large businesses
+|web & REST API
+|active
+|they have commercial and open source editions
 |}