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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.

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  2. user-guide Public

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

    Makefile 66 242

  3. community Public

    Community content

    Go 53 109

  4. api-reference Public

    API documentation

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  5. project-infra Public

    Project infrastructure administrative tools

    Go 27 141

Repositories

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  • libguestfs-appliance Public

    Builds libguestfs appliances and container images to be consumed by other kubevirt projects

    Dockerfile 3 Apache-2.0 8 0 0 Updated Mar 25, 2025
  • ci-health Public

    Metrics about CI performance in repositories using Prow

    Go 6 Apache-2.0 7 1 0 Updated Mar 25, 2025
  • ipam-extensions Public

    A KubeVirt extension to create (and manage the lifecycle of) `IPAMClaim`s on behalf of KubeVirt virtual machines.

    Go 1 Apache-2.0 6 0 4 Updated Mar 25, 2025
  • csi-driver Public

    KubeVirt CSI driver

    Go 42 31 4 1 Updated Mar 25, 2025
  • cluster-network-addons-operator Public

    Deploy additional networking components on top of your Kubernetes cluster

    Go 75 Apache-2.0 51 6 13 Updated Mar 25, 2025
  • common-instancetypes Public

    Instancetypes and preferences for running VMs on KubeVirt

    Go 29 Apache-2.0 17 7 1 Updated Mar 25, 2025
  • containerized-data-importer Public

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

    Go 451 Apache-2.0 279 35 12 Updated Mar 25, 2025
  • kubevirt Public

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

    Go 5,935 Apache-2.0 1,394 256 222 Updated Mar 25, 2025
  • kubevirtci Public

    Contains cluster definitions and client tools to quickly spin up and destroy ephemeral and scalable k8s and ocp clusters for testing

    Shell 85 Apache-2.0 123 15 (4 issues need help) 14 Updated Mar 25, 2025
  • project-infra Public

    Project infrastructure administrative tools

    Go 27 Apache-2.0 141 29 (8 issues need help) 13 Updated Mar 25, 2025