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  • A libvirt-based stack
    • 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.