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