vm-alloc

vm-alloc is a command-line tool for spinning up and managing Virtual Machines (VMs) in cloud-like environments. It is built on top of libvirt, KVM, and QEMU, and uses cloud images (primarily Ubuntu) for quick provisioning.

This project is intended for research and exploration of virtualization in cloud environments. It is not intended for production use.

Requirements

• Linux host with virtualization support.
• Installed dependencies:
  • libvirt
  • qemu
  • firecracker
  • virt-install
  • cloud-utils (for cloud-init)
• Ubuntu cloud images.

Usage

1. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/open-ug/vm-alloc.git

2. Install and Setup dependencies

sudo apt update

# Install QEMU, libvirt etc
sudo apt install -y qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients virtinst bridge-utils cloud-utils

sudo systemctl enable --now libvirtd

sudo usermod -aG libvirt $(whoami)

newgrp libvirt

To install Firecraker, follow the Getting Started with Firecracker Guide

3. Run the init command

cargo run init

4. Then Run the program

$ cargo run


Usage: vmprov <COMMAND>

Commands:
  init
  create    
  list      
  delete    
  boot      
  shutdown  
  restart   
  vm-info   
  help      Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -h, --help  Print help

Note: Different branches on this project explore different implementations of this program as follows

• The main branch explores an implementation using libvirt and QEMU
• The qemu-backend branch explores and implementation using QEMU with the QEMU Monitor Protocol with cloud images
• The firecracker-backend branch explores and implementation using AWS Firecracker with MicroVMs

Disclaimer

This project is experimental and should not be used in production. It is provided as-is for research purposes.