Libvirt
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Libvirt is an open-source API, daemon, and management tool for managing platform virtualization technologies such as KVM, QEMU, and Xen.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| libvirt | 12 |
| Libvirt canonical | 1 |
| libvirtd | 1 |
| virsh | 1 |
| virt-manager | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7938558 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Libvirt Context triple: [Foreman, supportsVirtualizationPlatform, Libvirt]
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A.
oVirt
oVirt is an open-source virtualization management platform that provides enterprise-grade management of virtual machines, hosts, storage, and networks.
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B.
QEMU
QEMU is an open-source machine emulator and virtualizer that enables running operating systems and programs for one hardware platform on another.
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C.
VirtualBox
VirtualBox is a popular open-source virtualization platform that allows users to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single physical machine.
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D.
Open Virtualization Format
Open Virtualization Format is an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances and virtual machines across different virtualization platforms.
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E.
KVM
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a Linux kernel module that turns the kernel into a hypervisor, enabling hardware-assisted virtualization of multiple virtual machines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Libvirt Target entity description: Libvirt is an open-source API, daemon, and management tool for managing platform virtualization technologies such as KVM, QEMU, and Xen.
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A.
oVirt
oVirt is an open-source virtualization management platform that provides enterprise-grade management of virtual machines, hosts, storage, and networks.
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B.
QEMU
QEMU is an open-source machine emulator and virtualizer that enables running operating systems and programs for one hardware platform on another.
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C.
VirtualBox
VirtualBox is a popular open-source virtualization platform that allows users to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single physical machine.
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D.
Open Virtualization Format
Open Virtualization Format is an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances and virtual machines across different virtualization platforms.
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E.
KVM
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a Linux kernel module that turns the kernel into a hypervisor, enabling hardware-assisted virtualization of multiple virtual machines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
API
ⓘ
daemon ⓘ free and open-source software ⓘ virtualization management library ⓘ |
| category |
systems management software
ⓘ
virtualization software ⓘ |
| developer | Red Hat ⓘ |
| goal | provide a common and stable layer to manage virtualization technologies ⓘ |
| hasBinding |
C#
ⓘ
linked to:
C# programming language
Go ⓘ Java ⓘ PHP ⓘ Perl ⓘ Python ⓘ Ruby ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
language bindings
ⓘ
libvirt API library ⓘ libvirtd ⓘ
linked to:
Libvirt
virsh ⓘ
linked to:
Libvirt
|
| initialReleaseYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| license | GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
UNIX-like systems ⓘ Windows (client libraries) ⓘ
linked to:
Windows SDK
|
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| provides |
network management APIs
ⓘ
node device management APIs ⓘ remote management of virtual machines ⓘ storage management APIs ⓘ uniform API for different hypervisors ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
NUMA and CPU pinning configuration
ⓘ
XML-based domain descriptions ⓘ cgroups-based resource control ⓘ event notifications ⓘ live migration of virtual machines ⓘ remote TLS and SSH connections ⓘ security labeling (SELinux, AppArmor) ⓘ snapshot management ⓘ storage pool and volume management ⓘ virtual machine lifecycle management ⓘ virtual network configuration ⓘ |
| supportsVirtualizationTechnology |
Hyper-V (via some drivers)
ⓘ
KVM ⓘ LXC ⓘ OpenVZ ⓘ QEMU ⓘ VMware ESXi ⓘ VirtualBox ⓘ Xen ⓘ bhyve ⓘ |
| usedBy |
GNOME Boxes
ⓘ
OpenStack Nova ⓘ oVirt ⓘ virt-manager ⓘ |
| website | https://libvirt.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Libvirt Description of subject: Libvirt is an open-source API, daemon, and management tool for managing platform virtualization technologies such as KVM, QEMU, and Xen.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Libvirt
linked to: Libvirt
linked to: Libvirt
linked to: Libvirt
linked to: Libvirt
linked to: Libvirt
linked to: Libvirt
linked to: Libvirt