Libvirt
Latest Release
Python-libvirt-0.10.2, 2012/09/24
Terminology
(1) node - a single physical machine
(2) hypervisor - a layer of software which allow to virtualize a node into a set of virtual machines
ex. Xem, KVM, Virtualbox, VMware, Qemu, OpenVZ, etc.
(3) domain - an instance of an OS running on a virtual machine provided by hypervisor
Goal
to provide a layer sufficient to manage domains on a node, possibly remote
API for domain management
provision, create, modify, monitor, control, migrate and stop
Issue
ex. internet setup, firewall rule, storage management
Python-libvirt-0.10.2, 2012/09/24
Terminology
(1) node - a single physical machine
(2) hypervisor - a layer of software which allow to virtualize a node into a set of virtual machines
ex. Xem, KVM, Virtualbox, VMware, Qemu, OpenVZ, etc.
(3) domain - an instance of an OS running on a virtual machine provided by hypervisor
Goal
to provide a layer sufficient to manage domains on a node, possibly remote
API for domain management
provision, create, modify, monitor, control, migrate and stop
Issue
ex. internet setup, firewall rule, storage management
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