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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 kubevirt Public

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

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  2. user-guide user-guide Public

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

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  3. community community Public

    Community content

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  4. api-reference api-reference Public

    API documentation

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  5. project-infra project-infra Public

    Project infrastructure administrative tools

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Repositories

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  • kubevirt-tekton-tasks Public

    VM specific tasks for Tekton Pipelines

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    Go 32 Apache-2.0 34 10 2 Updated Jan 27, 2025
  • project-infra Public

    Project infrastructure administrative tools

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    Go 27 Apache-2.0 140 31 (7 issues need help) 15 Updated Jan 27, 2025
  • cluster-network-addons-operator Public

    Deploy additional networking components on top of your Kubernetes cluster

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    Go 75 Apache-2.0 51 9 10 Updated Jan 27, 2025
  • ipam-extensions Public

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

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    Go 1 Apache-2.0 6 1 3 Updated Jan 27, 2025
  • ci-health Public

    Metrics about CI performance in repositories using Prow

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    Go 6 Apache-2.0 6 0 0 Updated Jan 27, 2025
  • common-templates Public

    Templates for running VMs on KubeVirt

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    Shell 83 Apache-2.0 65 0 0 Updated Jan 27, 2025
  • vm-console-proxy Public

    Proxy for VM console connection.

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    Go 9 Apache-2.0 10 4 2 Updated Jan 27, 2025
  • containerdisks Public

    Officially built and maintained containerdisks of the KubeVirt project

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    Go 31 Apache-2.0 25 4 0 Updated Jan 27, 2025
  • ssp-operator Public

    Operator that deploys additional KubeVirt resources

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    Go 31 Apache-2.0 47 8 6 Updated Jan 27, 2025
  • kubevirt Public

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

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    Go 5,791 Apache-2.0 1,374 210 144 Updated Jan 26, 2025