KVM

KVM

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About

KVM (for Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V). It consists of a loadable kernel module, kvm.ko, that provides the core virtualization infrastructure and a processor specific module, kvm-intel.ko or kvm-amd.ko. Using KVM, one can run multiple virtual machines running unmodified Linux or Windows images. Each virtual machine has private virtualized hardware: a network card, disk, graphics adapter, etc. KVM is open source software. The kernel component of KVM is included in mainline Linux, as of 2.6.20. The userspace component of KVM is included in mainline QEMU, as of 1.3.

About

Lguest allows you to run multiple copies of the same 32-bit kernel, simply modprobe lg, then run Documentation/lguest/lguest to create a new guest. I suggest you try this yourself, lguest is incredibly easy to get up and running. It's also quite useful: I can test-boot kernels with it in less than a second, or about 10x faster than basic qemu, and 100x faster than a real boot. And as it uses a pty as console, you can do things like pipe it through grep. lguest is all one big kernel patch, including the launcher. It's in 2.6.23-git13 and above. Lguest aims to isolate the guest so it cannot reach outside to the host (except for virtual devices supplied by the host of course), even if the guest is malicious. However, a malicious guest kernel can currently pin host memory (up to the amount of memory allowed to the guest). Most images are set up to create a console virtual consoles (/dev/tty0 etc), but the lguest console is /dev/hvc0.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Companies interested in a full virtualization solution for Linux

Audience

Developers and IT departments interested in a solution to run multiple copies of the same 32-bit kernel

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Company Information

Red Hat
Founded: 1993
United States
www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page

Company Information

Lguest
Australia
lguest.ozlabs.org

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Integrations

BorderNet SBC
ColonelServer
Dianahost
Elastic Observability
F5 BIG-IP Next Local Traffic Manager
InfiniBox
MediaStroke
Mediatrix Cloud Sentinel
NetBeez
NetWatch.ai
Orchid Link
Pandora FMS
Plixer Replicator
ProSBC
QANplatform
Relianoid
SolusVM
Storware
Volico
VxWorks
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