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VWS

VWs stands for "Virtual WorkStation".

It's main repository, bts and wiki is on my site. See also manual page

It is a python script which provides command-line interface to QEMU virtual machines, which simplifies such tasks as creation, device redirection doing snapshots and reverting to them.

It's main features

  • No daemons. No extra processes like libvirtd
  • No complicated API like libvirt.
  • No XML configs. All configuration of vm is stored in the shell script which invokes QEMU with appropriate arguments.
  • Transparency. If vws doesn't know how to make something, it doesn't prevent you from interacting with QEMU monitor direcrly or editing start script by hand.
  • Runs as ordinary user. QEMU processes run a invoking user. qemu-bridge-helper is used to setup network
  • Virtual machines can be freely copied from one physical machines to another using ordinary file operations. VM directory with virtual disks and start script is self-contained.