What's the difference between KVM, QEMU and libvirt?
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I'm trying to understand how all the components of the VM ecosystem fit together.
What's the difference between:
- KVM
- QEMU
- libvirt
Which is controlled by virsh and virt-install?
This comment says that libvirt is an abstraction ontop of QEMU, which is an abstraction ontop of KVM. However the official QEMU docs say that QEMU is a processor emulator, which sounds like the lowest level component.
kvm qemu libvirt virsh
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I'm trying to understand how all the components of the VM ecosystem fit together.
What's the difference between:
- KVM
- QEMU
- libvirt
Which is controlled by virsh and virt-install?
This comment says that libvirt is an abstraction ontop of QEMU, which is an abstraction ontop of KVM. However the official QEMU docs say that QEMU is a processor emulator, which sounds like the lowest level component.
kvm qemu libvirt virsh
asked Dec 6 at 6:09
falsePockets
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See serverfault.com/questions/208693/…
– Panther
Dec 6 at 15:15
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I'm trying to understand how all the components of the VM ecosystem fit together.
What's the difference between:
- KVM
- QEMU
- libvirt
Which is controlled by virsh and virt-install?
This comment says that libvirt is an abstraction ontop of QEMU, which is an abstraction ontop of KVM. However the official QEMU docs say that QEMU is a processor emulator, which sounds like the lowest level component.
kvm qemu libvirt virsh
asked Dec 6 at 6:09
falsePockets
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I'm trying to understand how all the components of the VM ecosystem fit together.
What's the difference between:
- KVM
- QEMU
- libvirt
Which is controlled by virsh and virt-install?
This comment says that libvirt is an abstraction ontop of QEMU, which is an abstraction ontop of KVM. However the official QEMU docs say that QEMU is a processor emulator, which sounds like the lowest level component.
kvm qemu libvirt virsh
kvm qemu libvirt virsh
asked Dec 6 at 6:09
falsePockets
16315
asked Dec 6 at 6:09
falsePockets
16315
asked Dec 6 at 6:09
falsePockets
16315
asked Dec 6 at 6:09
falsePockets
16315
asked Dec 6 at 6:09
falsePockets
16315
16315
See serverfault.com/questions/208693/…
– Panther
Dec 6 at 15:15
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See serverfault.com/questions/208693/…
– Panther
Dec 6 at 15:15
See serverfault.com/questions/208693/…
– Panther
Dec 6 at 15:15
See serverfault.com/questions/208693/…
– Panther
Dec 6 at 15:15
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