The virtualization API
Introduction
The libvirt project:
is a toolkit to manage virtualization platforms
is accessible from C, Python, Perl, Go and more
is licensed under open source licenses
supports KVM, Hypervisor.framework, QEMU, Xen, Virtuozzo, VMWare ESX, LXC, BHyve and more
is used by many applications
Recent / forthcoming release changes
Quick Links
- New contributors
Get involved in the libvirt community & student outreach programs
- Submitting patches
Already a regular open source contributor and have git set up? Have a quick look at how to propose your changes to libvirt correctly
- Security vulnerabilities
View security notices and report vulnerabilities to the libvirt security response team
- Bug reporting
View and report bugs in libvirt packages
- XML configuration
Description of the XML schemas for domains, networks, network filtering, storage, storage encryption, capabilities, domain capabilities, storage pool capabilities, node devices, secrets, snapshots, checkpoints, backup jobs
- Wiki
Read further community contributed content
- Knowledge base
Learn more about libvirt through knowledge base
- Documentation
Comprehensive documentation map
Blog Planet
Read more on the Virt Tools blog planet