June 2019
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
6h 59m
English
book
Foundations of Libvirt Development: How to Set Up and Maintain a Virtual Machine Environment with Python
by W. David Ashley
Overview
Discover the essential concepts of libvirt development and see how to interface to Linux virtualization environments, such as QEMU/KVM, XEN, Virtuozzo, VMWare ESX, LXC, Bhyve, and more. This book will prepare you to set up and maintain a virtual machine environment.
You'll start by reviewing virtualization in general and then move on to libvirt-specific concepts using Python, including virtualized operating systems and networks, connections, storage pools, and event and error handling. This work concludes with a comprehensive look at the XML schema definitions for domains, networks, devices, network filtering, storage, node devices, and more.
What You'll Learn
- Interface Python to the libvirt library.
- Review the class layout and methods of the libvirt library.
- Install and manipulate virtual machines via Python/libvirt.
- Create XML to manipulate domains, networks, and devices.
- Write Python programs to perform libvirt functions without human intervention.
Who This Book Is For
Maintainers of virtual machines in a UNIX/Linux environment ranging from managing code on a single virtual machine through an entire installation of virtual machines.
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