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Revision as of 08:49, 7 January 2011
There are a several options available to manage kvm virtual machines:
Name/URL | Description | UI Type | Last Updated | Notes |
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UVMM | Univention Virtual Machine Manager is a high-performance administration service for KVM and XEN. | web | active | Uses libvirt |
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 |
virsh | A minimal shell around libvirt for managing VMs | cli | active | uses libvirt |
virt-install/clone/convert | Command line tools for provisioning new VMs, cloning existing VMs and importing / converting appliance images | cli | active | uses libvirt |
Virtual Machine Manager | Also known as virt-manager. A desktop user interface for managing virtual machines | desktop | active | uses libvirt |
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization | Commercial management solution for RHEL / KVM | web | active | |
Witsbits Go Cloud | Complete cloud solution software based upon KVM virtualization. | web | active | |
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 | Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines | web & cli | active | Bar-metall installer including KVM and OpenVZ management tools |
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 |
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 |
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 | * not available as of at Feb. 8, 2010 | they have commercial and open source editions |
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 |
openQRM | openQRM is the next generation, open-source Data-center management platform. | web | active | KVM, Xen, VMware and Linux V-Server support |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
kvm-admin | Python scripts for managing the guests (boot, shutdown ...) and include a commandline monitor . | cli | active | kvm support |