Emerging Technologies

An assortment of projects developing new open source technology related to virtualization and the cloud.

Virtualization Technologies

KVM
KVM (for Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V). Using KVM, one can run multiple virtual machines running unmodified Linux or Windows images.
libvirt
A stable, portable library to allow management of virtualization capabilities of modern operating systems, with a focus on Linux and KVM. Bindings project access from many programming languages. Addon agents provide access via CIM, SNMP and QMF.
virt-manager
The "Virtual Machine Manager" application (virt-manager for short package name) is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines. It presents a summary view of running domains, their live performance & resource utilization statistics. The detailed view graphs performance & utilization over time. Wizards enable the creation of new domains, and configuration & adjustment of a domain's resource allocation & virtual hardware. An embedded VNC client viewer presents a full graphical console to the guest domain.
libguestfs
libguestfs is a set of tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine (VM) disk images. You can use this for viewing and editing files inside guests, scripting changes to VMs, monitoring disk used/free statistics, P2V, V2V, performing partial backups, cloning VMs, and much else besides.
Spice
The Spice project aims to provide a complete open source solution for interaction with virtualized desktop devices. The main project focus is to provide high-quality remote access for KVM hosted virtual machines. Seeking to help break down the barriers to virtualization adoption by overcoming traditional desktop virtualization challenges, emphasizing user experience.
Matahari
Matahari provides an extensible QPid QMF agent framework, along with a set of schemas for managing physical or virtual hosts
oVirt
A community project for virtualization infrastructure & management providing a small node through to a fully featured vitualization management platform

Cloud Technologies

Deltacloud
n. 1. an API that abstracts the differences between clouds. Deltacloud protects your apps from cloud API changes and incompatibilities, so you can concentrate on managing cloud instances the way you want.

Other Technologies

Augeas
Augeas is a configuration editing tool. It parses configuration files in their native formats and transforms them into a tree. Configuration changes are made by manipulating this tree and saving it back into native config files.
FreeIPA
FreeIPA is an integrated security information management solution combining Linux (Fedora), 389 (formerly known as Fedora Directory Server), MIT Kerberos, NTP, DNS. It consists of a web interface and command-line administration tools.
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