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libvirt is:
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+ A toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent
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versions of operating systems, see our project goals for details.
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+ A long term stable C API
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+ A set of bindings for common languages
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+ A CIM provider for the DMTF virtualization schema
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+ A QMF agent for the AMQP/QPid messaging system
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libvirt supports:
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+ The KVM/QEMU Linux hypervisor
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+ The Xen hypervisor
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+ The LXC Linux container system
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+ The OpenVZ Linux container system
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+ The User Mode Linux paravirtualized kernel
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+ The VirtualBox hypervisor
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+ The VMware ESX and GSX hypervisors
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+ The VMware Workstation and Player hypervisors
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+ Virtual networks using bridging, NAT, VEPA and VN-LINK.
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+ Storage on IDE/SCSI/USB disks, FibreChannel, LVM, iSCSI, NFS and filesystems
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libvirt provides:
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+ Remote management using TLS encryption and x509 certificates
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+ Remote management authenticating with Kerberos and SASL
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+ Local access control using PolicyKit
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+ Zero-conf discovery using Avahi multicast-DNS
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+ Management of virtual machines, virtual networks and storage
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