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Appendix A. Additional resources

To learn more about virtualization and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, refer to the following resources.

A.1. Online resources

• http://www.libvirt.org/ is the official website for the libvirt virtualization API.

• http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com/ is the project website for the Virtual Machine Manager (virt-

manager), the graphical application for managing virtual machines.

• Open Virtualization Center

http://www.openvirtualization.com

• Red Hat Documentation

http://www.redhat.com/docs/

• Virtualization technologies overview

http://virt.kernelnewbies.org

• Red Hat Emerging Technologies group

http://et.redhat.com

A.2. Installed documentation

• man virsh and /usr/share/doc/libvirt-<version-number> — Contains sub commands

and options for the virsh virtual machine management utility as well as comprehensive information

about the libvirt virtualization library API.

• /usr/share/doc/gnome-applet-vm-<version-number> — Documentation for the GNOME

graphical panel applet that monitors and manages locally-running virtual machines.

• /usr/share/doc/libvirt-python-<version-number> — Provides details on the Python

bindings for the libvirt library. The libvirt-python package allows python developers to

create programs that interface with the libvirt virtualization management library.

• /usr/share/doc/python-virtinst-<version-number> — Provides documentation on

the virt-install command that helps in starting installations of Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise

Linux related distributions inside of virtual machines.

• /usr/share/doc/virt-manager-<version-number> — Provides documentation on the

Virtual Machine Manager, which provides a graphical tool for administering virtual machines.