oVirt is the next step in open virtual machine management

From running a few virtual machines on a single host to managing thousands of VMs over hundreds of hosts on a network, oVirt is built to make virtualization easy and expand to meet your needs.

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Please see the oVirt FAQ.

News

• oVirt 0.91-1 beta is available for download

oVirt is:

• A small host image that provides libvirt and hosts virtual machines
• A Web-based virtual machine management console

oVirt goals:

• Empower virtual machine owners without giving up control of hardware
• Automate virtual machine clustering, load balancing, and SLA maintenance
• Simplify management of large numbers of machines
• Work across platforms and architectures

oVirt uses:

• A kerberos/LDAP server for authentication and authorization (oVirt ships with FreeIPA)
• DNS/DHCP services on the local LAN -- or provides them for oVirt hosts over a private network if desired
• libvirt for virtual machine management, storage management, and secure remote communication
• collectd for stats gathering and monitoring
• Rails for rapid, flexible development