MCVirt (em-see-vert) - Command line virtual machine management utility.
MCVirt is a utility for managing virtual machines, supporting the following technologies:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
- KVM virtualisation.
- Clustering with optional DRBD support.
MCVirt is implemented in Python, using the libvirt virtualisation library.
The master branch generally continues the current development of an upcoming release.
Use the releases to obtain the latest stable release
MCVirt must currently be built from source into a deb package, using the build script. The package and dependencies can then be installed:
$ ./build.sh $ sudo dpkg -i mcvirt_*_all.deb $ sudo apt-get -f install
See the installation guide for other dependencies and system configuration.
Start the MCVirt nameserver and daemon by running:
$ sudo service mcvirt-ns start $ sudo service mcvirtd start
Most commands require a username and password to the MCVirt daemon. During installation a superuser is created with username mjc and password pass - see permissions for information on creating new users.
Configure the volume group that MCVirt will use to store virtual machine data:
$ mcvirt node --set-vm-vg <Volume Group>
See the configuration guide for further node configuration steps.
Create a VM:
$ mcvirt create --cpu-count 1 --memory 512 --disk-size 8000 test-vm
See the create/remove VMs, cluster, permissions and modifying VMs guides for further administrative instructions.
Start the VM:
$ mcvirt start test-vm
See the controlling VMs guide for further user instructions.
Note: Username and password can be provided on the command line with the --username and --password options to instead of typing them in after every command.
For information on developing on MCVirt, see the development documentation.
See the guide index for a full list of manuals
For more information, please feel free to contact us
MCVirt is licensed under GPL v2. For more information, please see LICENSE
Copyright © 2015 - I.T. Dev Ltd
