====== OsmiumVM ======

===== Purpose =====

Easy to use web based virtualization (cloud) platform.

===== Features =====

  * WebUI easy to use on a desktop and in cloud environment
  * Minimal dependencies able to run on almost any distro
  * Easy to use clustering, add server based on URL to associate with cluster
  * Rich API
  * Rich terminal support
    * noVNC for VNC-based access
    * xterm.js for serial access
  * Multi-tenancy with fine grained access control
    * Quotas
      * Storage
      * Network rate limit
      * vCPU's
      * Snapshot count or space utilization
  * Snapshots
    * Automated
    * Rollback option
  * Backups
    * Based on snapshots?
  * Statistics
    * IO
    * vCPU
    * Network
  * Storage support
    * LVM
    * LVM thin
    * QCOW2
  * Live migration to another clustered host
  * Secure environment by dropping Qemu into apparmor
  * Networking
    * Strong network isolation based on locking IPv4/IPv6 to MAC of VM
    * IPv4/IPv6 network address pools
    * Ability to create virtual layer 2 networks between VM's (VXLAN)
  * Rich block device support
    * HTTP URL for ISO's
  * Cloud-init support
  * Uploading of ISO's (global & per tenant)
  * Our own splash screen

===== Technologies =====

  * Python
  * [[..:topagex:start]]

===== Challenges =====

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