libvirt - kylessukaichang/kylessukaichang.github.io GitHub Wiki

• [A libvirt-based stack][41]
  • libvirtd
    • Starting and Stopping libvirtd
      • The communication between the virtualization solutions (KVM, Xen, LXC) and the libvirt API is managed by the daemon libvirtd, which needs to run on the VM Host Server.
      • libvirt client applications such as virt-manager, possibly running on a remote machine, communicate with libvirtd running on the VM Host Server, which services the request using native hypervisor APIs.
  • libvirt-based applications
    • virsh
      • management user interface
        • Virtualization Support
    • virt-viewer
      • If you are using an interactive graphical installation, you must have virt-viewer installed before you run virt-install.
    • virt-install
      • You can use the virt-install command to create virtual machines and install operating system on those virtual machines from the command line.
    • virt-manager/Virtual Machine Manager
      • The Virtual Machine Manager, also known as virt-manager, is a graphical tool for creating and managing guest virtual machines.

[41]:https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-kvm-intro.html