<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Chintana Wilamuna <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chintanaw@gmail.com">chintanaw@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
I'm trying to understand the difference between OpenNebula and<br>
Libvirt.</blockquote><div> </div><div>OpenNebula is considered an IaaS solution than just a VM manager. It
orchestrates image storage (NFS, SCP, etc.). It handles setting up VMs
with a virtual network environment (VLANs). It interfaces with the
hypervisor to create and control VMs. OpenNebula comes with a default
scheduler for handling placement of VMs on hosts. <br>
It also supports contextualization in VMs such as setting up IP address, ssh keys, etc.<br>
<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Trying to build a tool on top of OpenNebula which will be<br>
management interface. I'm really reluctant to use the XMLRPC<br>
interface. That leaves me with using the libvirt driver for<br>
OpenNebula. If I am to use that, as with my understanding OpenNebula<br>
becomes redundant isn't it. Why not skip OpenNebula altogether and use<br>
libvirt instead?<br></blockquote><div> </div><div>You could use LibVirt directly, but then you would be missing out on
the information captured by OpenNebula information agents in the SQLite database that you would perhaps want to display on the management interface.<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
I would be thrilled if someone can enlighten me if I'm missing some<br>
pieces of the puzzle.<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance,<br>
<br>
Bye,<br>
<br>
-Chintana<br>
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