Management Tools

2011-04-24T02:27:39Z

Danielinux:

There are a several options available to manage kvm virtual machines:

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!Name/URL
!Description
!UI Type
!Active|Last Updated
!Notes
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|[http://www.univention.de/en/products/ucs/components/univention-virtual-machine-manager/ UVMM]
|Univention Virtual Machine Manager is a high-performance administration service for KVM and XEN.
|web
|active
|Uses [http://libvirt.org libvirt]
|-
|[http://www.linux-kvm.org 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
|-
|[http://libvirt.org virsh]
|A minimal shell around libvirt for managing VMs
|cli
|active
|uses [http://libvirt.org libvirt]
|-
|[http://virt-manager.org virt-install/clone/convert]
|Command line tools for provisioning new VMs, cloning existing VMs and importing / converting appliance images
|cli
|active
|uses [http://libvirt.org libvirt]
|-
|[http://virt-manager.org Virtual Machine Manager]
|Also known as virt-manager. A desktop user interface for managing virtual machines
|desktop
|active
|uses [http://libvirt.org libvirt]
|-
|[http://www.redhat.com/rhev Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization]
|Commercial management solution for RHEL / KVM
|web
|active
|
|-
|[http://www.witsbits.com/ Witsbits Go Cloud]
|Commercial cloud software solution based upon KVM virtualization.
|web & REST API
|active
|
|-
|[http://gkvm.sourceforge.net/ GKVM]
|a gnome user interface for KVM
|desktop
|2007-08-01
|
|-
|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/aqemu/ AQemu]
|a Qt4 user interface for KVM
|desktop
|active
|
|-
|[http://code.google.com/p/kvmadm/ kvmadm]
|a minimalistic set of command-line tools to control multi-user utilization of KVM
|cli
|2007-09-25
|
|-
|[http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Main_Page 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
|-
|[http://www.convirture.com/community.html 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
|-
|[http://ovirt.org/ 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 [http://libvirt.org libvirt]
|-
|[http://www.opennebula.org/doku.php OpenNebula]
|an open source virtual infrastructure engine
|cli & xml-rpc
|active
|cloud computing managment; uses libvirt
|-
|[http://opennode.activesys.org 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
|-
|[http://code.google.com/p/ganeti/ 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
|-
|[http://src.enomaly.com/ 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
|-
|[http://karesansui-project.info/ 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 [http://libvirt.org libvirt]
|-
|[http://www.openqrm.com/ openQRM]
|openQRM is the next generation, open-source Data-center management platform.
|web
|active
|KVM, Xen, VMware and Linux V-Server support
|-
|[http://www.abiquo.com/ 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 [http://libvirt.org libvirt]
|-
|[http://cloud.com/main/products/cloudstack-2.0-platform 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
|-
|[http://nimbula.com/ 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
|-
|[http://archipelproject.org/Archipel_Project/Archipel.html 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 [http://libvirt.org libvirt]
|-
|[http://codewreck.org/kvm-wrapper 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
|-
|[http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Kvmtools kvm-admin]
|Python scripts for managing the guests (boot, shutdown ...) and include a commandline monitor .
|cli
|active
|kvm support
|-
|[http://www.virtualbricks.eu/ Virtualbricks]
|Python-gtk GUI to manage guest and hybrid (host/guest) networks.
|cli
|active
|kvm, qemu, ksm & [http://vde.sourceforge.net/ VDE] support
|}

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