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KubeVirt

Managing virtualization workloads on Kubernetes

KubeVirt - Building a virtualization API for Kubernetes

Why KubeVirt?

KubeVirt technology addresses the needs of development teams that have adopted or want to adopt Kubernetes but possess existing Virtual Machine-based workloads that cannot be easily containerized. More specifically, the technology provides a unified development platform where developers can build, modify, and deploy applications residing in both Application Containers as well as Virtual Machines in a common, shared environment.

Benefits are broad and significant. Teams with a reliance on existing virtual machine-based workloads are empowered to rapidly containerize applications. With virtualized workloads placed directly in development workflows, teams can decompose them over time while still leveraging remaining virtualized components as is comfortably desired.

What can I do with KubeVirt?

  • KubeVirt and Kubernetes - Leverage KubeVirt and Kubernetes to manage virtual machines for impractical-to-containerize apps.
  • KubeVirt and VMs - Combine existing virtualized workloads with new container workloads on the one platform.
  • Containerized Applications - Support development of new microservice applications in containers that interact with existing virtualized applications.

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  1. kubevirt Public

    Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime in order to define and manage virtual machines.

    Go 6.2k 1.5k

  2. enhancements Public

    Tracking KubeVirt related enhancements and issues

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  3. user-guide Public

    This user guide will walk you through installation and various features.

    Makefile 69 253

  4. community Public

    Community content

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  5. api-reference Public

    API documentation

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  6. project-infra Public

    Project infrastructure administrative tools

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Repositories

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  • containerdisks Public

    Officially built and maintained containerdisks of the KubeVirt project

    Go 40 Apache-2.0 27 4 0 Updated Jul 10, 2025
  • ssp-operator Public

    Operator that deploys additional KubeVirt resources

    Go 34 Apache-2.0 49 7 6 Updated Jul 10, 2025
  • hyperconverged-cluster-operator Public

    Operator pattern for managing multi-operator products

    Go 165 Apache-2.0 155 6 21 Updated Jul 10, 2025
  • ci-health Public

    Metrics about CI performance in repositories using Prow

    Go 6 Apache-2.0 8 1 0 Updated Jul 10, 2025
  • kubevirt Public

    Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime in order to define and manage virtual machines.

    Go 6,185 Apache-2.0 1,471 280 229 Updated Jul 10, 2025
  • containerized-data-importer Public

    Data Import Service for kubernetes, designed with kubevirt in mind.

    Go 477 Apache-2.0 286 21 22 Updated Jul 9, 2025
  • kubevirt.core Public

    Lean Ansible bindings for KubeVirt

    Python 16 Apache-2.0 12 3 0 Updated Jul 9, 2025
  • project-infra Public

    Project infrastructure administrative tools

    Go 29 Apache-2.0 151 27 (7 issues need help) 24 Updated Jul 9, 2025
  • cluster-network-addons-operator Public

    Deploy additional networking components on top of your Kubernetes cluster

    Go 80 Apache-2.0 52 6 6 Updated Jul 9, 2025
  • vm-console-proxy Public

    Proxy for VM console connection.

    Go 10 Apache-2.0 10 4 3 Updated Jul 9, 2025