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Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für libvirt in AI-Agent-Workflows.

InstallationsbefehlSicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install libvirt

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install libvirt

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/libvirt/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add libvirt

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · libvirt · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install libvirt

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · libvirt · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libvirt

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%
sudo pacman -S libvirt

Arch Linux sync databases · libvirt · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install libvirt

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libvirt · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install libnss-libvirt

Debian stable package indexes · libnss-libvirt · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

C virtualization API

Befehle und Aliase

  • libvirtd
  • virsh
  • virt-admin
  • virt-host-validate
  • virt-login-shell
  • virt-pki-query-dn
  • virt-pki-validate
  • virt-qemu-qmp-proxy
  • virt-qemu-run
  • virt-qemu-sev-validate
  • virt-ssh-helper
  • virt-xml-validate
  • virtchd
  • virtlockd
  • virtlogd
  • virtlxcd
  • virtnetworkd
  • virtnwfilterd
  • virtproxyd
  • virtqemud
  • virtsecretd
  • virtstoraged
  • virtvboxd

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

libvirt is the long-lived virtualization management API and daemon stack that gives tools a common way to manage domains, networks, storage, and host resources across hypervisors.

Projektgeschichte

The project was created to provide a common and stable layer for managing virtualized domains on local or remote nodes. Its own goals page emphasizes API stability, secure remote management, resource enumeration, and the ability to insulate applications from frequent changes in lower-level virtualization frameworks.

libvirt became especially important as Linux virtualization consolidated around QEMU and KVM while still needing to interoperate with Xen, LXC, bhyve, VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, and other backends. The project website describes a portable C API, stateful host daemons for some hypervisors, and language bindings layered on top of the core API.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The adoption story is unusually broad for a system library. The official applications page lists command-line tools, desktop applications, provisioning tools, monitoring systems, web applications, configuration-management integrations, backup tools, and infrastructure-as-a-service stacks using the libvirt API.

For package managers, libvirt is not just a library dependency; it is an ecosystem root. Installing it can bring daemons such as libvirtd or modular virt* daemons, virsh, validation tools, NSS integration packages, storage and network drivers, language bindings, and downstream tools such as virt-manager, virt-install, Vagrant providers, and cloud or CI integrations.

Wie es verwendet wird

Administrators commonly use virsh and libvirt daemons to define, start, stop, migrate, inspect, and automate virtual machines and container-like domains. Application developers use the API and bindings to build higher-level management tools while avoiding direct hypervisor-specific control protocols.

On developer workstations it is often the package behind local KVM/QEMU workflows; on servers it is the control plane layer used by provisioning, monitoring, and orchestration software that needs stable VM lifecycle operations.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

libvirt is package-nerd famous because it sits at the junction of init systems, daemon socket activation, TLS and PKI material, kernel capabilities, QEMU/KVM feature flags, storage pools, virtual networking, and language bindings. It is the sort of dependency whose packaging details define whether virtualization feels boring or impossible.

It also illustrates why stable C APIs matter in infrastructure: a large ecosystem of frontends can keep working while hypervisors, host operating systems, and security models change underneath.

Zeitleiste

  • 2005: Early libvirt releases began the public release history recorded by the project news archive.
  • 2012: The 1.0 series marked libvirt as a mature cross-hypervisor management layer.
  • 2021-01-15: libvirt 7.0.0 release notes recorded a formal handover of release tarball signing.
  • 2026-07-01: The project website listed support for QEMU/KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, VMware, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, macOS Hypervisor.framework, and other drivers.

Related projects

  • QEMU and KVM are among the most common backends managed through libvirt.
  • Xen, LXC, bhyve, VMware ESX/vCenter, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, Virtuozzo, and POWER Hypervisor are supported or related virtualization targets.
  • virt-manager, virt-install, guestfish, vagrant-libvirt, and many monitoring and provisioning tools sit above the libvirt API.

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: orange

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risikoklassifikator

orange Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · infrastructure

Warum

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
  • formula declares a Homebrew service
  • generalized runtime or code generation signal
  • infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signale

  • metadata:service
  • text:network,ssh
  • text:shell
  • text:virtualization

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Formelmetadaten deklarieren einen Service- oder Daemon-Block.
  • Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
  • Installiert mit 8 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
  • Build-Metadaten listen 5 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf/etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libvirt/libvirt.conf

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
/etc/pki/CA/cacert.pem/etc/pki/libvirt/servercert.pem/etc/pki/libvirt/private/serverkey.pem

Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
libvirtdcliglobales Executable
virshcliglobales Executable
virt-admincliglobales Executable
virt-host-validatecliglobales Executable
virt-login-shellcliglobales Executable
virt-pki-query-dncliglobales Executable
virt-pki-validatecliglobales Executable
virt-qemu-qmp-proxycliglobales Executable
virt-qemu-runcliglobales Executable
virt-qemu-sev-validatecliglobales Executable
virt-ssh-helpercliglobales Executable
virt-xml-validatecliglobales Executable
virtchdcliglobales Executable
virtlockdcliglobales Executable
virtlogdcliglobales Executable
virtlxcdcliglobales Executable
virtnetworkdcliglobales Executable
virtnwfilterdcliglobales Executable
virtproxydcliglobales Executable
virtqemudcliglobales Executable
virtsecretdcliglobales Executable
virtstoragedcliglobales Executable
virtvboxdcliglobales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-10
Manager-Version12.5.0
Manager aktualisiert2026-07-09
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://libvirt.org/

  • InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://libvirt.org/none Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:libvirt
Version12.5.0
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libvirt
Homepagehttps://libvirt.org/
Repositoryhttps://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt
Upstream-Dokumentationhttps://libvirt.org/docs
LizenzLGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchivhttps://download.libvirt.org/libvirt-12.5.0.tar.xz
Zuletzt aktualisiert2026-07-09T23:27:37Z
Pulseupdated
Abhängigkeitencyrus-sasl, gettext, glib, gnutls, json-c, libiscsi, libssh2, readline
Build-Abhängigkeitendocutils, gettext, meson, ninja, pkgconf
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliothekencurl, libxml2
Bottleverfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstdeclared

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namelibvirt
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

libnss-libvirt 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization library - NSS plugins

https://libvirt.org/nss.html

sudo apt install libnss-libvirt
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 4 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libnss-libvirt from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-clients 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization library - clients

https://libvirt.org/

sudo apt install libvirt-clients
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 10 Abhängigkeiten
  • 3 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-clients from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-clients-qemu 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization library - clients (QEMU specific)

https://libvirt.org/

sudo apt install libvirt-clients-qemu
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 6 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-clients-qemu from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-common 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization library - common files

https://libvirt.org/

sudo apt install libvirt-common
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon

https://libvirt.org/daemons.html#monolithic-driver-daemon

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 10 Abhängigkeiten
  • 22 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-common 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - common files

https://libvirt.org/

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-common
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 13 Abhängigkeiten
  • 4 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-config-network 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - configuration files (default network)

https://libvirt.org/

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-config-network
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 3 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-config-network from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - configuration files (default network filters)

https://libvirt.org/

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 3 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-interface 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - interface driver

https://libvirt.org/

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 7 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-interface from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - LXC connection driver

https://libvirt.org/drvlxc.html

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 14 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-network 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - network driver

https://libvirt.org/formatnetwork.html

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-network
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 9 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-network from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - node device (nodedev) driver

https://libvirt.org/drvnodedev.html

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 9 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - network filter (nwfilter) driver

https://libvirt.org/formatnwfilter.html

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 8 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - QEMU connection driver

https://libvirt.org/drvqemu.html

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 17 Abhängigkeiten
  • 4 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-secret 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - secret driver

https://libvirt.org/drvsecret.html

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 6 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-secret from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-storage 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - storage driver

https://libvirt.org/storage.html

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 11 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-storage from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

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