# the virtualization API

### what is libvirt?

Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). It is free software available under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Virtualization of the Linux Operating System means the ability to run multiple instances of Operating Systems concurently on a single hardware system where the basic resources are driven by a Linux (or Solaris) instance. The library aim at providing long term stable C API initially for the Xen paravirtualization but should be able to integrate other virtualization mechanisms, it currently also support QEmu, KVM and OpenVZ.

### main menu

- Home
- Releases
- Introduction
- libvirt architecture
- Downloads
- XML Format
- Binding for Python
- Handling of errors
- FAQ
- Reporting bugs and getting help
- Remote support
- Connection URIs
- Hypervisor support
- API Menu
- C code examples
- Recent Changes

### related links

- Mail archive
- Open bugs
- virt-manager
- CIM provider
- Perl bindings
- OCaml bindings
- Xen project

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