FWN/Beats/Virtualization

Virtualization

In this section, we cover discussion on the @et-mgmnt-tools-list, @fedora-xen-list, @libvirt-list and @ovirt-devel-list of Fedora virtualization technologies.

Contributing Writer: Dale Bewley

Enterprise Management Tools List

This section contains the discussion happening on the et-mgmt-tools list

Fedora Xen List

This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-xen list.

Libvirt List

This section contains the discussion happening on the libvir-list.

Libvirt vs XenAPI

Atif Bajwa asked[1] about the advantages of using libvirt over XenAPI and what platforms libvirt supports. Atsushi Sakai pointed to a list[2] of which libvirt calls work on which drivers / hypervisors. Daniel P. Berrange replied[3] that libvirt is available for every major Linux distro, and listed several benefits such as:

• avoids locking applications to a particular hypervisor
• provides a guaranteed stable API that can be used both locally and remotely
• remote security options include SSL + x509 certificates, SSH tunnel, Kerberos GSSAPI single sign on, and username + password
• works with every version of Xen 3.0.x or later while XenAPI is only usable in Xen 3.1.0 and later

Richard W.M. Jones mentioned[4] that although there are no binaries yet, libvirt client code can be compiled on windows.

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-September/msg00002.html

[2] http://libvirt.org/hvsupport.html

[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-September/msg00008.html

[4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-September/msg00016.html

oVirt Devel List

This section contains the discussion happening on the ovirt-devel list.