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Infrastructure as a ServiceWhat is libvirt?
It is an open-source API, daemon and management tool for managing platform virtualization. It can be used to manage KVM, Xen, VMware ESXi, QEMU and other virtualization technologies.
libvirt is a tool in the Infrastructure as a Service category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Manage virtualization platformsAccessible from C, Python, Perl, Java and moreSupports KVM, QEMU, Xen, Virtuozzo, VMWare ESX, LXC, BHyve and more
libvirt Pros & Cons
Pros of libvirt
- ✓Built into most Linux distros
- ✓Can fully manage via CLI or VirtManager
- ✓Fast
- ✓Free
- ✓Low overhead
- ✓Native hypervisor
- ✓Native KVM and QEMU
- ✓VirtIO direct hardware access
- ✓VirtIO direct hardware support
Cons of libvirt
No cons listed yet.
libvirt Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to libvirt?
Google Drive
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Ubuntu
Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers.
Amazon S3
Amazon Simple Storage Service provides a fully redundant data storage infrastructure for storing and retrieving any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web
